The Maryborough RSL has been supporting and welcoming veterans, returned service members, and the wider community of the Hervey Bay region for over 60 years. General Manager Stephen Yeats has been with the club for over 20 years, and in his time has experienced and overcome numerous workforce challenges.
Like many thriving clubs, retaining and engaging talented staff is always a challenge. “Staffing was our biggest problem, we were always scraping the barrel to get staff to come into work” recalls Stephen. Shift abandonment can have a profound effect on day to day operations and is often a difficult problem to solve. There are no standardised laws concerning shift abandonment, and it’s often up to the business to create a culture and implement systems that reward employees for their attendance.
In addition to attendance challenges, the managers at the RSL were struggling to stay on top of their manual staff scheduling system, with every roster and timesheet adjustment requiring manual edits, approvals and signatures. “It was all paper… It was all manual, it used to take a couple of hours each day”.