Rosters that balance compliance, cost, and your people.
Intelligent rostering for shift-based and multi-site businesses. Award-compliant by design.
The short answer
Rostering optimisation is the practice of building staff rosters that match an Australian SME’s actual demand while staying within Modern Award rules on maximum hours, minimum breaks, penalty rates and minimum engagement — so the business is neither overstaffed nor understaffed and labour cost is controlled. At Valont it is one function of a connected back office, delivered inside the people function with each roster validated for Award compliance and costed before it is published.
see the labour cost of every roster before you publish it
staffing built around your actual trading patterns
hours, breaks and penalty triggers checked before publishing
The rostering puzzle.
If you run a shift-based business, rostering is one of your biggest operational challenges. Get it wrong and you are either overstaffed (killing margins) or understaffed (killing customer experience).
Layer on Award compliance — maximum hours, minimum breaks, penalty rate triggers, spread-of-hours provisions — and rostering becomes a weekly puzzle that nobody in your business is qualified to solve optimally. Most shift-based businesses leave real cost savings on the table.
Key Problems
Manual rostering is time-consuming and error-prone
Compliance checking happens after publishing (too late)
No visibility into labour cost implications
Employee satisfaction and retention suffering
Intelligent Rostering System
Demand-driven rostering that is compliant, cost-optimised, and people-friendly.
Demand-Based Rostering
Rosters built around your actual demand patterns: trading hours, peak periods, seasonal fluctuations, and historical data.
Learn more →Award-Compliant by Design
Every roster automatically validated against your Award: maximum hours, minimum breaks, overtime triggers, and penalty rate optimisation.
Learn more →Labour Cost Modelling
See the cost of each roster before it is published. Compare scenarios. Optimise the balance between coverage and cost.
Learn more →Employee Preference Management
Incorporate availability, preferences, and qualifications into roster generation. Reduce no-shows and improve retention.
Learn more →Multi-Site Coordination
Centralised rostering with site-specific demand patterns and staffing pools. Move cross-trained staff between locations as needed.
Learn more →Compliance Reporting
Automated reports on hours worked, breaks taken, and overtime. Audit-ready documentation for every shift.
Learn more →Our Process
Analysis & Planning
We analyse your historical demand data, staffing patterns, and Award constraints. Understanding your business baseline and compliance requirements.
Template Development
Roster templates are built around your business patterns with Award compliance baked in. Every roster is compliant by design.
Continuous Optimisation
Each week's roster is optimised against demand, availability, and cost targets. You see the cost implications and can compare scenarios.
Continuous Improvement
Ongoing analysis identifies patterns and cost improvement opportunities. Which shifts cost more, where you are understaffed, where overspending.
Shift-Based Businesses
Hospitality, healthcare, retail, aged care, manufacturing, and any business with shift workers, casual employees, or multi-site operations.
Casual Employees
Shift Workers
Multi-Site Operations
Connected Workforce Management
Rostering data feeds directly into payroll (People Hub) for accurate pay calculations, into financial reporting (Finance Hub) for labour cost analysis, and into operational planning (Operations Hub) for capacity management and resource scheduling.
Try it yourself
FreeFree interactive tools to help you understand where you stand right now.
Overtime Cost Modeller
Model the cost impact of different roster patterns and overtime scenarios. See exactly how roster changes affect your bottom line.
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Calculate penalty rates for any Modern Award including weekends, public holidays, and overtime shifts. Essential for roster planning.
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