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Pub Management System v4.1

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Key Features

Rota Management

Create and manage staff schedules with ease. Assign shifts, track hours, and handle holiday and sick leave efficiently.

Staff Performance

Track staff hours, wages, and performance metrics. Generate reports and gain insights into your team's productivity.

Wage Calculation

Automatically calculate wages based on hours worked, including holiday pay, sick pay, and overtime calculations.

Time Tracking

Keep track of staff working hours, breaks, and absences. Ensure compliance with working time regulations.

Staff Accounts

Staff members have their own secure accounts to check rotas, view their upcoming shifts, and track their hours and wages.

Customizable Settings

Tailor the system to your pub's specific needs with customizable settings for pay rates, overtime, and more.

Mobile Friendly

Access your pub management system on the go with a responsive design that works on desktop, tablet, and mobile.

Staff Account Features

Our system provides staff members with their own secure accounts, giving them access to important information and tools.

Staff Member Access

View Rotas

Staff can view all published rotas to check their scheduled shifts for any week. This helps them plan ahead and ensures they never miss a shift.

Upcoming Shifts

The dashboard shows staff their upcoming shifts, including dates, times, and total hours. Notifications alert them to new or changed shifts.

Hours & Wages

Staff can track their worked hours, holiday hours, and sick hours. The system calculates expected wages based on their hourly rate and displays totals by week and month.

Work History

A complete history of past shifts, including regular, holiday, and sick time. Staff can review their work patterns and total earnings over time.

Manager Access

Create & Edit Rotas

Managers can create new rotas, assign shifts to staff members, and make changes as needed. The system helps optimize scheduling based on staff availability.

Staff Management

Add new staff, update details, set hourly rates, and manage roles. Track staff performance, availability, and special skills for better scheduling.

Email Rota System

Send personalized rota schedules directly to staff via email. Preview emails before sending, add custom messages, and ensure staff receive their shifts in a mobile-friendly format with color-coded status indicators.

Payroll Reports

Generate detailed reports of hours worked and wages due for all staff members. Export data for payroll processing with breakdowns by regular, holiday, and sick hours.

System Settings

Configure system settings including sick pay hours, holiday pay hours, default shift templates, and pub-specific details to customize the system for your needs.

All users benefit from our secure login system, mobile-friendly interface, and real-time updates.

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Changelog

Version 4.3 Current

April 2025

  • Added comprehensive email rota system with personalized staff schedules
  • Implemented direct SMTP email sending with fallback options for different environments
  • Created responsive email templates with horizontal scrolling for mobile devices
  • Added color-coded shift status display in emails (Working, Holiday, Sick, Off)
  • Implemented 12-hour time format (e.g., "12pm - 3pm") for shift times
  • Added support for additional custom messages in rota emails
  • Improved shift status detection to correctly identify working shifts
  • Added automatic environment detection for local vs. production email handling
  • Optimized table layout with combined day/date display and auto-width columns

Version 4.1

April 2025

  • Implemented fixed hours approach for sick and holiday pay
  • Added customizable sick_pay_hours and holiday_pay_hours settings
  • Enhanced staff summary page with improved calculations
  • Fixed date format handling to support both slash and hyphen formats
  • Improved shift status detection and processing
  • Created a new welcome page with system overview
  • Moved dashboard to dedicated dashboard.php

Version 3.2

February 2025

  • Added staff summary page for tracking hours and wages
  • Implemented percentage-based holiday and sick pay
  • Enhanced rota editing with improved validation
  • Added staff availability tracking
  • Improved dashboard with staff role distribution chart

Version 3.0

November 2024

  • Complete redesign with Bootstrap 5
  • Added dashboard with key metrics and visualizations
  • Implemented user roles (Admin, Manager, Staff)
  • Enhanced rota creation with shift templates
  • Added hourly rate tracking per staff member
  • Improved authentication system

Version 2.5

July 2024

  • Added support for holiday and sick leave tracking
  • Implemented basic reporting features
  • Enhanced staff management with more details
  • Added settings page for system configuration
  • Improved mobile responsiveness

Version 2.0

March 2024

  • Redesigned with Bootstrap 4
  • Added multi-user support with basic authentication
  • Implemented rota editing functionality
  • Added staff details page
  • Improved data storage with JSON files

Version 1.0

September 2023

  • Initial release with basic rota management
  • Simple staff list functionality
  • Basic shift scheduling
  • Single-user system
  • Minimal UI with Bootstrap 3

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