July 22nd, 2026 PowerTime Release Notes

Table of Contents

Timeline

When will this be released?

Jul 22, 2026

Is there downtime for this release?

No

Features & Enhancements

List Improvements | New Consecutive Hours Warning 

Warnings display when scheduling an employee for consecutive hours that exceed a set limit, helping your organization manage fatigue and comply with shift safety policies.

Value

Manually calculating complex, back-to-back shift schedules to prevent employee burnout or policy violations is time-consuming and prone to error. This update calculates back-to-back shift hours in real time when filling open shifts from a List, instantly flagging scheduling conflicts before they are finalized.

Enablement and Navigation

• To enable Lists, administrators navigate to System > Settings > Features. You must log out and back in to see the option in the drop-down menus. 

• To configure this feature, administrators may navigate to Users > Lists. When configuring your list Integration settings, locate the new option for Consecutive hours.

• Enable the setting and define your threshold by entering the maximum number of consecutive hours an employee is permitted to work before a warning displays.

• Any user with the ability to approve open shifts will see these warnings if the list integrations are enabled AND the list is selected. 

Examples and Use

Once enabled, and if the list is selected when filling open shifts, the system checks schedules whenever you attempt to fill an open shift from a List. If the new shift causes an employee's continuous work hours to meet or exceed your defined limit, a warning message will pop up stating: 

Consecutive Hours Warning for xx.xx HRS.

The system strictly measures continuous, back-to-back hours, not the total hours worked across a day or week if there is a break between shifts.

How the System Calculates Consecutive Hours

Assume your system threshold is set to warn if an employee works over 16 consecutive hours.

• Scenario 1: Shifts overlapping (No Warning)

  • Existing Shift: 07:00 – 19:00 (12 hours)

  • Open Shift to Fill: 17:00 – 21:00 (4 hours)

  • Result: The employee works from 07:00 until 21:00. Because the shifts overlap, the continuous stretch of work from start to finish is 14 consecutive hours. Since 14 is less than the 16-hour limit, no warning displays.

• Scenario 2: Shifts back-to-back (Warning Triggers)

  • Existing Shift: 07:00 – 19:00 (12 hours)

  • Open Shift to Fill: 19:00 – 23:00 (4 hours)

  • Result: The second shift starts exactly when the first one ends. This creates a single, unbroken block of 16 consecutive hours. Because this hits your defined threshold, the warning will display.

List Improvements | Updated Maximum Hours Warning

Updated Maximum Hours settings to now let you define a threshold of worked hours across custom timeframes. You will see the ability to define a threshold across days, pay periods, months, and years to flag overtime risk before it happens.

Value

These enhancements give supervisors instant visibility into an employee's total scheduled hours across multiple custom time frames before assigning a shift. 

By automating these checks, you reduce labor policy violations, eliminate manual shift-by-shift math, and keep your schedules compliant.

Enablement and Navigation

• To enable and configure this feature, administrators may navigate to Users > Lists. 

• This feature is built into your List configuration. 

• If you previously had Maximum Hours checks enabled, this update will automatically set your tracking interval to Week (Default) so your existing behavior does not change.

• To configure or update these settings:

1. Navigate to Users > Lists.

2. Click on an existing List to open it, and select the Integrations tab in the List editor.

3. Scroll down to Section 5 — Maximum Hours Check.

4. Change the dropdown selection from Disabled to Enabled.

5. Define your rules using the newly expanded fields:

   • Enter Maximum Hours: Set your limit.

   • Within: Choose your time period (Day, Week, Pay Period, Month, or Year).

   • Include Time Off: Check this if paid time off should count toward the maximum hours limit.

6. Click Save at the bottom of the page to immediately apply these rules to your scheduling screens.

• Any user with the ability to approve open shifts will see these warnings if the list integrations are enabled. 

Examples and Use

The system calculates hours based on the Start Time of each shift. If a shift begins within your defined period, its entire duration is included in that period's calculation (even if the shift ends in the next period).

The time periods calculate hours using the following logic:

Calculation Example

If you set your tracking period to Month and an employee has a shift scheduled from May 31st at 23:00 to June 1st at 07:00, the full 8 hours of that shift will count entirely toward the May calculation because the shift started in May.

This does not change the previous logic (which in the past just applied to the “Week” setting). 

Appendix: Bugs Resolved