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I built a free shift scheduler that checks Taiwan labor law compliance

DEV Community·lumandpei·6 months ago
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Why I built this

I used to manage scheduling using Excel.

At first it worked fine, but as the team grew, problems started to appear:

Missing shifts

Employees scheduled on leave days

Too many consecutive working days

Hard to check labor law compliance

It became clear that Excel is good for recording schedules, but not for validating them.

So I built a simple web-based shift scheduler.

What it does

This tool helps you:

Create employee schedules

Define shift types (morning, evening, night)

Set required staff per shift

Detect missing coverage

Check basic labor constraints

It’s especially useful for small teams that need quick validation before publishing schedules.

Special focus: labor law compliance

One thing I noticed is that many scheduling tools focus on UI, but not on rules.

In Taiwan, scheduling mistakes can easily violate labor laws:

Working too many consecutive days

Not enough rest between shifts

Exceeding weekly working hours

So I added a basic validation layer to detect these…

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