Employing People – Staff Rostering Systems Farming Note

Retaining high quality staff is one of the biggest challenges on most farms. Circumstances where there are long hours and difficult working conditions can result in good staff moving on and deter new entrants from coming into the industry. Staff rostering systems play an important part in keeping work loads manageable and retaining staff.

This Farming Note covers:

• What is a work roster and what should it achieve?
• Designing a successful roster
• Example work rosters

Issued May 2010.

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