OnShift, which produces staff scheduling software for the healthcare and senior living industries, recently made new additions to its software to comply with Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements. The ACA, which goes into effect in 2014, puts penalties on companies that mismanage employee’s part-time and full-time hours. OnShift’s new predictive analytics helps employers keep better track of employees’ hours.

“Labor is the number-one operating expense for employers,” explains OnShift CEO Mark Woodka. “Companies have to really understand what is full-time and what is part-time. If they don’t, they may accidentally assign someone too much work and part-time becomes full-time, which leads to penalties and additional coverage requirements under the ACA.”

The upgrade is free to existing OnShift customers. “Our commitment to our customers is to keep them current about impending legislation,” says Woodka.

Business is booming for OnShift because of the new updates to its systems and the ACA requirements. “We’ve already won some business because of this and we think it will be a trigger event for other customers,’ says Woodka. “We’re having a great year and we’re growing like gangbusters.”

Woodka predicts OnShift will hire 10 to 15 new employees this year. The company has already added three positions this year and currently has five open in positions in everything from customer service to developers.

Source: Mark Woodka
Writer: Karin Connelly