Zip Schedules is a simple, easy way to create clear, manageable employee schedules for a business establishment. It features effortless scheduling, time-off management, self-maintained employee availability, schedule templates, standard shifts and employee sharing across multiple sites - all tablet accessible. Zip Schedules also offers a powerful team communication center available with the free Zip Schedules mobile app. Using the Zip Schedules mobile app managers and employees can see weekly team schedules with individual work assignments. Managers can offer available shifts to a group of employees. Individual crew members can offer to swap an assigned shift with other employees when they can’t make an assigned shift. The shift is still owned by the original employee until the manager provides approval, which is also performed in the team center. And Team Messaging makes it easy for managers to get the word out for staff meetings, special events, or anything urgent that the whole crew needs to know about in a hurry.