Pick Up and Decline Shifts

Employee Guide

Version
R2025.1.1
Pick Up and Decline Shifts

You can pick up or decline shifts that other employees have offered to you. When a shift is available to pick up, Dayforce shows three possible icons on the calendar.

Shift offer availability icons
Icon Description
Direct shift offer icon. Indicates a shift that was offered directly to you.
General shift offer icon. Indicates a shift that was offered to everyone.
Shift swap available icon. Indicates a shift that a coworker wants to swap with you.

Pick Up Shifts

To pick up a shift:

  1. Go to Work > Calendar.
  2. Select the day containing the shift that you want to pick up and click Shift trade > Shift Trades.
  3. In the Shift Trades slide-out panel, select the shift that you want to pick up and click Accept.
  • Dayforce adds the shift to your schedule and removes it from the schedule of the employee who offered it.
  • Decline Shifts

    You can decline only shifts that were offered directly to you. To do this:

    1. Go to Work > Calendar.
    2. Select the day containing the offered shift and click Shift trade > Shift Trades.
    3. Locate the shift that you want to decline and click the decline icon ().

    The slide-out panel closes and Dayforce removes the shifts available for pickup icon () from the calendar.