Rota software by industry
The software is the same in every sector. What differs is the pressure — where cover breaks, which rules bite first, and what your records have to be able to prove.
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Hospitality
Pubs, restaurants, cafés and hotels. Working time limits, the tips allocation rules, and the hours record a tipping policy depends on.
Read the guideMore sectors coming
We are adding UK sector guides one at a time, written from UK law rather than adapted from elsewhere. In the meantime the free templates and guides below apply to any shift-based team.
Industry guides and resources
Excel templates and browser tools built on UK working time and pay rules. No signup.
Free rota templates
Twelve Excel rotas — weekly, daily, rolling, zero-hours, multi-site and events.
OpenAttendance and timesheets
Attendance register, timesheets, overtime tracker and a 17-week hours tracker.
OpenFree tools
Holiday entitlement and minimum wage compliance calculators.
OpenUK employment guides
Rota law, working time, holiday, sick pay, overtime and records.
OpenReviews from our customers
Read what our clients have to say about us
Andrew Nathan
November 13, 2025
"We are extremely happy with Roster Elf, it's a great improvement on the previous system we were using. Sean and all the staff have been fantastic, really know their stuff and make using RosterElf a pleasure."
Monica Van De Laak
October 16, 2025
"Sean was an amazing help, very patient and thorough."
Mary C.
October 13, 2025
"I can see my roster, enter availability, put leave in advance and clock on and off easily."
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Industry rota questions
What applies across every UK shift-based sector.
- RosterElf is built for shift-based teams generally rather than for one sector — rotas, clock-in records, absence and payroll export work the same way in a pub, a care home, a warehouse or a retail group. The industry pages exist because the rules and the pressure points differ, not because the software does.
- The Working Time Regulations 1998 (a 48-hour weekly average over a rolling 17 weeks, an uninterrupted 20-minute break over six hours, and 11 hours daily rest), the National Minimum Wage, and 5.6 weeks statutory holiday. See our rota laws guide.
- National Minimum Wage records for six years, and annual leave and holiday pay records for six years since 6 April 2026. PAYE records for three years from the end of the tax year. Our employee records guide sets out the rest.