Audience
UK small businesses with shift teams (pubs, cafés, shops, care).
About Mately
Mately is a cloud-based workforce scheduling and time-tracking app for shift-based small businesses, including pubs, cafés, shops and care teams. Managers build and publish rotas, review projected wage costs and flag scheduling conflicts. Tell Mately drafts a rota from manager-provided changes for review before publication. Employees use iPhone or Android apps to view shifts and clock in or out, with optional workplace Wi-Fi or distance checks. The app creates timesheets for approval, tracks time-off requests and balances, and supports shift swaps, open-shift claims, team chat, announcements and shared documents with optional signatures. Approved hours and overtime can be exported for Sage 50 Payroll, Xero UK Payroll, BrightPay or QuickBooks, or as CSV or Excel files. Mately prepares payroll data but does not process payroll or create payslips.
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Mately Limited
United Kingdom
www.mately.co.uk
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