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Guides to shift planning, the Working Hours Act and MaRa TES, seen from a restaurant's everyday work, and news on what's new in Plana.
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- GuideSunday and evening supplements in restaurants: how they are calculatedThe Sunday supplement in a restaurant is 100%: base pay plus evening and night supplements, all doubled. Worked example, TES sections and current euro amounts.
- GuideSummer staff in a restaurant: contract, hours and holidaysSummer staff in a restaurant: fixed-term contract, part-time hours, 4-hour minimum shift and holiday accrual under the MaRa TES and Annual Holidays Act.
- GuideWorking-hours records in a restaurant: what to record and how long to keep itWorking-hours records are an employer duty: what a restaurant must record, how long to keep it, and what an employee may ask to see.
- GuideThe three-week period in restaurants: what does 112.5 hours mean?The three-week period is how the MaRa collective agreement counts working time: at most 112.5 hours, at most 15 working days, and a period that starts on a Monday.
- GuidePublic holidays in restaurants: does the "JP day" still exist?The JP day is not in the current MaRa collective agreement. Holiday work earns a 100% premium, and time off accrues as annual days off (vuosivapaa).
- GuideAutomatic shift scheduling: what the software does and what it doesn'tAutomatic scheduling calculates a draft roster within the MaRa TES limits. Consent, missing staff and publishing stay with a person.
Guides by topic
Working hours and rest
The three-week period, rest times, overtime and days off: what the Working Hours Act and MaRa TES require in a restaurant.
Making the roster
From staffing needs to publishing: how a roster comes together, what you may change and how it stays legal.
- Automatic shift scheduling: what the software does and what it doesn't
- Can you change a published shift roster? Consent in Finnish restaurants
- Shift roster in Excel or software: when is a spreadsheet not enough?
- When must a restaurant publish the work schedule?
- Where restaurant rosters most often go wrong, and how to check them
Pay and supplements
Sunday and evening supplements, additional work and overtime, public holidays and the payslip: what a restaurant worker's pay is made of.
Employment and contracts
Part-timers, summer workers, annual leave, sick leave and work permits for foreign employees.
New in Plana
- New: auto-schedule right on the planning board
- Plana has moved to planavuorolista.fi
- New: absences, cover and requests in one place
- New: calendar sync, your own language and breaks in the employee app
- New: monthly targets and working-time form in take-home pay planning
- New: Plana is now also available in English
- The Plana blog is open