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Understanding Consecutive Minutes and Gap Minutes

The Consecutive Minutes and Gap Minutes settings control how employees can be scheduled across shifts and positions within a single day.

These settings are advanced configurations and should only be used in specific scenarios.

What Do These Settings Mean?

Consecutive Minutes
The maximum number of consecutive scheduled minutes an employee can work in a day without a gap in their schedule.

Gap Minutes
The minimum amount of unscheduled time required between shifts across all positions. This works in conjunction with Consecutive Minutes.

How These Settings Work Together

  • Consecutive Minutes defines how long someone can work continuously
  • Gap Minutes enforces how much break time must exist before they can be scheduled again

Together, they control shift spacing and continuous work limits across positions.

Important Warning

These settings can significantly impact scheduling behavior.

If enabled without proper configuration:

  • Employees may appear as having scheduling conflicts
  • You may be unable to schedule staff, even if they are available
  • In many cases, all employees may show as conflicts

Because of this, these settings are not recommended for general use.

When Should You Use This?

These settings are intended for specific operational or compliance use cases, such as:

  • Enforcing strict break requirements
  • Limiting continuous work across multiple positions

If you are unsure whether this applies to your team, we strongly recommend reaching out to SubItUp Support before enabling it.

Where to Find This Setting

These settings are located in the Global Availability section of SubItUp.

Need Help?

If you are considering using Consecutive Minutes and Gap Minutes, contact SubItUp Support HERE so we can help ensure it is configured correctly for your needs.