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title: "Manage Shift Drops"
url: "https://help.celayix.com/en/article/manage-shift-drops"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-04-24T21:58:13.579Z"
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# Manage Shift Drops

Manage Shift Drops to allow employees to request removal from shifts while maintaining schedule coverage.

Manage Shift Drops to review, approve, and monitor employee shift drop requests. This allows you to ensure shifts are properly reassigned and schedule coverage is maintained while providing employees with flexibility.

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## Manage Shift Drop Requests

If **Approval required to drop shift** is enabled, you can manage requests in the **Requests** section.

-   Set **Request type** to **Shift drop**
-   Select a request
-   Click **Approve** or **Decline**

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## Approval Outcome

-   **Approved**
-   -   Shift becomes **Open**
    -   A time off record is created (if enabled)
-   **Declined**
-   -   Employee remains assigned to the shift

Approved requests will display a status of **Success**.

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## View Shift Drops in the Schedule

To display shift drops in the Schedule, click the **settings cog** and use an **employee-centric layout** that includes **Employee ID** and **Employee Name** in the **Row header options**.

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In the layout settings under **Show in the layout**, ensure **Approved time off only** is selected under **Procesed Employee Time Off**.

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Shift drops will then be visible on the schedule. If you want to ensure that your Shift Drops are obvious, we'd recommend that you set them up to a **Time off type** labelled as **Shift Drop**.

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