Shift schedule
Plan the week, bulk-create shifts and copy last week.
Included in Staff & Payroll
Rosters, attendance and payroll without the spreadsheets
Plan the week’s shifts, let staff clock in and out from the Zestia app, and export payroll from real hours. Track restaurant expenses with approvals in the same place.
Copy week to roll a roster forwardBreaks tracked with every shiftExport payroll and expensesApprovals on every expense
The basics
What is restaurant staff management software?
Staff management software handles the people side of a restaurant: who works when, who actually turned up, how many hours they worked and what they should be paid.
Zestia combines shift scheduling, clock-in attendance with breaks, payroll summaries and staff documents, and adds expense tracking so labour and running costs sit next to your sales.
Staff & Payroll at a glance
- Weekly shift schedule with bulk create and copy week
- Clock in, clock out and breaks from the Zestia app
- Manual attendance entries for managers
- Payroll summary and export
- Expenses with categories, recurring costs and approvals
Run your team and costs
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Clock in & out
Staff record attendance and breaks from the Zestia app.
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Attendance view
Managers see who is on shift and add manual entries.
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Payroll summary
Hours and pay built from recorded attendance.
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Payroll export
Hand payroll to your accountant as a file.
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Staff documents
Keep contracts and IDs on each staff profile.
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Expenses
Log costs by category with an approval step.
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Recurring costs
Rent, utilities and subscriptions tracked automatically.
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Roles & PIN login
Role-based permissions and fast PIN login at the till.
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Scheduling & attendance
From roster to real hours
Build shifts for the week, create several at once and copy the previous week when the pattern repeats. Staff clock in, take breaks and clock out from the Zestia app, and can see their own schedule and history.
- Bulk shift creation and copy week
- Clock in/out and break tracking
- Staff see their own schedule and hours
- Manager attendance view and manual entries
- Staff documents stored on each profile
Payroll & expenses
Know what the business really costs
Payroll summaries are built from recorded attendance and can be exported for your accountant. Expenses are logged by category, recurring costs are set up once, and every expense can be approved or rejected.
- Payroll summary and export
- Expense categories and recurring expenses
- Approve or reject submitted expenses
- Expense summary and export
- Expenses feed the profit & loss report
How it works
Up and running in 3 steps.
No installers to babysit and no special hardware — sign up, set up and start taking orders.
Start step 1- 1Step 1
Add your team
Invite staff, assign roles and set PINs for the POS.
- 2Step 2
Publish the roster
Create shifts for the week and copy them forward.
- 3Step 3
Track hours and export payroll
Staff clock in from the app; export payroll at the end of the period.
Why Staff & Payroll
What changes when you switch to Zestia Staff & Payroll.
Hours you can trust
Payroll comes from recorded clock-ins and breaks, not memory or paper.
Rosters in minutes
Bulk-create shifts and copy last week instead of starting from scratch.
Spending under control
Expenses need approval and recurring costs are tracked automatically.
Try Staff & Payrollfree for 30 days.
No card required. No setup fee. Cancel anytime.
Staff clock in and out, and start and end breaks, from the Zestia app. Managers can also add manual entries.
Zestia produces a payroll summary from recorded attendance and exports it, so you or your accountant can run payroll.
Yes. Log expenses by category, set up recurring costs, and approve or reject them. Expenses feed the profit & loss report.
Staff management is included in every Zestia plan, including Starter.
Works together
Pairs well with
Point of Sale
Keyboard-first POS for Windows PCs and Android tablets. Dine-in, takeaway and delivery from one screen — and it keeps working offline.
Part of Front of house
Reports & Analytics
Sales, profit & loss, tax, staff and kitchen reports — for a single branch or every location side by side.
Part of Back of house
Inventory & Recipes
Recipes deduct stock with every sale. Suppliers, purchase orders, waste logs and stock takes in one place.
Part of Back of house