New York City Department of Education Leverages CyberShift's Workforce Management System for Rapid Implementation of H1N1 Vaccine Distribution Program
Flexible Staff Scheduling and Accurate Reimbursements Key to Meeting Demand
| Source: CyberShift
PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - November 19, 2009) - CyberShift, a global provider of workforce
management and
expense management software and services, today announced that its
Workforce Management 3G™ Suite is being utilized by the New York City
Department of Education (DOE) to support the scheduling of staff who
volunteer for H1N1 weekend vaccination clinics. In response to the "Swine
Flu" public health crisis, the vaccine is being offered at no cost to New
York City children and any others that are deemed to be at risk for the
H1N1 Flu at designated sites throughout the City. Volunteers are being
asked to serve up to 12 hours per day on the weekends.
The New York City Department of Education is the largest public school
system in the country with 1.1 million children in 1,200 public schools
throughout the city's five boroughs (the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens
and Staten Island) and employs more than 127,000 people.
Known as Points of Dispensing (PODs), vaccine distribution points are
located in New York City schools throughout the five boroughs. To ensure
the success of each of the PODs, non-medical staff is needed to augment
core medical team members. Department of Education employees who volunteer
will be paid for the weekend assignments in addition to their regular
schedules. The Department of Education will be reimbursed for their
employees' services by another City Agency. In order for this
reimbursement to happen, accurate tracking of time worked is of paramount
importance. The New York City Department of Education is leveraging
CyberShift's workforce management system to calculate the complex business
rules needed to address the multi-faceted scheduling and timekeeping
requirements.
Beth Knipfing, Deputy Executive Director for CFO Operations, New York City
Department of Education, stated, "Our primary objective is to quickly
schedule our staff to execute on the timely distribution of the vaccine.
To support this goal, as well as to satisfy the detailed documentation
required by government guidelines and to accurately identify and pay our
employees, we rely heavily on our CyberShift workforce management system."
Robert E. Farina, CyberShift's CEO, commented, "Throughout our
long-standing relationship, we have had to address many unique requirements
for the New York City Department of Education. Pandemics of the magnitude
of the H1N1 flu require the ability to respond quickly and decisively. We
are pleased that we are able to work with the DOE in their implementation
of this high priority initiative."
About CyberShift
CyberShift, Inc. is a leading provider of workforce and expense management
software and services focused on helping mid-sized to large, complex
organizations improve organizational performance and profitability.
Through its integrated Workforce Management 3G™ suite, which includes
time and attendance, advanced scheduling and reporting and analytics,
companies can more effectively plan, manage and deploy their workforces,
reduce costs and improve processes across business operations. CyberShift
Expense™ automates the processing and facilitates the management of
employee business expenses such as travel and entertainment and helps
companies improve compliance, enforce expense policies and procedures and
increase visibility into operations. Offered in both traditional license
fee and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery models, CyberShift's
innovative solutions have been awarded U.S. and Canadian patents.
CyberShift is the first enterprise-class workforce and expense management
solution provider to enable support for the BlackBerry® platform.
To learn how CyberShift's solutions can help your organization, contact
CyberShift by calling (877) 274-4381 or visiting us at www.CyberShift.com.