The four rules
Recovery time is configured on the shift itself, so it travels with that shift into every roster and Shift Schedule that uses it — you don’t set it again per roster.
Why a doctor might still look overworked
If a doctor is working what looks like too many nights or too tight a rotation despite these rules, check:- Whether Allow back-to-back duties is on for that roster — it permits some consecutive-day patterns (like night into day) that would otherwise be blocked.
- Whether the shift’s recovery time is actually set to a meaningful value, not left at a default that’s too short for your policy.
- Whether the perceived overload is actually workload imbalance rather than a rule violation — see Fairness for how the engine balances total hours, which is a separate, softer mechanism from these hard rest limits.
Next steps
Roster constraints
The full rule set, including these alongside leave and staffing.
Create a shift
Set a shift’s recovery time settings.