Manage General Settings
In this article you can find out, how to manage your account information and the basic settings.

The account information can be managed from the Settings > General. This is the first page when you open the Settings.
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General settings
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Company name: The company name shown in the account.
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Email: The contact email address in case of emergency.
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Phone nr.: Your phone number.

Employee name display
With these settings, you control how employees are viewed in the employee menu.
Sort employees by: The order in which employees are shown.
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Manual: When selected, you can choose the order of employees in the Employees menu. When editing their personal information, you can now select the Order.
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First name: Sort on first name
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Last name: Sort on last name
Name display: The way the names of employees are displayed.

📝 Note: The order of the initials in the profile picture are always first name initial, last name initial.
Language settings
Here, you can change the geographics of the account.
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Account Language: The language in which the system is set by default.
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Time zone: The time zone in which the account falls.
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Currency: The currency that applies to the account.

📝 Note: The names of the contract types and absence types do not change by changing the Account language. These are set-up with the language the account has initially been created with.
To edit the names of the names of the Contract types, Absence policies and Absence types, you must edit them in their respective menu's.
Schedule start and end times
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Start time: The time at which the day view of the schedule starts.
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End time: The time at which the day view of the schedule ends.

Cost to Company (Premium)
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Show cost to company (CTC) in schedule and timesheets: This allows you to specify whether you want to display the costs for the company in the schedules and timesheets. Read more about contracts here.
- Schedule compliance check: With the schedule compliance check, you will get notified in the Schedule when you make rosters which do not comply with general labor regulation. These notifications will be labeled as Violations. Read more about compliance Here.

Account owner
Here is where you can set the account manager and also account owner. This person always has all permissions and has access to all areas within Shiftbase. The regular permission groups do not apply for this user.

Features
Enable or disable essential features for the account.
- Minijob: For the German employment type Minijob, you enable this Contract type and its additional features. Learn more about Minijob here.


