Work Location Control for Field Employees in Canada

Work Location Control for Field Employees in Canada
Written by
Daria Olieshko
Published on
21 Mar 2025
Read time
2 - 4 min read

Why Work Location Control matters for your field teams

The field service management industry is on the rise in 2022. What's more, the field service market is expected to grow by at least 50% by 2025.But field service management requires serious oversight and supervision. That's why it's critical that you have the right tools at your disposal, from handling incoming service orders and assigning them to available field workers to tracking progress in real time.Great news! Very soon, Shifton customers will be able to efficiently manage field service staff with the new Work Location Control module.

Implementing Work Location Control for Field Employees

For organizations with mobile teams, Shifton’s Work Location Control module lets managers oversee daily operations and track personnel movements in real time. Seamlessly integrated with the Tasks module and standard scheduling feature, it offers live GPS tracking, customizable geofencing and audit-ready attendance logs. Instant alerts notify supervisors when a field employee leaves a designated area or misses a check-in—ensuring compliance, boosting on-site safety and preventing unauthorized overtime.What you get as a result:
  • The work schedule feature allows a manager to quickly and easily create a work schedule and assign shifts. Field employees can access it instantly from their mobile devices.
  • With the Tasks module, you can easily create, assign, and manage tasks.
  • The manager can track employees' progress in real time by viewing task status updates, as well as display employees' GPS location data in real time.
  • Field employees can use the Shifton mobile app to record start and end times, as well as close tasks directly from their work location and get the next assignment without returning to the office.
Interested in testing Shifton's field employee management tools? We're now offering 1 free month of full functionality for a comfortable start for new customers.To learn more, book a free consultation and demonstration of Shifton's features.
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Daria Olieshko

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