Workforce Management & Compliance Solutions for Retail
nimbus is Australia’s leading cloud-based Workforce Management software for retail.
With over 25 years of experience supporting multi-location organisations with teams of all sizes, we’re adept at combining compliance, scheduling and efficiency for a multitude of different retailers.
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The challenges retail workforce teams face
- Demand swings by hour and store that make over or under-rostering easy to miss
- Award complexity across General Retail, Clerks and EBAs with penalty rates, overtime and allowances
- Limited multi-site visibility creating manual timesheets, payroll errors and disputes
- Continuity gaps where contact centre or POS outages impact service and revenue
How nimbus solves retail workforce challenges
Automated scheduling
Create compliant rosters in minutes with demand forecasting and store-level controls.
Award accuracy
Apply penalty rates, overtime and allowances automatically for every shift.
Real-time attendance
Mobile and kiosk clock-in reduce errors and payroll disputes.
Continuity and resilience
Keep contact centres and store communications available during disruptions.
Solutions tailored to your retail workforce needs
Enterprise workforce scheduling, time and attendance, leave and forecasting across multi-site store networks.
Award interpretation, payroll validation and audit-ready reporting aligned to Australian retail awards.
Telephony access control, interaction recording and contact centre workforce optimisation for support teams.
Business continuity with action plans and automated communication redirection during outages.
Why retailers choose nimbus
Featured by leading analysts and trusted by Australian enterprises for workforce management, compliance and continuity across large store networks.
Compliance, security, and data sovereignty
nimbus ensures hospitality operators meet compliance and payroll accuracy standards with complete transparency.
Australian hosting
Keep workforce data onshore with enterprise-grade resilience.
Security by design
SOC2 and ISO-aligned controls, role-based access and audit logging.
Award alignment
Built for General Retail, Clerks and related awards to support accurate, compliant payroll.
why nimbus
The benefits of nimbus for retail workforce management
We understand the challenges that retailers face daily, from scheduling and manpower to payroll accuracy and Retail and Clerk Award compliance.
With our tools, you can:
- Forecast staffing based on customer or sales data to meet demand
- Streamline communication between store managers and staff employees the head office
- Automate award interpretation and payroll accuracy to ensure regulatory compliance
- Generate optimised, cost efficient and compliant schedules
Customer Success in Action
Beacon Lighting
Beacon Lighting has deployed the nimbus Time2Work solution to help achieve significant operational efficiencies in team member scheduling while improving customer service, despite the disruption of COVID-19.
FAQs
nimbus workforce management software is a cloud-based solution that helps retailers optimise scheduling, time and attendance, compliance and payroll management
nimbus retail staff scheduling software enables you to:
- Automate staff scheduling
- Forecast for future demand
- Track time and attendance
- Simplify award compliance
Yes, nimbus has automated award compliance built-in to ensure regulatory alignment with Australian laws around scheduling, pay and privacy.
Getting Started
Simplify your hospitality workforce management with nimbus to focus on delivering exceptional service.