Run your team
without the hassle.

Built by a small business owner who understands first-hand the hassle of managing staff. This is one simple app your team will actually use, that gives you HOURS of your precious time back.

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This week
Monday Jul 27
Ava R.Manager9:00a–5:00p
Jordan B.Designer9:00a–5:00p
Tuesday Jul 28
Maya C.Designer10:00a–6:00p
Leo G.Photo10:00a–6:00p
Wednesday Jul 29
Tess O.Assistant11:00a–7:00p
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Chapter 1 · Getting started

Set up in one conversation.

Setup is a hassle-free conversation. Describe your business like you’re talking to a friend, and your positions, shift types and everything else you need appear, ready for your approval. Your first schedule is only minutes away.

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Set up with AI
We’re a small design studio, five people, closed Sundays, busiest late in the week.
Positions
Studio Manager Designer Photographer Assistant
Shift types
Studio day 9–5 Late 12–8 Shoot ½-day
Rules
Closed Sundays 2 designers Thu–Sat
Looks right — apply
Chapter 2 · Scheduling

The week builds itself.

If you’ve ever spent Sunday night juggling who’s off, who’s in school and who can’t do mornings — this is for you. Say the week you need in one sentence and HassleRelief drafts it around availability, roles and your rules. Publish, and only the people whose shifts changed get pinged. No group-chat chaos.

This week
Monday Aug 3
Ava R.9:00a–5:00p
Jordan B.9:00a–5:00p
Tuesday Aug 4
Maya C.10:00a–6:00p
Saturday Aug 8
Leo G.8:00a–12:00p
Leo G.4:00p–8:00p
Tess O.11:00a–7:00p
Ready to publish?Publish
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📲 Jordan — schedule updated
📲 Leo — schedule updated
Chapter 3 · Time & attendance

Everyone knows where to be.

No more checking cameras or hoping everyone’s being honest about arrival times. Staff clock in from their own phone, location verified, and your week updates live the moment it happens. Hours and lateness track themselves. No more “I was definitely here at 9.”

My shifts
Today 9:00a–5:00p
Designer
Northstar Studio · Jordan B.
Clock in
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Today · live
Monday live
Ava R.On the clock since 8:58a
Jordan B.Not started
Tess O.✓ Logged 7.50 hrs
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Chapter 4 · When life happens

Cover finds itself.

“Boss, I can’t make it tomorrow.” You know that sinking feeling — your evening was about to become phone calls. Not anymore: teammates trained for the role are asked automatically, their answers land before you’ve even opened the app, and one tap fills the shift. Life happens. Your day doesn’t have to stop for it.

Can’t make it

Tells your manager and asks teammates trained for Photographer to cover your shift.

Which shift can’t you make?
Tomorrow · 9:00a–5:00p
Send
🔁 Can you cover?
Leo can’t make tomorrow. Cover 9:00a–5:00p?
🔁 Can you cover?
Leo can’t make tomorrow. Cover 9:00a–5:00p?
Find cover
Maya C.Cover 9:00a–5:00p
✅ Said yes · Trained Photographer · Free tomorrow
Tess O.
⏳ Asked · waiting · Trained Photographer
Saturday
Saturday Aug 8
Leo G. out9:00a–5:00p
Maya C. cover9:00a–5:00p
Maya covers tomorrow — publish to tell the team
Chapter 5 · Tasks

Nothing falls through.

We’ve all said it out loud, watched heads nod, and found it not done three days later. Now you assign it in seconds — priority, due date, files attached. Everyone’s pinged, you’re notified when they open it and again the moment it’s done — and reminders do the chasing in between. Stop carrying the whole business in your head.

Tasks
Back up the shoot driveUrgent
Tess · due today 5:00p · 📎 checklist.pdf
Prep client proofsHigh
Maya · due Thu · 📎 2 files · 👀 seen
Order print stockNormal
Jordan · due Fri
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📲 Tess — new urgent task
Chapter 6 · Payroll

Hours become paychecks. Automatically.

Payday might be your least favorite night — timesheets, a calculator, and always running behind on pay slips because making them takes so long. Now clocked time flows straight into pay — overtime, leave, bonuses and NIB all calculated — and every pay slip generates itself. Staff download or print their own whenever they need one, without ever having to ask you.

GROSS
$0
NIB
$0
NET
$0
NORTHSTAR STUDIO
12 Harbour Lane · hello@northstar.studio
PAYSLIP
EMPLOYEE INFORMATION
Name: Jordan Blake · jordan@northstar.studio
PAY DATEPAY TYPEPAY PERIOD
Aug 10, 2026WEEKLYAug 3 – Aug 9
PERIOD EARNINGSHOURSRATECURRENTYTD
REGULAR40.00$18.00$720.00$20,790.00
REGULAR OVERTIME0.00$27.00$0.00$486.00
VACATION0.00$0.00$720.00
ADDITIONAL (BONUS)$50.00$50.00
GROSS TOTALS40.00$770.00$22,046.00
DEDUCTIONS
NIB (EMPLOYEE)$35.81$1,025.14
BANK FEE$2.00$58.00
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS$37.81$1,083.14
NET PAY
NET PAY$732.19$20,962.86
Chapter 7 · Switching is painless

Your history comes with you.

You’ve probably been in business for a while — you should get to keep that history. Photograph your old pay slips or upload the spreadsheet: the AI reads every period, shows you what was recognized (and flags anything uncertain for your review), then files it all, year-to-date included. Switching stops being a project.

PAYSLIP · WK 12
REGULAR 34h .... $612.00
VACATION 8h .... $144.00
GROSS ......... $756.00
NIB ........... $35.15
NET ........... $718.85
📷 photo of an old paper slip
Review import
Week ending Mar 22
42.00 h · Gross $756.00 · Net $718.85
📋 34h regular + 8h vacation
Save 26 periods
NORTHSTAR STUDIO
PAYSLIP
IMPORTED RECORD
PERIOD EARNINGSHOURSCURRENTYTD
REGULAR34
VACATION8
GROSS TOTALS42.00$756.00$9,282.00
YTD figures are totals of the 12 imported pay periods on file this calendar year.
Chapter 8 · Hassle-free access

Staff self-service.

“Can I get a job letter? The bank needs it today.” That used to mean hunting for a template with an hour you didn’t have. Now everything about each person lives in one place — pay, documents, leave balances — and that job letter is requested, approved and sitting on your staff member’s profile in a minute.

My documents
🪪ID copyadded Mar 2024
📄Contractadded Mar 2024
Need a letter?
✉️ Request job letter
Request sent — Ava's been pinged
Letter requests
Jordan Blake · Job letter
Requested 9:41a · Designer · started Mar 2024
✅ Approve & release
NORTHSTAR STUDIO

To whom it may concern,

This letter confirms that Jordan Blake is employed with Northstar Studio and has been since March 4, 2024 (1 year, 5 months). Jordan currently holds the position of Designer.

Warm regards,
Ava Reid · Studio Manager

Chapter 9 · HassleRelief Helper

Ask. The Helper answers with your data.

Every owner has the 9 p.m. questions: who opens tomorrow? Is anyone hitting overtime? What did labour cost this week? Just ask. HassleRelief Helper isn’t a chatbot bolted on — the Helper operates the app: building schedules, drafting tasks, reading pay documents and answering from your real numbers. And if you’re ever stuck or can’t find something, just ask — the Helper walks you through the app, step by step.

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Who’s working today?
Three on today: Ava 9–5, Jordan 9–5, Tess 11–7. Leo’s off. ✅
Anyone near overtime?
Jordan’s at 36.5h — one more full shift tips him over 40. Want me to trim Friday?
Create a high-priority stock count task for Friday
Done — Stock count · Urgent · Fri · assigned to Tess. 📋
How much did labour cost this week?
$2,847.50 across 158 hours — 4% under your weekly budget. 📊
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