Biweekly Work Schedule Maker
A free biweekly work schedule maker built around the two-week pay cycle. Lay out both halves on a single page — each grid keeps its own shifts and its own running totals, so fairness evens out across the fortnight instead of inside a cramped seven-column sheet. Print, download, or hand off either half, and whatever you enter stays on your machine.
- Both halves, one page
- Separate totals each grid
- Dedicated link per half
- Runs entirely in-browser
Week 1
Week 1
1 staff · 37.5h total
| Employee | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 37.5h | |
| Daily total | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 37.5h |
100% private — every name, shift and total is computed in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored, or sent anywhere. The share link encodes the schedule in the URL itself.
Week 2
Week 2
1 staff · 37.5h total
| Employee | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 37.5h | |
| Daily total | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 7.5h | 37.5h |
100% private — every name, shift and total is computed in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored, or sent anywhere. The share link encodes the schedule in the URL itself.
How to build a biweekly schedule
- Draft the opening half. Drop your crew into the first grid, set everyone's shifts, and note where each person's running total lands.
- Lay out the back half. Build the lower grid for the second stretch of the cycle — flip rest days, rotate who closes, or hand the weekend to a different group so the fortnight isn't a copy of itself.
- Even out the cycle. Lean on those side-by-side tallies to top up anyone short and pull back anyone over, until the two halves balance.
- Hand it off. Print or download whichever grid you need, or copy its dedicated link and send it along.
Biweekly work schedule maker — FAQ
Why two grids instead of one?
A fortnight rarely repeats itself: alternating Fridays off, swapped day and night rotations, every-other-weekend coverage. Splitting the planner into two independent halves means each side carries its own shifts and tallies its own totals — something a single seven-column sheet can't represent.
How do I keep everyone's hours fair across the fortnight?
The first grid tallies each person on its own. Glance at those running totals, then shape the second half to compensate — top up whoever came in light, trim whoever ran heavy — until the pay cycle lands roughly even for the whole crew.
Can I send both halves to my team?
Absolutely. Each grid carries a separate Share button backed by a distinct link, so handing out the back half never clobbers the front. Bookmark both addresses and next cycle becomes an edit, not a rebuild.
Is the planner actually free?
Completely — no registration, no upgrade prompt, no expiring trial. Draft, print, download, and distribute as many fortnightly rotations as you need.
Where does anything I type end up?
On your screen and nowhere else. Both halves are calculated locally inside the browser; no names, shifts, or totals reach a server. Each link bakes its schedule straight into the URL rather than saving it anywhere remote.
Just need a single week? Use the weekly work schedule template or the work schedule maker.
Scheduling shift workers across a two-week cycle? A growing list of cities now require you to post that schedule days in advance — see the fair workweek & predictive-scheduling laws by city, including San Francisco's rules and Philadelphia's, or check whether one covers you.