Deputy

Deputy is built for employers whose work happens in shifts: restaurants, retailers, healthcare providers, hotels, security firms, call centers, warehouses, and multi-location franchises. Managers use it to create schedules, forecast labor needs, record time and attendance, manage leave, communicate with staff, and connect approved hours to payroll. Its current positioning also includes Deputy AI for schedule quality, labor efficiency, compliance prompts, and workforce decisions across single-location and multi-site operations.

The product is most useful when managers need daily roster control and compliance evidence, not just a shared calendar. A restaurant group can forecast demand, publish rosters, handle shift swaps, watch overtime, and prepare payroll exports without rebuilding the week in spreadsheets. A healthcare or retail operator can track breaks, leave, and attendance rules across locations, while head office reviews labor patterns and staffing risks. Industries with Fair Workweek, break, or custom pay-rule obligations can position Deputy around risk reduction as much as manager convenience. Its partner fit is strongest for accountants, payroll advisors, HR consultants, POS partners, and workforce-operations specialists whose clients struggle with hourly scheduling and timekeeping. That audience already influences the systems hourly employers buy.

Deputy invites referral partners through its official partner page rather than a self-serve public affiliate rate card. Applicants sign up for the referral partner program, complete a profile in the partner portal, go through onboarding, and can become Deputy Certified before referring clients. The program is aimed at professionals who recommend scheduling, time tracking, and payroll tools to customers, not casual users sharing a friend link.

The public page confirms commissions for successful referrals, tracking through a partner dashboard, marketing assets, webinars, and access to Deputy, but it says the commission structure is visible only after application and portal login. No cookie window, payout method, minimum payout, or payment frequency is published on the accessible page. The signup path uses Deputy's partner portal on Magentrix; the separate consumer refer-a-friend page has gift-card rewards, but those terms are not the affiliate partner rate card.