# Take day labourers when people are missing

> In Weplanify, when the split is short of people, take day labourers: positions to fill, people added or called back, arrival on site, then the day validated.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Day labourers
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.prendre-depuis-le-planning?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.prendre-depuis-le-planning.md
- Last updated: 2026-10-16

In Weplanify, day labourers are people paid per presence, without an employee record. The word follows your sector (day labourers, extras, relief workers…) and is changed in **Settings → Time and attendance → Time clock**, block **People paid per presence**. Example: on Saturday, 4 labourers are missing at Chantier Résidence Horizon.

## Steps

1. At step 2 of the generation, the [split](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.generation.besoins?lang=en) shows the **missing** row. Below the table, click **Take 4 day labourers**.
2. Choose: **Leave 4 positions to fill**, the site manager recording people as they arrive; **Add people now**, one line per person (name, phone, job, rate); **Call back day labourers who already came**; or **Share the ad on WhatsApp**.
3. On the day, the site manager [records the arrivals](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.enregistrer-une-arrivee?lang=en): each arrival takes an open post.
4. In the evening, [validate the day](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.valider-une-journee?lang=en): the window shows the differences with the plan.

## Good to know

- Posts nobody takes stay open: the first day labourer recorded on arrival takes them. They also show on the [Positions to fill](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.creneau-ouvert?lang=en) row of the planning, where an employee can take one.
- Calling back shows those who already came to a site of the company, with their last visit and rate.
- Everyone is paid per presence: a validated presence times the agreed rate. **Paid** by the day, by the session or by the hour only changes how the rate is shown. Next: [pay](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.payer?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Adjust the split of the week](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.generation.besoins?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the split says how many people you need each day, morning, evening and night, per job: change a number and read what it changes first.
- [Record a day labourer's arrival](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.enregistrer-une-arrivee?lang=en) — In Weplanify, record that a day labourer came to work, on which site, in which job and at what rate; the site manager often does it from their phone.
- [Validate a day of day labourers](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.valider-une-journee?lang=en) — In Weplanify, validate a site's day to lock what each day labourer is owed, after seeing the differences with the plan; the day then moves to To pay.
- [Offer positions to fill](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.creneau-ouvert?lang=en) — In Weplanify, a position to fill is a slot without a name: an employee takes it on their phone, or a day labourer takes it when they arrive on site.
- [Pay the day labourers](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.payer?lang=en) — In Weplanify, tick the validated days to pay together, see who gets what and how much cash to take out, then record the payment of those days.
- [Manage day labourers: arrivals, days and payments](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers?lang=en) — In Weplanify, follow the people paid per presence: positions to fill, arrivals on site, validated days, then payment in cash, by mobile money or bank transfer.
- [Announce positions to fill on a site](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.annoncer-un-besoin?lang=en) — In Weplanify, announce how many day labourers each site requires per job: the posts show on the site planning and each arrival on site fills one of them.
- [Availability, people « as needed » and the reserve](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.generation.personnes?lang=en) — In Weplanify, set when each person can come; a contractor paid per presence can come « as needed », only when people are needed and never for extra days.