Configure and give employees access to the Group Absence Calendar

Absence overview

Employees’ absence When an employee or worker is absent from work. This can be for a variety of reasons. information in the system is categorised as follows:

• Sensitive absences When an employee or worker is absent from work. This can be for a variety of reasons., i.e., any absence type with one of the following codes:

  • C (Compassionate)

  • M (Maternity)

  • P (Paternity)

  • S (Sickness)

  • U (Unauthorised)

• Non-sensitive absences, i.e., any absence type with one of the following codes:

  • B (Bank Holiday A bank holiday is a public holiday recognised nationwide in the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies.)

  • H (Holiday)

  • O (Other)

This table summarises the different levels of access to the Group Absence Calendar employees typically have, but may change depending on the Set Rights you assign to them:

Set Rights Set Rights are the system permissions you allocate to employees to control the information available to a user about other employees. level	Tab/System Area	Information shown (if available)	Information about...	Description
Employee	Homepage - who is off today (if not switched off in System Configuration). No access to the Absence tab in My Details.	Who is off today.	All employees in the company or all employees in their department depending on the Where Clause Allows you filter records using a specific criteria. you create.	Non-sensitive only, no absence details (just Out of Office).
Line manager	Homepage and Absence tab in My Details.	Who is off today. Upcoming birthdays.	Employees they have access to via Set Rights/ Where Clauses.	Absence details (including sensitive).
Set Rights user	Homepage and Absence tab in My Details.	Who is off today. Upcoming birthdays.	All employees	Absence details (including sensitive).

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