Enter absence patterns

  1. Click Absence.

  2. On the Data menu, click Enter Absence Messages.

  3. On the calendar, select the absence period then right-click and select New absence message.

    IRIS Payrite automatically excludes non-working days according to the employee’s work pattern, so you can enter multi-week absences.

  1. On the Att. Code list, select the absence code for the message.

  2. If required, in the Time and Cost boxes, enter time lost during the absence and the cost.

    These values are for reporting purposes only. The From date and To date boxes are populated according to the date range you selected.

  1. In the Description box, enter further details of the absence, such as reason for the sickness.

  2. Click OK. If you have a payrun open and the code is to be paid through IRIS Payrite, a warning message is shown. Click Yes to pull the payment into the payrun or No to exclude it.

    3. The code is shown on the calendar.