Managing absence types

In Shiftbase you can manage the different absence types yourself.

💡 Tip: This can be useful if you want to have more or different absence types than the ones we offer by default.

If you want to add a new absence type click on the green button + Add absence type in the top right corner.

Changing an absence type is done by clicking on the Pencil icon behind an absence type.

Name: Name of the absence type.
Icon: Icon shown with the absence type.
Color: Color of the absence type.
Surcharge: Surcharge percentage by which the absence should be recorded.
Order: Order in which the absence types should be displayed.
Disable hours: No hours are calculated for this type, such as leave accrual, on-call hours and plus/minus hours.
Accrues time off: Leave hours are accrued during the absence.

⚠️ Note: This is applied retroactively to absences. Therefore, the balance may fluctuate due to past recordings made.

Supports wait hours: When an absence of this type is requested, wait hours can be specified.
Can be deducted from: From which time off balance the hours are deducted.
Mush be counted as: Here you can choose from Leave or Absence.
Can be requested by: Here you can specify which permission groups can request this type of leave.

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