Configure absence types

Although when you activate the absence module you automatically have predefined absence types, as an administrator you can edit the preloaded absence types, you can disable them or you can add new absence types.

Default absence types #

The default absence types are:

Vacations
Common disease
Industrial accident
Birth leave
Breastfeeding leave
Wedding permit

The configuration of absence types can be accessed from the side menu:

Configuration > and in other settings click on "Configure types of absences".

Each type of absence has certain parameters:

Name: This is the identifying and descriptive text of the type of absence.
Acronym: Displayed in the calendar view where the name is too long to be displayed in full.
Deduct from leave balance. If this parameter is activated, each time an absence of this type is approved, the balance will be deducted from the available leave balance.
Not checked, accept automatically. Used for when the absence type is to be automatically accepted after the user submits.
Allow sending without an end date. If the nature of the type of absence means that the end date is unknown or not even estimated.
Activate notifications. With this field activated, the notifications of sending, acceptance and rejection will be sent to the interested parties.
Calculate based on: If working days are chosen when calculating the duration of absence it excludes holidays and Saturdays or Sundays if they are marked as holidays in the corresponding user calendar. On the other hand, if calendar days are chosen, the system does not take holidays into account when calculating the duration.

Table of default configuration of the preloaded absence types #

Name	Discount balance	Not reviewed	Allow without end date	Activate notifications	Calculate based on
Vacations	✅	❌	❌	✅	Skilled
Common disease	❌	❌	✅	✅	Natural
Industrial accident	❌	❌	✅	✅	Natural
Birth leave	❌	❌	❌	✅	Natural
Breastfeeding leave	❌	❌	❌	✅	Skilled
Wedding permit	❌	❌	❌	✅	Natural