Set up absence types and holidays

The absence types

Every time off request has an absence type. Skileo sets up six types for you, in your company’s language: holiday, sick leave, parental leave, compassionate leave, unpaid leave and other.

Open Settings, then the Time off tab. The Absence types section lists them.

Add or change a type

1. Click Add new, or the Edit button of a type.
2. Fill in:
   • Name of the absence type;
   • Colour: the colour of the type;
   • Does it discount time: whether its days are taken from the employee’s allowance;
   • Needs approval: choose No, it's auto-approved to approve its requests at once;
   • Make attached document mandatory?: the request then needs a file, for example a medical certificate;
   • Paid?
3. Click Save.

Drag the types to change their order. The Delete button (a bin) deletes a type. Some of the types Skileo set up can’t be deleted: they have no bin.

With the types Skileo sets up, only holidays count against the allowance, and a sick leave is approved at once but needs a document.

Holidays

Your company’s holidays are not counted as working days in time off requests.

1. Open Settings, then the Holidays tab.
2. Click Add new.
3. Enter the Holiday name and the Date.
4. Click Save.

Common questions