Time off and holidays
- With which types of schedules can half-day holidays be assigned?
- Can supporting documents be attached to absence requests?
- What can be requested by an employee from the Time off section?
- Can I block time off by time ranges?
- Can time off be edited?
- What’s the difference between paid and unpaid time off?
- What is a cumulative time off?
- What is a leave from work?
- Will the administrator have two different views or just one for each employee to manage absences and holidays?
- What is an absence?
- What is a private time off?
- Can I block a period of time so that it is not possible to request a leave from work during that time?
- How do my employees request absences and leaves from work?
- Can employees add comments when requesting a time off?
- How to assign time off?
- Can public holidays worked be compensated with hours?
- What types of time off are there in Sesame?
- Can I assign multiple people to validate time off and holiday requests in sequence?
- Can a holiday request be rejected?
- How do my employees request holidays?
- How can I assign holidays?
- How can I assign time off by Workplace, Department, or to The entire company?
- How can I assign leaves from work?
- How can I manage time off and holidays in bulk?
- How can I delete and manage time off according to ranges?
- Can I manage all my team's time off requests with a single action?
- How are time off requests managed?
- Can my team take half a day off as compensation for working on a public holiday?
- Can I configure half-day absences for my team to request?
- Can I configure time off renewal so my team gets their absence time back each year?
- What is time off proration?
- How can I configure time off to be prorated based on employees' contracts?
- Can I set an expiry date for time off?
- How can my employees request to work on a public holiday?
- How can I create types of time off?
- Can I manually edit my employees’ holiday days?
- If I modify a team member’s contract or create a new one, will their holiday entitlement update automatically?
- If I manually add or subtract holiday days and the system also recalculates due to a contract change, will the counter reflect both?
- What happens if there are manual modifications before the change in holiday recalculation?
- What is the incidents view in the calendar?
- What is a leave of absence?
- Can I view my employees' request history?
What’s the difference between paid and unpaid time off?
At Sesame HR, we understand that there are times when employees need to be away from work. To manage these situations clearly and transparently, time off is classified into two types: paid and unpaid.
Paid time off
This refers to time off where the employee is absent for a justified reason but still receives their salary as if they had worked their full schedule.
Example:
If an employee is scheduled to work 8 hours and takes 1 hour of paid time off, their schedule will show a 7-hour workday, but they will still be paid for 8 hours.
Common types of paid time off:
- Holidays.
- Sick leave.
- Maternity or paternity leave.
- Marriage or civil partnership leave.
- Bereavement leave (death of a family member).
Unpaid time off
This is time off where the employee is absent with the company’s approval but does not receive salary for the hours or days missed.
Example:
If an employee is scheduled to work 8 hours and takes 1 hour of unpaid time off, they will only be paid for the 7 hours worked. That hour can be recovered at another time; otherwise, it will not be paid.
Common types of unpaid time off:
- Personal matters.
- Family care (when not meeting the conditions for paid leave).
- Volunteering or social causes.
- Courses or training not related to the employee's job.