Absence types are used in Time and Attendance (TAA) to differentiate what your employees are paid (or not paid) based on the reason for the absence and to keep track of why your employees are on leave.
Note: You MUST have absence types in place before you can add an absence for a worker (as shown in Adding an Absence).
If you find that one of your absence types needs a new name, payroll code, or other setting, you can edit it as follows:
- Click
>> Absence Types.
The Absence Types screen will appear.
- In the row of the absence type you need to modify, click
at the far left.
The row will become editable.
- To change the name of the absence type, select the text in the Absence Name field and type the new name.
- If your payroll company has changed the code it is using for this type of absence, select the current text in the Absence Code field and type the new code exactly as the payroll system now has it, as it will use the code to process payment (if you plan to export TAA data for payroll).
- To change whether employees will be paid for absences entered with this type, select or deselect the Paid check box.
- Enabled will likely be selected, which means that this is an absence type that can be currently used when entering an absence in TAA; you should leave this checked if you want the type to continue being used. (If you want to keep the absence type but temporarily prevent its use, you can deselect the Enabled check box.)
- At the far right of the row, click
to save your changes.
Note: Clicking
will cancel your absence type modifications.
A success message will appear at the top right of the screen.