Product Sep 7, 2018 Taking Time off Is Easy (With This New Feature) Dave Nevogt — 4 min read This new Hubstaff feature allows you to request, approve, deny, and track time off all within the app. Call us optimists, but managing time off requests should take up 0% of your day. No matter if you’re a business owner who has to establish the policy, a manager who is making sure shifts are covered, or an employee who wants to quickly see time off balances — the whole process should be simple. But in fact, it’s usually quite messy. Too messy. Subscribe to the Hubstaff blog Which is why we’re happy to announce our brand new Hubstaff feature: Time Off & Holidays Why include time off and holiday tracking? As you’ve probably noticed, Hubstaff is all about saving you time so you can focus on the most important work. Tracking vacation time is not a business-critical operation. And, the way many organizations currently do it could be simpler. Whether you share a calendar, send email requests, or even fill out paper forms, managing schedules and keeping tracking of who is out of the office is a cumbersome task. We knew our software could simplify the whole process. The answer to the time-wasting nature of managing time off Hubstaff keeps track of time off requests, team schedules, and remaining balances — all in one place. Making the task of requesting and approving time off as easy as clicking a button so you can focus on more important things. Like what you’re going to do with that time off. Work better with Hubstaff Simple, accurate time tracking for growing businesses. How the time off feature works for owners and managers Create a policy Set time off policies upfront and add specific team members to each one. You can have as many policies as you have employees. In this step, you’ll set up: Policy name (Vacation, Sick, PTO, etc.) Team members that the policy applies to If the policy allows: Negative balances Balance rollovers Accrual rates If the time is paid or unpaid If the request requires approval Plus, the option to auto-add new team members Add holidays Similar to adding time off policies, holiday pay policy can be added to your organization in a matter of minutes. You just need to enter: Holiday name Date Team members that the holiday applies to Number of paid hours for that holiday The option to auto-add new team members Review, approve or deny requests When a team member submits a time off request, you’ll get an automatic email notification to review and approve or deny it. You can view time off requests by going to Time Off in Hubstaff. You can also view requests, transactions, and balances for teams and individuals as a full report. Add reasons or comments When you deny a time off request, you’ll have the chance to enter a reason for doing so. That way, the email alert to your team member includes an explanation along with the notification that the request has been denied. This makes it easy to keep moving forward, and for your team to understand clearly or ask questions if needed. View team calendar See who’s working, who’s away and identify any necessary schedule changes. Team schedules are especially helpful for making sure work is covered, especially around holidays or busy seasons. How time off works for team members Submit your time off request in seconds Have something coming up? It only takes a few seconds to submit a time off request. Simply add dates, the requested time frame, total hours of time off and a reason for the request. Done. Get notified when a request has been approved or denied You’ll get an email as soon as your request was approved or denied. If it’s denied, the email will also include a message explaining why. Either way, your time off request will be recorded and can be viewed in the Time Off section of the app. The time you save? Spend it out of the office The hassle of manually calculating balances is a huge time waster for team members, managers, and owners. But not anymore. Hubstaff’s new time off feature can help save time across your entire organization. The more team members you have, the bigger cost savings you’ll see with this new addition. What do you think? If you’ve tried it out at your organization, let us know. Want to get feature updates more often? Subscribe and get updates straight to your inbox. Category: Product Most popular Time Management Timekeeping Integrity: Strategies to Combat Timesheet Fraud Just like the old saying goes, honesty really is the best policy — especially when it comes to filling out your timesheet. Times... 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