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Time Off Settings
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Time Off Settings
Determine if and how your staff will use When I Work to help manage Time Off for your business Must have admin or manager level access to change Time Off Settings If any changes are made, click Save in the top right corner of the screen Hover over Gear menu, then select Time Off Settings. Toggling time off requests on allows your team to submit time off within the web or mobile application. Callout Description a Check these boxes to enable approval for Employee and/or Supervisor level users requests b Enter how many days in advance a user should submit a...
Scheduling
Introduction to Scheduling
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Giving Your Team Schedule Flexibility
Giving your team schedule flexibility can go a long way to keeping them happy. When I Work offers several features to take the scheduling burden off you and empower your users. The availability feature allows your users to let you know when they prefer to work and when they prefer...From your Computer, iOS device, Android device
Applies to Admins, Managers, Supervisors
Scheduling
Creating the Schedule
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Interpreting Availability and Time Off While Scheduling
Availability preferences and time off requests help you better understand when users can work so you can schedule them more effectively and avoid scheduling conflicts. Depending on your view of the Scheduler, user’s availability and time off is displayed differently. See Schedule Views for more information on the ways you can view the Scheduler. A user’s availability preferences show when a user is able to work. On an user’s availability calendar, two types of preferences can be set: Preferred: times that the user prefers to work. Unavailable: times that the user is not able to work. Users can still be...From your Computer
Applies to Admins, Managers, Supervisors
Scheduling
Processing User Requests
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Managing Time Off Requests
When users request time off, use the When I Work web or mobile app to process their requests! You must have supervisor, manager, or admin access privileges to process employee requests. If you’re a supervisor, you can only process requests for employees that belong to your schedules. Time off requests do not require approval if Require Approval for Employees and Require Approval for Supervisors is turned off in the General Settings. If you submit a time off request on an employee’s behalf, the request is automatically approved. All requests have a status. Learn more about the different Time Off Request Statuses. When a request needs...From your Android device, Computer, iOS device
Applies to Admins, Employees, Managers, Supervisors
Scheduling
Time Off and Shift Requests
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Time Off Settings
Determine if and how your staff will use When I Work to help manage Time Off for your business Must have admin or manager level access to change Time Off Settings If any changes are made, click Save in the top right corner of the screen Hover over Gear menu, then select Time Off Settings. Toggling time off requests on allows your team to submit time off within the web or mobile application. Callout Description a Check these boxes to enable approval for Employee and/or Supervisor level users requests b Enter how many days in advance a user should submit a... -
Requesting Time Off
When you need to take time off from work, use When I Work to send the request to your manager for approval. Time off can be submitted as Holiday (paid or unpaid), Personal (paid or unpaid), Sick (paid or unpaid) or any combination of these options as well as custom time off types. If you have employee access privileges, time off may be restricted based on your employer’s policies If your team uses When I Work to track time off balances, you can also check your time off balance when submitting a request. Your employer can: Turn off time off...From your Android device, Computer, iOS device
Applies to Admins, Employees, Managers, Supervisors