Leave can be added directly on staff’s timesheets on the Attendance page. By hovering over any date on the timesheet, you will see an "Add Absence/Leave" option appear. This article will guide you through this process.

Click ‘Attendance’ in the RotaCloud navigation bar to load your staff’s timesheets. Next, select the employee’s name from the list at the left.

Hover your mouse over any row on the timesheet and you’ll see an ‘Add Absence/Leave’ link appear. Click this link to begin adding leave:

Select the type of leave you want to add to the system. This can be Holiday, Sickness, or any other available Leave Type. It's important to note that different Leave Types in RotaCloud have different functions and may appear in different reports.

Choose whether the leave is paid or unpaid. You can set the default paid or unpaid status for each type of leave in your Settings menu. However, when filling out the 'Add Leave' form, you can always override this default setting if necessary.

If the employee is paid hourly, they will be paid according to the number of hours specified later in the form. If the employee is salaried, unpaid leave will be deducted from their salary proportionally.

Click in each field to set the start and end dates of the leave. Clicking on a field will show you a calendar, allowing you to easily choose each date.

Next, you can record the number of daily hours for the leave. Enter the number per day that the holiday is worth.

Note: Non-Working Days will have their hours set to ‘0’ by default when using this tool.

Adding these hours is optional; however, if you have an employee with a Holiday Allowance that’s expressed in hours, it must be entered for their leave balance to be correctly updated and show their correct current balance.

If you use the Time & Attendance package, hours must also be added here or on the Timesheet to accurately calculate holiday pay for hourly-paid employees. If Daily Hours are added at this point, then they will be automatically carried over to the Timesheet

You can add a message attached to the leave. This message will be visible to the employee and will also appear in any leave reports that you generate.

When you’re done, tap ‘Add Leave’. If the employee has shifts scheduled during the period that the leave has been added for, you'll be shown the ‘Clashing shifts’ menu. This will list all of the employee’s shifts that take place on the days of the leave. You’ll be given the option to handle the shifts in a few ways:

Select your desired option, and click ‘Add leave’ to make the changes.

After adding leave, it will be immediately visible on the timesheet and can also be viewed on the Rota or the Leave Page. To edit or delete leave, you can access the Leave Page.