When an employee is absent from work, you can record details of their absence in their employee record.

You can also enter Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Parental payments in Enter Payments.

Enter absence from the employee record

1. Double-click the required employee on your employee list.
2. Go to Absence tab, then select the Diary Entry button.
3. Select the Absence Type and the duration of the absence in the fields provided.
4. Select OK then Save.
5. Select Close.

Enter absence from the Enter Payments option

1. Select the required employee on your employee list.
2. Go to Payroll then Enter Payments.
3. Go to the SSP/Parental Leave tab.
4. Select the first date of absence then hold down the left mouse button and drag to the last absence date.
5. Right-click any of the ▼ cells you highlighted then select the required absence type.

   

6. Enter any additional information required for the absence type you added.
7. Select OK then continue processing your payroll as normal.

Delete an absence from the employee record

If you haven't updated the period, you can delete the absence entry from the employee's record.

Where you've already updated the period, roll back the payment so you can remove the absence.

1. Double-click the required employee then go to their Absence tab.
2. Select the first date of absence to delete then hold down the left mouse button and drag to the last absence date.
3. Right-click on any of the cells you highlighted, ▼ then select None.

   

Sage HR Leave Management

The Leave Management module makes it easy to manage and track employee absences.

To find out more, visit the leave management module article.