Planday

Use Bank holiday calendar function to manage payroll supplements, administer national holidays leave and make informed scheduling decisions

How to create a Bank holiday calendar

Transitioning to the new accrued Absence accounts

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Manage your employees' holiday entitlement and overtime in Planday

Leave, Overtime & Vacation

See how the absence and leave can be managed through Planday

Overview of leave management in Planday

With a fixed absence account, you have a starting balance and do not earn on an ongoing basis.

How to set up fixed Absence accounts

With an accrued absence account, you earn holidays on an ongoing basis.

How to set up accrued Absence accounts

Follow this guide on how to apply leave accounts (both Accrued & Fixed leave) to your employees and see an overview of leave accounts.

How to apply leave accounts to your employees

Get an overview of which employees have a leave account and understand how the balances work.

Overview of Absence accounts & Leave balances

Follow up on leave requests sent from your employees and take action by accepting or rejecting the request.

How to Approve or Decline leave requests from employees

As an administrator or manager, you can request and approve leave on behalf of your employees

How to request absence on behalf of an employee

Manage carryover in Leave accounts and follow best practices to ensure a smooth transition from one account period to the next.

How to set up and manage carry-over leave

Read about how to change a vacation year start date if your employee starts later than the start date stated in the Leave account.

How to change a vacation year start date on an Absence account

Frequently asked questions regarding Absence & Vacation

Absence & Vacation FAQs

Absence & Vacation

Understand how the Calendar Week Method calculations are conducted in Planday and see its implications for employees' leave accounts.

What is the Calendar Week Method

Follow this detailed process for changing over leave account templates to the new Calendar Week Method for accruing leave in the UK.

Leave account template changeover process to Calendar Week Method

Handling vacations in the UK

Manage Accrued vacation for your employees, directly in Planday

DK Accrued vacation

Handling vacations in Denmark

Germany Accrued Vacation

In this article, we cover how accrued vacation is calculated in Planday, and how it works in relation to German vacation entitlements.

Germany Accrued vacation: Leave pay and calculations

Handling vacations in Germany

See how the Time off in lieu (TOIL) and overtime can be managed in Planday.

Overview of TOIL and overtime in Planday

Create a Time off in lieu (TOIL) account template that you can apply to your employees to calculate their overtime or undertime hours.

How to create a TOIL account template

Follow this guide on how to apply TOIL account to your employees and see an overview of TOIL adjustments.

How to apply a TOIL Account to your employees

Use Punch Clock to automate TOIL calculations.

How is TOIL handled with the Punch Clock

Manually manage TOIL for small businesses without relying on Punch Clock or Contracted hours

How is TOIL handled with Shift types

Use Contracted hours to calculate and transfer TOIL balance to employees on a daily basis

How is TOIL handled with the Contracted hours

How to view overtime balances, see future TOIL requests and make adjustments to TOIL accounts manually.

View or edit TOIL and overtime balances

FAQ regarding TOIL account creation, viewing and editing balances, the transfer of hours and the supported functionalities and limitations.