Allow Daily Absence Duration Override

Use the Override Daily Duration rule to configure an absence type when the workers work variable hours and the employer doesn't want to change the work schedule.

Configure an absence type that uses hours as the unit of measure to override the start and end time of a particular absent day. A work schedule determines the times when a worker is available and unavailable for work based on the defined daily working hours for the worker. So when the worker schedules an absence, the defined daily working hours appear automatically on the absence request page. The Override daily duration rule enables the worker to modify the defined daily duration to more than the availability hours when scheduling an absence.

Note: If the employer changes the work schedule, and an absence is recorded with the same absence type that has the override daily duration rule enabled, the duration of the absence doesn't change.

Here's how you enable the Override daily duration rule:

1. In the Absences work area Tasks panel tab, click Absence Types.

2. In the Search Results section, click Create to open the Create Absence Type dialog box.

3. Select the pattern.

4. Click Continue to open the Create Absence Type page.

5. In the Type Attributes tab, enter the name.

6. Select the legislative data group.

7. Select the Display Features tab.

8. In the Dates and Duration section Override daily duration row, select Enabled.

9. Click Save and Close to return to the Absence Types page.

Workers use the advanced absence entry page to override the automatically calculated absence duration.