There is a demand from schools in our trust to record ‘non-absence’ absences in EveryHR so that all absences are together on the Team Calendar for example. This would include teachers being off-timetable for lesson observations or staff attending/participating in training where arranging cover would be required. These staff would be working for absence purposes, but not available to do their usual duties.
We would want the following functionality (mostly existing features)
Staff can request this themselves (like a general absence)
They would be expected to provide a reason, category, date and start/end time.
There should also be a free-text box for further details (what cover would be required for example)
It would go through an approval process
Ideally configurable in the same way as existing approval routes
It would be visible on an individual staff absence record
It would be visible on the “Team calendar” and could be filtered as a category/absence type
It wouldn’t impact absence triggers
It wouldn’t be passed to payroll (or could be easily excluded)
It would be excluded from attendance percentages (either for the individual member of staff or the school)
It would be excluded from census reporting
