Block Days

The Block Days wizard allows you to assign an absence record to a group of employees.  This would typically be used to allocate bank holidays or Christmas breaks to all or a group of employees.

Note that the Block Days wizard will require you to select a suitable Absence Type and Absence Analysis for the Block days submitted.

Where you do not require Bank Holidays to be deducted from the Annual Leave allowance, ensure an alternative Absence Type is available, for example create an Absence Type called  Bank Holidays and a related Absence Analysis also called Bank Holidays.

Absence Type and Absence Analysis options can be configured via Personnel > Definitions > Absence Monitoring.

Once the Absence Type and Absence Analysis codes are suitably configured the Block Days wizard can be employed

  1. Personnel > Absence Functions  > Block Days
  2. Select the query that contains a list of the employees that qualify for the block booking
  3. Next
  4. Select the start date of the block booking
  5. Next
  6. Select the end date of the block booking
  7. Next
  8. Select the type of absence that is beeing booked
  9. Next
  10. Select a sub heading for the absence that is being booked
  11. Next
  12. Optionally enter a description
  13. Next
  14. Run

This will create an absence record for each employee on the qualifying query, if the employee would normally have been working on that day.

Repeat as necessary for each block of days to be booked.