Absence Management

Project Time Tracking in Excel: The Most Expensive Free Tool

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Timesheet_final.xlsx. Timesheet_final_new.xlsx. Timesheet_final_new_v3_Jana.xlsx. Anyone who tracks project hours in Excel knows this game: at some point there are several versions and nobody knows for sure which one is current. Why so many teams start with Excel Most companies already have Excel, it costs nothing extra and everyone can use it. An Excel spreadsheet for project

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HR Software for Agencies and Consultancies: Time, Leave and Expenses

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It’s the end of the month, the client invoice has to go out, and the hours are scattered all over the place again: some were entered in Excel, others jotted down on slips of paper, and the rest are in your team’s heads. Before the invoice can be created and sent, someone has to ask

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absence.io vs. Personio: features and pricing compared

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In short: absence.io is particularly well suited for companies with 1–100 employees that want to cover leave management, time tracking, personnel files and expense management simply and at transparent prices (€2.99–€7.99 per user/month). Personio is designed for companies with 50–2,000+ employees and additionally offers recruiting and payroll, but has no public price list, instead giving

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absence.io vs. Personizer: features and pricing compared

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In short: absence.io is particularly well suited for companies with 1–100 employees that want to manage leave, time tracking, personnel files and expenses in one software. Personizer is suited to companies with 10–100 employees and offers time tracking, leave planning and a digital personnel file. absence.io and Personizer compared side by side Criterion absence.io Personizer

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Outlook Vacation Management: What Works and What Doesn’t

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Search Google for “Outlook out of office” and the sheer number of guides and rules already hints at how complicated it must be to use Outlook for vacation management. That’s exactly what this article is about: what Outlook vacation management is useful for, where it reaches its limits, and why a handful of individual features

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HR Software for Law Firms: Leave, Time & Expenses

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absence.io is a perfect fit for law firms that want to manage leave, time tracking, personnel files and expenses in one intuitive piece of software, without resorting to a complex enterprise solution. Transparent pricing from €2.99 per user per month, no minimum contract term and ready to go within a few hours. Typical challenges in

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Why Enterprise HR Software is often the Wrong Choice

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The belief that “more features = better solution” is still widespread. At first glance, it sounds great, after all, these tools promise to do everything: recruiting, payroll, performance management, time tracking, and much more. But this is exactly where the problem lies: more isn’t always better. Customer reviews of enterprise solutions often paint a very

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Pro or Complete Package from absence.io?

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Pro or Complete package from absence.io

Personnel management is becoming increasingly complex: today, it’s not just about absences, but also about staying legally up to date and managing data in compliance with GDPR, especially for companies across the EU. The question is no longer whether you need a HR software, but how comprehensive it should be for your needs. In this

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Why Absence Management Doesn’t Have to Be Chaotic for Startups

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Die Mitarbeiterin eines jungen Startup Unternehmens sitzt im Urlaub auf ihrem Koffer am Strand und blickt auf das Meer.

Startups are constantly under pressure: product development, growth, investor meetings – but who actually takes care of absence management? Vacation requests via Slack, sick leave via email, or Excel spreadsheets that no one updates? This might work in the beginning, but as the team grows, it quickly becomes chaotic and inefficient. Here’s why structured leave

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New Feature: Automated Documentation Requirement for Sick Days

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The image shows the settings for the "Sickness" absence type, where the documentation requirement is activated.

Last week, we released another new feature for our absence management system. You can now automatically request documentation (e.g., a medical certificate) from your employees after a certain number of consecutive sick days. This can be set up globally for all employees in just 30 seconds. Activating Documentation Requirement To activate the documentation requirement, simply

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AI in HR (Part 1): Potentials in Attendance and Absence Management?

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AI in HR. A topic that has been occupying us intensively at absence.io for some time. How can AI be used in our core areas, attendance and absence management? Especially in the area of process optimization, we see great potential, but also in service. We would like to give you a brief insight into our

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