Permission rules
A permission is short, approved time away at the start or end of a shift: Late Coming or Early Going. An approved permission excuses the late arrival or early leaving. It doesn't add worked time.
Set the limits in Attendance configuration → Permission → Add permission, one configuration per attendance group and permission type.
Fields
| Field | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance group | The group the rules apply to. Each group can be configured only once per type. | Staff |
| Permission type | Late Coming, Early Going, or a combined type that applies the limits to both together. | Combined |
| Back days limit | How many past days a permission can be requested for. | 2 |
| Future days limit | How many days ahead a permission can be requested. | 3 |
| Restriction frequency | The period the limits apply to: Daily or Monthly. | Monthly |
| Max requests per frequency | The most permission requests in the period. Up to 2 for daily, 60 for monthly. | 2 |
| Min request duration | The shortest permission per request. | 00:15 |
| Max request duration | The longest permission per request. | 02:00 |
| Frequency duration limit | The most permission time in the period. | 04:00 |
Rules applied to every request
- Late Coming starts at the shift start and can't end later than the shift start plus the allowed duration.
- Early Going ends at the shift end and can't start earlier than the shift end minus the allowed duration.
- Late Coming and Early Going can't both be applied on the same day.
- Permissions can't be taken during the shift break, on a full week off or holiday, or in the non-working half of a half-day week off. On a half-day week off, early going is shortened to fit the working half.
- Only one permission of each type is allowed per day.
Example
Monthly frequency, 2 requests, 02:00 per request, 04:00 per month. An employee who used 1h30 and 2h already this month has reached 2 requests, so a third is rejected with "Request limit of 2 for … has been reached."