ABSENCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 

Absence management system that makes time off simple

Make time off requests simple for employees to request and quicker for managers to approve.  
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Overview

Streamline absence management 

Dayforce Absence Management software gives you a complete, connected view of absences across your organization. Easily track and manage time away requests in a single system that connects with scheduling, attendance, and pay – all while keeping your employees’ experience top of mind. 

Provide your people with an easy way to request leave 

Empower employees to manage absence requests anytime, anywhere via any device. 

Provide employees with complete visibility into current accruals and future time-off balances. 

Manage and track your employees’ planned or unplanned absences 

Rapidly review and approve time off in compliance with company policies. 

Find and address absence patterns to reduce unplanned overtime.  

What's Included

Absence management at a glance 

Get what you need to plan and manage absences.  
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Self-serve capabilities 

Provide employees with real-time insights into their current accruals and future balances, driving a smoother time-off request process. 

Mobile-first employee experience 

Empower employees to track productivity and complete work tasks conveniently with anywhere, anytime mobile access. 

Vacation bidding  

With our automated bidding engine, you can reduce scheduling time and provide fair, flexible options for employees to take the time off they need. 

Policies for any scenario

Establish employee absence policies that help keep you compliant and meet your business needs. With a rich set of rules that you control, we make it easy to block requests that violate a policy, enforce black-out periods, adhere to union agreements, and more .

Four-week calendar view

Provide greater visibility across your team and into the future with a four-week calendar view. Whether you're planning for the day, week, or even month, a multi-week approach increases transparency and helps you be more efficient company wide. 

More employee autonomy 

Let your team review balances, select reasons, add comments, and submit requests to managers when and where it works for them. 

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Why our customers love Dayforce

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“We use Dayforce to schedule shifts, so our employees know ahead of time what we're planning. It's a shared view of our labor structure, our labor scheduling, and vacations scheduling. Employees can go in and request days off, supervisors can see what the employee's requesting and if it works with the schedule.”

James Keith

Senior Director of Operations

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is absence management software?

Absence management systems help organizations plan, track, and approve time away in one place. These tools empower people to get the time they need and operations to keep moving. In Dayforce, you can manage leave requests in a single system that connects to scheduling, attendance, and pay, with self-service access to accruals and future balances for employees.
Does Dayforce's absence management software include FMLA leave tracking?

Dayforce supports configurable absence policies and workflows, and many customers manage complex leave with partner solutions available on Dayforce Exchange. For example, Sodales provides an integrated leave of absence management software for FMLA eligibility tracking, documentation, approvals, and case management.
Is leave management the same as absence management for software?

They're closely related and often used interchangeably. "Absence management" typically covers planned and unplanned time away (requests, approvals, balances, and policies). "Leave management" often emphasizes regulated or extended leaves (like FMLA) and case workflows.
Does this software integrate with time and attendance and payroll to ensure accurate leave pay?

Yes. Dayforce Absence Management is built to connect with scheduling, attendance, and pay so approved time away flows through to payroll accurately.
What are the benefits of using an absence tracking tool?

Faster approvals and fewer errors with a connected system and clear policies. Employee self-service to request time away and see current accruals and future balances. Manager visibility via multi-week calendars to plan coverage and reduce unplanned overtime. Mobile-first experience so employees and managers can act anywhere, anytime.

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