Time, Absence and Leave Module

An absence involves more than a leave bank

Integrated with the Sigmia HR and payroll platform, the module structures requests, supporting documents, approvals, leave banks, balances and the administrative follow-up of absences.

Vacations, leaves and short- or long-term absences follow processes adapted to the rules that apply to each employee population.

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The Challenges

When absences are scattered, entitlements become difficult to track

Teams must connect requests, leave banks, supporting documents, collective agreements and approval responsibilities.

When this information remains scattered, employees, managers and HR no longer share the same view.

Without the module

  • Requests circulate by email

  • Supporting documents remain separate

  • Leave banks are difficult to reconcile

  • Approvals lack visibility

  • Follow-up requires manual consolidation

With the module

  • Requests follow a defined process

  • Documents remain connected

  • Leave banks and balances are centralized

  • Responsibilities are visible

  • Administrative follow-up remains accessible
Key Features

Six capabilities to structure every absence

Rules, leave banks, approvals and access rights can be configured according to employee populations, locations, collective agreements and organizational practices.

See the module in action
  • 01

    Self-service requests

    Allow employees to submit requests and check their status from their personal workspace.

  • 02

    Leave banks and balances

    Configure leave banks, accrual rules and the use of full or half days of leave.

  • 03

    Short- and long-term absences

    Adapt processes according to the type and duration of vacations, leaves and other absences.

  • 04

    Supporting documents and follow-up

    Bring together dates, reasons, documents and the information required for administrative processing.

  • 05

    Rules and approvals

    Configure responsibilities, controls, alerts and workflows according to your business rules.

  • 06

    Payroll data

    Prepare approved information for other HR processes and payroll processing.

See a request become a tracked absence

See how an employee submits a request, checks a leave bank and attaches a supporting document.

Then follow the approval, entitlement update and administrative processing. When related solutions are deployed, the absence can also update availability, schedules and payroll data.
Integrated AI

AI finds the information. Your teams retain approval authority.

Private and contextualized, Sigmia AI helps authorized teams find and structure available information.

  • Find information related to an absence
  • Summarize accessible information
  • Retrieve connected documents

AI does not calculate entitlements or approve absences.

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    Time, Activities and Workforce Planning Suite

    Connect absences with the operations they affect

    Absences take on another dimension when they affect availability, schedules, replacements and actual hours worked.

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    • 01

      Time Capture and Scheduling

      Connect absences with reported and actual hours to better control variances.

    • 02

      Collaborative Workforce Planning

      Account for absences and availability when preparing schedules.

    • 03

      Core HR

      Base rules, roles and entitlements on employee records.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Everything you need to know about leave and absence management

    It manages requests, supporting documents, approvals, leave banks, balances and administrative follow-up.
    It covers vacations, leaves and short- or long-term absences.

    Yes. They can submit requests and check their status from their personal workspace.
    The information available depends on the access rights defined by the organization.

    Leave banks, accrual rules, requests and approvals can be configured.
    Configuration takes collective agreements and organizational practices into account.

    Yes. Stages, documents and responsibilities can be adapted according to the type and duration of the absence.

    When the related solutions are deployed, an approved absence can update availability, replacements and schedules.

    Yes. Absences and approved data can feed payroll processes according to implemented rules and interfaces.

    Give every absence an appropriate process

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