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Plan time off without losing track

Vacation, sick leave, remote work – plan and manage all team absences in one place. With approval workflows and automatic leave balance calculation.

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Plan time off without losing track

Vacation, sick leave, remote work – plan and manage all team absences in one place. With approval workflows and automatic leave balance calculation.

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Absence Types

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Quick Request

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Step by step

How Absence Management Works

From request to approval in just a few clicks

1 Step 1

Request Time Off

Employees submit absence requests directly in the system. Vacation, sick leave, or remote work – everything with one click.

  • Simple request form
  • Remaining leave days shown automatically
  • Overlapping absences instantly visible
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Request Time Off

Employees submit absence requests directly in the system. Vacation, sick leave, or remote work – everything with one click.

2 Step 2

Manager Approval

Managers receive notifications and can approve or reject requests with a single click.

  • Automatic notifications
  • Team calendar at a glance
  • Comments and reasoning
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Manager Approval

Managers receive notifications and can approve or reject requests with a single click.

3 Step 3

Reports & Analytics

Keep track of remaining leave, sick days, and absence statistics for your entire team.

  • Leave balance per employee
  • Sick leave statistics
  • Export for payroll processing
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Reports & Analytics

Keep track of remaining leave, sick days, and absence statistics for your entire team.

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Everything for Absence Management

Professional features for transparent absence tracking

Vacation Management

Submit vacation requests, get approvals, and let the system calculate remaining leave automatically.

Approval Workflow

Multi-step approval processes with automatic notifications to managers.

Sick Leave

Report sick days easily. Automatic documentation and overviews.

Reports & Analytics

Detailed statistics on absences, remaining leave, and team trends.

Team Absence Calendar

See at a glance who is out and when. Plan projects without surprises.

Configurable Types

Define custom absence types like educational leave, parental leave, or special leave.

Benefits

Why Digital Absence Management

No more spreadsheets and email chains. Automate your absence tracking.

1

Automatic Calculation

Remaining leave, overtime compensation, and quotas are calculated automatically. No more manual errors.

2

Full Transparency

Everyone can see their remaining leave and the team calendar. Managers maintain oversight of all absences.

3

Fast Approvals

Requests are delivered via notification and can be approved with a single click. No paperwork needed.

A Closer Look at Absence Management

The features that make absence tracking seamless.

Team Absence Calendar

The visual calendar shows all team absences at a glance. Plan projects and deadlines without nasty surprises.

  • Color-coded absence types
  • Overlap detection for requests
  • Filterable by department and team
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Team Absence Calendar

The visual calendar shows all team absences at a glance. Plan projects and deadlines without nasty surprises.

Flexible Absence Types

Beyond vacation and sick leave, define custom absence types – from remote work to educational leave.

  • Predefined types: Vacation, Sick, Remote
  • Custom types freely configurable
  • Separate quotas per type possible
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Flexible Absence Types

Beyond vacation and sick leave, define custom absence types – from remote work to educational leave.

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What absences do beyond the list

Four areas where absence data in Zen-Work goes further than vacation requests.

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Automatic reminders

Remaining vacation expires end of Q4? An automation reminds employees in time via email or chat.

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Approval audit trail

Who approved or rejected which request, and when? Fully documented in the audit log.

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Sickness & vacation trends

Sick-leave and vacation patterns per team and quarter — valuable input for HR planning.

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Linked to time tracking

Overtime accounts, flex-time and time-off-in-lieu reconcile with absences — no double bookkeeping.

Use cases

Perfect for Every Team

Whether small business or growing team – digital absence management saves time and headaches.

Small Businesses

Keep track of vacation and sick leave without complex HR software.

HR & People Ops

Automatic leave balance calculation, approval workflows, and statistics for workforce planning.

Remote Teams

Who is working where? Manage remote days, home office, and office presence transparently.

Before vs. After

Zen-Work vs. external HR tool or worksheet

What changes when vacation and sick leave no longer live in a separate list.

Worksheet / external HR tool
Zen-Work
Cost
Per-user extra license
Included in the plan
Time tracking
Reconcile manually
Linked directly
Approval
Email ping-pong
One-click workflow
Team visibility
Nobody sees the big picture
Team calendar for everyone
Export
Re-format worksheet for payroll
CSV/XLS export for payroll
Privacy
Sickness data in a worksheet
EU servers, GDPR-compliant

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