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What is an Absence?

In haddock HR, an absence is going on holiday, temporary incapacity (IT), or any type of leave such as, for example, personal matters.

Absences and holidays in haddock HR can be of 3 types:

Absences can be created within the shifts menu in the main menu:

Once inside Shifts, to create a new absence, you must click the "+" button you will find in the upper right:

The most important fields for creating an absence are:

Short name: short name to identify the absence that will appear in the planning cells
Description (optional): long description of the absence, for example, personal matters
Background color:** **background color that will appear in the planning cells
Allow hourly absence requests: if you activate this option, workers will be able to request the absence by the hour
Day types it applies to: the absence can only be scheduled on the day types you choose

🕹️ If you want to set up an hourly absence, we explain it step by step in the next article: https://help.plain.ninja/es/articles/10690403-como-hacer-una-ausencia-por-horas

Updated on: 23/04/2026

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