It does not matter how much your employees love working with you, sooner or later they will need a vacation to clear up their head and spend some quality time with family and friends. It is good for both employees and the company that everyone in the office takes leave once in a while. However, in any case, vacation or a sick day leave, the work in the office is going to get complicated in the absence of the employee.

There are certain responsibilities that only specific employees can cater to and fill up the void; you either have to distribute the responsibilities among other employees or hire someone on a temporary basis. If the absence is called in the last minutes, things can get off-track completely. In lack of a proper system to track and manage paid employee leaves, you may even end up providing paid time off even when the employee has already used the benefits. Continue reading...