Workforce Management
Workforce management for modern businesses. Make requests and collaborate over time management effortlessly, increasing communication and satisfaction from the teams
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Flexible Working
Accommodate a modern workforce with flexible working
- Managing irregular working patternsHow to manage working patterns that differ week by week
- What does ticking 'ignore working pattern' do?
- Scheduling ChangesScheduling changes to Working Patterns and Holiday allowances for future effective dates
- Flexible Working RequestsAdding flexible working arrangement requests to your people's profiles
Holiday management
Learn how to effectively manage employee holiday and time off using Breathe's holiday management features
- Holiday/leave overviewHow to create a leave request and manage leave in Breathe
- Short read: how to manage leaveHow to manage your people's leave in Breathe
- How to create a holiday allowanceA no-nonsense guide to creating a new allowance within Breathe
- How to assign a holiday allowanceAssigning a holiday allowance to your people within Breathe
- Holiday approval automationCreate and manage rules to allow for the automated approval of leave requests
- Holiday/leave tips & tricksSome little tips to help you get the most from the holiday module in Breathe!
- Who can approve leave and how are they notified?Holiday approval settings and permissions within Breathe
- What is Other leave?A guide detailing the difference between standard leave and 'other leave'
- Length in serviceSetting up holiday allowance that increase with an employees time with the business
- Changing a holiday allowance unit typeChanging Holiday allowance types from days to hours or hours to days
- Can I amend a holiday allowance?Editing Holiday Allowances
- How to make manual adjustmentsCorrect process for adjusting leave within Breathe
- How to delete an adjustmentHow to remove adjustments made to your people's allowances.
- Cancelled Leave ReportThe cancelled leave report will display all cancelled leave requests
- How to make a pro rata adjustment for leaversA guide on making a manual pro-rata adjustment for a leaver
- How do I backdate my leave?Are you trying to add historical leave?
- Why is my holiday not deducting?Holiday allowance used appearing as zero (0) when leave is booked
- Why is my leave not deducting?Common reasons why a leave record may not be deducting from an allowance.
- How to close your holiday yearA full guide on how to finish your holiday year in Breathe, whether you use carryover or not.
- How to calculate holiday and statutory entitlement for part-time employeesHoliday for part-time employees
- Statutory holidayA short useful guide on how to allocate statutory holiday to your employees
- How to manage TOILTOIL is also known as time off in lieu
- CarryoverWhat is carryover? And how to set your people up with carryover within their allowances
- The calendarA quick guide on using the Breathe holiday calendar to view leave/absence
- Company Holidays and BlackoutsAllow you to add days your people can have off (e.g. public holidays) and stop people from booking holiday on certain dates
- How to change your holiday yearA guide with instructions on how to change your holiday year in Breathe
- Finishing your holiday year with allowances that allow carryoverHow to finish your holiday year if you allow carryover. If you don't allow carryover, then no action is needed.
- Changing carryover amount/duration if you've entered your new holiday yearA step-by-step guide on how to change your carryover amount OR duration once you've entered your new holiday year.
- How to put your people on maternity/paternity leaveHow to record maternity and paternity in Breathe with Other leave
- Maternity KIT (Keeping in Touch) DaysHow to use other leave to record KIT days
- Why can't I see the calendar on a mobile device?Having issues seeing leave on the calendar on your mobile device? This could be the reason why.
- How to put staff on furloughDo you have workers that are going on or have already been placed on furlough leave? Breathe can help with this.
- How to purge your people dataHow to clear parts of information from a profile
- Holiday allowance FAQ'sSome frequently asked questions about holiday allowances within Breathe
- Holiday cancellation automationAutomatically approve employee holiday cancellation requests
- Holiday allowance unit changesChanging Holiday allowance types from days to hours or hours to days
Location management
Manage and book multiple locations with Breathe's location management functionality
- Location management toolHow to manage your locations on Breathe.
- How to book Locations and manage capacityBooking locations and managing capacities within Breathe
- Viewing Location BookingsAll employees can now view company locations in the Location Management tool
- Working from homeReflecting working from home within Breathe
- Location tracker
Onboarding
Create onboarding tasks and assign these to new starters with Breathe's Onboarding HR module
People
Everything related to managing employee information, profiles, and records in Breathe
- The Employee ProfileImportant details about your peoples profile page
- Understanding your people's typeEmployees, contractors or volunteers? Breathe can help. A guide to setting this up in their profile.
- Tips & Tricks
- How to change your password, inc security requirementsA simple guide to changing your password
- Custom fields and what they meanA no-nonsense guide to creating custom fields
- How do I add a salary?Adding salary information to a users profile within Breathe
- Assigning equipment to your teamA short guide to explain how to assign equipment to your people within Breathe.
- Notes and remindersA quick guide to the notes and reminders section and how to get the most out of it
- The Pay sectionAdd salary and bank account details to an employee profile
- TrainingUsing the Training module in breathe
- Time logsA guide to enabling and using time logs in breathe
- Department kudosWhat is department kudos and how do you use it?
- Displaying pronouns in BreatheA guide to how your users can display their pronouns within Breathe
- How to update Starter Checklist detailsHow to correctly record Starter Checklist details within Breathe
- Adding a new BenefitHow to add a new employee benefit to Breathe
- Adding an additional paymentHow to add an additional payment within Breathe
- The More Tab: JobsWhat is included in a users jobs tab in Breathe
- The More Tab
- The More Tab: Emergency ContactsWhat is included in a users emergency contacts tab in Breathe
- The More Tab: EquipmentWhat is included in a users equipment tab in Breathe
- The More Tab: Medical FactsWhat is included in a users medical facts tab in Breathe
- Grievances and DisciplinariesHow to record Grievances and Disciplinaries in Breathe
- The More Tab: DBSWhat is included in a users DBS tab in Breathe
- The More Tab: HistoryWhat is included in a users history tab in Breathe
- People that are leaving (pending leavers)How to reflect people that are leaving, with tips on how to calculate their remaining leave
- How to mark your people as 'Left'Change your people's statuses to Ex-employees
- Re-using a profile for an ex-employeeHow to reactivate or restart a profile of a re-joining member of your team
- Short read: why can't I assign a line manager?Common reasons why you may be having trouble assigning line manager permissions to someone.
- Short read: how to add a training recordHow to add your own training records and training types.
- How many HR user permissions are available on my plan?The number of HR user permissions on each Breathe plan
- Password reset email not receivedAn employee has reset their password and have not been sent a password reset email
- Problems logging in?A no-nonsense guide to a successful Breathe login.
- Invalid username or passwordLog in issue with invalid username or password
- Logging COVID-19 vaccine information in BreatheA guide on recording vaccination details using the Medical facts module
- Saving a left employee's email addressHow to retain left employees' email addresses for future reference
- What does "email in use" mean?Unverified emails and cache/cookie issue
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) fieldsHow to record Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) information within Breathe
- Covid-19 / CoronavirusA guide to explain how Breathe can help you manage the current Coronavirus situation from working from home to keeping up morale.
- Track & record COVID-19 test resultsA quick guide to recording and reporting COVID test results
Sickness
Handling employee sick leave and managing sickness-related data in Breathe
- SicknessManage your employee's sickness and keep track of whether it is open, returned to work or closed
- Sickness triggersAlert managers when users exceed sickness rules
- Who can manage sicknessA short guide on who can manage sickness in Breathe and sickness statuses
- Why can't I close off sickness for my employees?Issues when closing off sickness within Breathe
- How to log SicknessA quick and simple guide to logging sickness in Breathe
- Managing a phased return to work with Other leaveHow to manage someone who is phasing their return back to work using 'Other leave'
- Bradford FactorHow the Bradford Factor is calculated
Working patterns
Understand and set up working patterns and schedules for employees using Breathe
- Working patternsWhat a working pattern is, why it's needed and how to assign them to your people.
- How to create a working patternCreating a working pattern as a guide for the Holiday allowance within Breathe
- Zero hour contractHow to create and manage zero hour contracts within Breathe
- 15 Minute working patternsYou can record time in your working patterns in 15 minute increments