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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 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 year in BreatheA 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 quick guide on how to change your holiday year
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
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
Setting up two-factor authentication (2FA)How to set up 2FA on your Breathe account
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: Medical FactsWhat is included in a users medical facts tab in Breathe
The More Tab: Grievances and DisciplinariesWhat is included in a users Grievances and Disciplinaries tab 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
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
Track & record COVID-19 test resultsA quick guide to recording and reporting COVID test results