Determine days or hours
Search for the employee and go to their profile.
Click Absence, then Sickness.
Click Edit Days or Hours.
Select either Days or Hours from the Days or Hours dropdown.
Click Save.
This will determine whether you'll be able to add sickness in days or hours.
⚠️ Important: We highly advise that once this setting has been selected for an employee it isn't changed at a later date. Please ensure you've selected how sickness should be added from now on for this employee.
Add sickness
Search for the employee and go to their profile.
Click Absence, then Sickness.
Click Add Sickness.
The Absence Category at the top of the page should always be selected as Sickness.
Select a Reason and Sickness Cause.
Enter the start date in the First Day of Sickness field.
Enter an end date in the Last Day of Sickness field.
If the end date is unknown, leave the Last Day of Sickness blank and enter an expected end date in the Expected Last Day.
Manually enter the days of sickness in the Working Days field or tick the Use Working Pattern box in order to automatically calculate the days.
(Optional) Enter any other data as needed and upload files by clicking the Upload Document button.
Click Submit.
📌 Note: The Access Education People software does not determine how sickness is paid. This will need to be done via the Payroll software. Please reach out to your Payroll Agent for any queries on sick pay.