Streamline time off with our intuitive staff holiday booking system
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Staff holiday booking made easy
An effective staff holiday booking system needs to allow employees to easily manage their own holiday requests with self-service, while notifying managers as soon as changes happen.
Employees can quickly book annual leave straight from their individual or team calendar, accessing an overview of up-to-date annual leave data as they do so.
Remaining allowance and pending holiday requests can be viewed on their dashboard.
Simplify your absence management and annual leave booking system with our smart holiday management software.
Cineworld success story
"The impact of Access PeopleXD on the business has been immediate and transformative. Holiday requests and shift swaps are automated, taking no management time. It’s not very often we get the chance to hand back five hours to every senior manager every week."
Leon Foster Hill, Senior HR Business Partner at Cineworld.
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Manage annual leave requests anywhere
Reduce admin, save hours and keep everyone on the same page.
Your managers need a staff holiday booking system and absence management system that works on the go, from the office and the field.
Managers can manage holiday requests directly from email notifications and from any device for a fast response.
Make holiday management simple with our staff holiday booking system
Our staff holiday booking system is a part of our extensive HR suite
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Accurately allocate employee annual leave
Our employee holiday booking system applies automatic leave calculations to every employee in line with work patterns and start dates so everyone can be confident of accurate leave allocations.
- Calculations include default holiday allowance, roll-over of unused annual leave, bought/sold holiday and custom adjustments based on your organisation's policy.
- Allowances are calculated and adjusted for existing staff, new starters and mid-year joiners.
- Leave allocation, remaining allowance, total sick days in a rolling 12-month period, all other leave taken and TOIL accrual can be seen at a glance by employees and managers.
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Staff holiday booking system FAQs
How do you manage staff annual leave?
Smart, cloud-based holiday planning software helps HR teams and managers to manage staff holidays by providing clear visibility of all holidays requested and booked. Software can automate and streamline the holiday approval process, and significantly reduce enquiries and heavy manual admin around annual leave entitlement.
A more advanced holiday booking system will provide mobile self-service functionality to give employees visibility of their annual leave entitlement and control over managing their holiday bookings. Managers will receive real-time notifications and a view of their team’s availability and any conflicts or staff shortages. This allows them to approve or decline holiday requests quickly and seamlessly.
If your software for managing staff holidays is part of a wider HR or workforce management solution, you’ll be able to get a better view of your data all in one place, including staff clocking in and out, rostering and shift swapping to support a more joined-up approach to your HR strategy.
What is the difference between a staff holiday booking system and absence management software?
A staff holiday booking system helps managers and employees to easily view, request and approve holiday requests in a central location. Absence management software is a more holistic solution helping organisations to manage all absences on one system; from holiday entitlement to parental leave and sickness.
Does the holiday booking system include an app?
Many popular holiday booking systems offer mobile apps for convenient booking and managing requests on the go. Access holiday planning software offers an app that’s available on IOS and Android for your staff to book holidays on the go, wherever they are.
How much holiday are my staff entitled to?
Full-time workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks of annual leave each year, working out as 28 days paid holiday as a minimum. Part-time workers and those working irregular hours have a different entitlement.
Read our guide to holiday entitlement to find out more.
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Our HR and payroll software solutions support every aspect of your people strategy, from recruitment and onboarding right through to staff holiday booking, talent management, payment and rewards.
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