Expert insights, best practices, and practical guides for modern HR professionals and business leaders managing employee time off.
Know who still has vacation in the bank, which teams are trending heavy on sick days, and what happened to every request, without building a spreadsheet each month.
David Dayan
PTO requests by text and email get lost. Here's what a good time off request flow looks like, from the employee's ask to the manager's answer to payroll.
David Dayan
Vacation and sick alone rarely match a real handbook. With custom leave types enabled, company admins manage Personal, Unpaid, Bereavement, and more at /admin/leave-types—names, codes, colors, and order that employees pick when they request time off.
David Dayan
Managers and HR clear leave, missed clock-ins, mileage, and day notes in one dashboard inbox at /dashboard#approval-center—tabs filter by type; approve or reject in place. Same mixed queue in TimeOff Manager Pro (More → Approvals). Pure employees use My requests / My pending.
David Dayan
Approving PTO one request at a time hides coverage holes. TimeOff Manager's Team Leave Calendar shows employee rows, leave codes (V/S/P/U/H), and pending vs approved days so managers spot overlaps before they say yes.
David Dayan
Half days shouldn't cost a full day in your PTO ledger. Day-only leave systems push managers to round dentist appointments and early outs — or keep a shadow spreadsheet. TimeOff Manager tracks time off in hours, days, or both, with a configurable hours-per-workday so balances match how your team actually works. Set it under Company Settings → Time Off, then let employees request the hours they need. Start a 14-day free trial, then pick Starter, Growth, or Scale: https://timeoffmanager.us/register/company Read the walkthrough: https://timeoffmanager.us/blog/hourly-partial-day-pto-tracking-software-2026
David Dayan
How a small team requests leave, approves it with the coverage calendar open, and checks taken versus remaining before payroll week.
David Dayan
Remote work brings flexibility, but also new HR challenges. Learn how TimeOff Manager helps SMBs manage PTO, time tracking, scheduling, and compliance for distributed teams.
David Dayan
Managing a remote workforce can feel like herding cats across time zones. We built TimeOff Manager to bring all your HR tasks into one place, making remote work manageable and compliant.
David Dayan
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