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Planner - How to add a sickness event

This article explains how Admins and Managers can add sickness events on behalf of employees

Updated over a month ago

In Sense, employees cannot directly add sickness to the planner. However, if enabled in the system settings, employees can notify their manager of sickness using the "Notify Manager of Sickness" widget.

As a Manager or Admin, you can add sickness on behalf of an employee. Please see the steps below:

Step 1: Go to the Calendar tab:

Step 2: Select the 'Book' button:

Step 3: Under the Event dropdown, select 'Sickness'

Step 4: Click 'Add'

Step 5: Complete the 'sickness reason' and 'assign to' fields:

Step 6: Complete the Date and Time fields:

Note: If the event is less than a full day, ensure you untick 'All day' to be able to add in the start and end time

Step 7: Add notes (if required) and select 'Add':

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