- Absence Management Software
Absence management software for Irish employers
Log all types of absence in seconds with our easy to use absence management software
- See who’s off with a team calendar view
- Record absence by leave type and pull reports
- Get instant alerts to approve time off for appointments
- Fill vacant shifts quickly with our open shifts feature
Join the 120,000+ businesses already managing absences with BrightHR
See BrightHR’s absence management software in action
Watch a quick video demo to see how BrightHR makes absence management simple. Discover software that makes it easier than ever to manage staff absences.
From staff sicknesses and lateness to paternity, maternity, adoptive and carer's leave. A shared calendar allows you to see who is off and when.
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Get a clearer view of employee absences
Who’s off next week? Has that appointment been approved? Who could cover an unexpected gap? When the answers are scattered across messages, spreadsheets and paper records, even a straightforward decision can mean extra admin.
Bring your absence tracking into BrightHR. View your team’s calendar, record leave by type and keep supporting documents alongside your absence records. Give yourself a clearer starting point for managing time off, whether you’re planning ahead or dealing with a last-minute change.
See who’s off before you make plans
Use the team calendar to check absences at a glance. When an absence request comes in, a clearer view of who’s already away helps you consider the impact before accepting or declining it.
Looking for leave tracking software as well? BrightHR’s holiday planner lets you manage holiday requests, receive clash notifications and view your team’s schedule.
Manage requests wherever your working day takes you
You’re not always at your desk when someone needs time off. With the BrightHR app, you can accept or decline absence requests on the move. Employees can upload proof of absence, while admins can release open shifts and notify staff.
Keep your HR absence management moving without waiting until you’re back at your computer.
What our customers say about BrightHR
Using BrightHR makes us much more organised and centralises our processes, making it quicker for us to manage sickness and holidays.
Nottingham Credit Union
BrightHR is a user-friendly system and the team are on hand to answer any questions we ever have. I would highly recommend BrightHR.
Deborah Gillespie @ Change, Recruitment Group
Our staff absolutely love using the system and the ease of booking holidays and clocking in using Blip. Customer service is amazing...
Steven Greenall @ Cornerstone Children’s Home
A suite of absence management tools
Accurately manage sick leave with tracking tools designed to support sick leace and pay entitlements, record keeping and sickness patterns.
Track employee lateness and attendance by monitoring when employees start work and generate lateness reports ready for one-to-one meetings.
Use a mobile clocking in app to see when employees start work, no matter where they are based.
Overcome the challenges of workplace absence management
Keep absence records and evidence together
Cut down paper trails and messy spreadsheets, keep your absence records in one, easy-to-accces place.
Support business compliance
Use software to support your absence management processes, while checking that your HR and payroll records meet Irish statutory leave requirements.
Make fair, informed absence decisions
Provide managers with one clear process for handling leave from work. Making sure to promote clear and fair decisions based on each employee's circumstances.
Plan ahead to keep your workplace covered
The team calendar and holiday clash notifications help you make informed staffing decisions to ensure workplace cover plans are agreed.
Manage the financial impact of absence
Identify where extra administration or cover needs attention, so you can focus on opportunities to reduce costs without losing sight of employee support.
Find shift cover when plans change
When an unexpected absence leaves a shift vacant, use BrightHR’s open shifts feature to notify staff. Find available cover without starting your search from scratch.
Book a demo to get started
Get in touch to discover how BrightHR can streamline your absence management processes.
FAQs
Firstly, it’s important to clearly outline your company policies in terms of sick leave, annual leave, long-term illness, and absenteeism so your employees are well aware of what you expect from them. Expertly written HR document templates that you can access for free on BrightBase can help you hit all the right notes with your documentation.
But just having the right policies in place is never enough. Onboard your employees into an end-to-end HR software like BrightHR to help you maintain a central schedule, log absences, and track lateness across all your teams. It’ll shave hours off your HR admin!
Dealing with absenteeism isn’t always easy. Especially when it happens frequently and without much notice.
The best way to manage unplanned absences and support your employees is to make sure that your business isn’t at risk if someone suddenly needs time off.
Say goodbye to managing absences on manual spreadsheets, and hello to award-winning software like BrightHR. Our software not only allows you to log absences, and see who’s on/off in a matter of seconds—it also lets you open up unfilled shifts with instant, automatic notifications to your employees should they wish to pick up extra time on a first come, first served basis. So, you’re always fully staffed and your team has all the manpower they need to meet their goals.
Our absence management software also lets you store accurate records, so you can identify attendance trends and arrange performance reviews if necessary.
Q. QuestionWhat other features of BrightHR absence management software will help me?
At BrightHR, we pride ourselves on offering businesses of all sizes and in all industries an HR software solution that covers their people management completely.
That means our software packages give you a suite of tools that work with each other to deliver a seamless people management experience. This includes everything from a holiday planner and staff time-tracking app to a learning management system and unlimited cloud-based storage for all your HR documents. You can also access professional advice, and an employee benefits platform, complete with a free online marketplace to advertise your goods and services to a community of 1 million+ consumers. You can even choose our Prime package to access the UK’s leading Employee Assistance Programme and support your team’s welfare in and out of the office.
You can find out more about getting an HR software solution that meets your unique business needs and company size by booking a demo with one of our experienced advisors. We offer a package to match every business, whether you’re a team of one or one hundred. Learn more about the packages we offer.
No. Because we’re all about offering businesses complete people management solutions. Our absence management software is part of our HR software BrightHR, which includes shift planning, expense and time tracking, holiday management, and more. Using our complete software is much more time-saving and cost-effective than buying standalone tools that can’t interact and speak to each other.
You can see our software in action by booking a demo with our team of experts today.