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- System will automatically add bank holidays for England and Wales to the default public plan “England and Wales”
Introduced the capability for the admin to restrict holiday booking dates
- Added new screen Admin → Absence → Holiday Restrictions.
- Admin can create multiple groups and add dates to that.
- If the employee tries to book a holiday on one of the restricted dates, then the system will throw an error message and prevent the employee to submit the request
Email reminder notification of annual leave requests
- Added functionality to the Admin → Workflow → Workflow Settings screen to set the frequency of the reminder email for each absence type. The frequency can be set as 2, 3 , 4 or 5 days.
- For example, if the absence request reminder frequency is set as 2 days and the employee submits an absence request on 23/05 (Monday). The first reminder email will be sent on 26/05 (Thu), the second email will be sent on 28/05 (Sat), the third email will be sent on 30/05 (Mon), and so on.
Created a new fixed report to show all absence requests.
- Added a new fixed report - Navigate to reports 'Workflow Requests'
The report will have the following columns:
- Staff Number
- First Name
- Last Name
- Approved/Rejected By
- Pending With
- Workflow Type
- Workflow Created Date
- Start Date
- End Date
- Workflow Approved/Rejected Date
- Workflow Status - Outstanding, Approved, Rejected
The report have a filter for Workflow Type and From and To Date (Workflow created date). The default for the Workflow Type filter will be "ALL".