Manage time, absences and holidays in one place
Empower your employees with intuitive Time Off tools, while ensuring your organisation meets local compliance requirements.
Simple and compliant time and absence management
Managing time is about more than hours worked. Sympa’s Time Off tools help organisations track working time, handle absences and vacations, as well as support employee wellbeing.
- Simple time registration: Employees record hours worked and breaks taken in a clear, easy-to-use view.
- Absences and leave management: Manage short- and long-term absences, including illness, parental leave and other leave types.
- Vacation management: Handle all types of vacation so employees can rest and recuperate as needed.
- Compliance support: Meet EU Working Time Directive requirements, including separation of working time and breaks.
Common time challenges, handled in one system
Managing employee time needs to work for both employees and HR. Sympa supports accurate tracking, clarity and follow-up.
Employees can review, adjust and submit hours worked and breaks taken, with suggested default hours for faster entry.
Handle absences and leave types that vary by country in one system, while keeping records consistent and up to date.
Use structured leave management to support follow-up conversations, action setting and smooth re-entry into work.
In need of easy time tracking? We've got you covered!
A step-by-step guide to time registration in Sympa
1
Set up working time settings
Define daily working hours, breaks and starting balances.
2
Register hours and breaks
Employees review suggested hours, adjust daily entries when needed and add comments to specific days.
3
Submit and store time data
Employees submit working hours monthly, and the data is stored in Sympa.
4
Export when needed
Time data can be exported for reporting and other use.
5
Manage absences and vacations
Handle absences, leave and vacations in the same HR system.
Need advanced time management?
Connect Sympa with our partner Quinyx to automate WFM data flows and keep time and absence data aligned across systems.
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