PTO

Carryover Settings

Learn how to customize carryover for a specific policy

Written by Rin
Updated over a week ago

Carryover Settings (video)

This video will help you customize carryover settings for a specific policy

Written by Rin
Updated over a week ago

Create or Edit a PTO Policy (video included)

Learn how to request, track and manage PTO

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Create a Lump Sum Policy

Learn how to create a policy where employees earn their annual PTO amount all at once (lump sum).

Written by Rin
Updated over a week ago

Create a Scheduled Accrual Policy

Follow these instructions to create a time off policy where your employees receive regularly-scheduled accruals.

Written by Rin
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Create an Unlimited PTO Policy

Learn how to create a policy that provides request, approval, and tracking capabilities but doesn't define a specific annual amount.

Written by Rin
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Create a Policy for Accruing by Hours Worked

If your employees earn time off according to hours worked, learn how Built for Teams makes this process a breeze.

Written by Rin
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Importing Hours Worked

Generate an accrual by importing a file containing employee work hours.

Written by Rin
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Applying PTO Policies to Employees

Learn how to assign which time off policies are available to an employee.

Written by Brett
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Configure a Person's PTO Account

Learn how to modify a balance, edit an accrual rate or remove a policy.

Written by Brett
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Change a Person's PTO Policy

Learn how to switch/transfer a person from one policy to another.

Written by Brett
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Customizing the Order of PTO Accounts/Policies

Control the order in which your time off policies are displayed.

Written by Rin
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Supported Types of Time Off

Written by Brett
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Understanding the Accrual Engine

Built for Teams has a powerful accrual engine, but how does it work?

Written by Brett
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PTO Tracking in Hours vs. Days

Learn how Built for Teams takes accuracy to the next level with PTO tracking

Written by Brett
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Understanding PTO Approval Workflows

Learn about the different ways you can route PTO requests for approval.

Written by Brett
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Auto-Approving Time Off Requests

Learn how to skip the approval step when time off requests are submitted.

Written by Brett
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Tracking Unpaid Time Off

Written by Brett
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Tracking FMLA Time Off

Written by Brett
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Managing 'On Leave' Employees

Learn how to change employee status to 'On Leave' and what happens when you do so.

Written by Brett
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PTO for Part-Time vs Full-Time Employees

Learn how to create and assign a specific policy for part-time employees.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Setting the Minimum Time Off Request Increment

Written by Brett
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First Accruals for New Hires

Determine what happens when a new employee is hired between scheduled accruals.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Hiding a PTO Policy

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Receive Copies of All PTO Notification Emails

Learn how to automatically carbon copy one or more people on all time off notifications.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Customizing PTO Calendar Settings

Learn how to adjust display colors or labels using the calendar settings.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Understanding Account Balances (video)

Understand calculations for a policy's balance

Written by Rin
Updated over a week ago

Understanding PTO Transaction Dates

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Understanding Current Balance vs Remaining This Year

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Setting PTO Amounts per Employee

Learn how to give employees different accrual rates/amounts on the same policy.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Initializing or Updating PTO Balances

Learn how to set balances for each employee that is assigned a specific policy.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Modify an Employee's Account Balance

Learn how to adjust an individual's account balance.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Update Account Balances via File Import

Learn how to use a CSV file to modify account balances for many employees at once.

Written by Brett
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Negative Balances at Year End

What happens to accounts with negative balances at the end of the year?

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Submitting a Time Off Request (video)

Learn how to request time off and how each employee will be notified whether a request has been approved

Written by Rin
Updated over a week ago

Approving Time Off Requests (video)

Learn how managers and administrators view and respond to time off requests

Written by Rin
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Modifying, Canceling or Deleting PTO Requests

Learn how to change or cancel PTO requests, or delete transactions.

Written by Brett
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Deleting a Request After it is Processed

A PTO request becomes a transaction once it is processed. Learn how to delete this transaction.

Written by Brett
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Approving Time Off Requests

Learn the ways a manager or administrator can view and approve time off requests.

Written by Brett
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Submitting a Time Off Request

Learn how to submit a time off request and the options available on the request form.

Written by Brett
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Sending Reminders to Approvers

Written by Brett
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Understanding When PTO Requests are Processed

Written by Brett
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Re-Routed PTO Requests

Understanding why a PTO request was automatically sent to someone other than the direct manager.

Written by Erika
Updated over a week ago

Buttons are Being Auto-Clicked in Emailed PTO Requests

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Setting Work Schedules

Learn how to set work schedules and assign a schedule to the appropriate employee.

Written by Brett
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Setting an Overnight (Graveyard) Schedule

Learn how to add a graveyard schedule for employees whose work schedule crosses from one day to the next.

Written by Brett
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Effects of Changing a Schedule

Written by Brett
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Holidays and PTO

Learn how to set company holidays to properly calculate time off requests.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Blackout Days

Written by Brett
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Carry Over of Unused Time

Learn how to automate the carry over (rollover) of unused hours at the end of the year.

Written by Brett
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Expiring Carry Over Hours

Written by Brett
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Automatically Adjusting PTO Amounts for Years of Service

Learn how to set up a tiered PTO accrual schedule.

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago

Using Decimal Values in Years-of-Service Tiers

Written by Brett
Updated over a week ago