SelectHR allows users to mark themselves as out of office for a specified date range.
The intent behind this functionality is to allow users who would approve requests, to divert those requests to fallback approvers, where applicable, without the need for an absence record in the system.
📌 Note: Setting yourself to out of office will not be displayed on any calendars.
Whilst all users can make use of this functionality, it is designed to be used by first level approval users during requests, which in the standard SelectHR offering would be managers. See the below table for more information.
User type | Out of office impact |
Self service | No impact in standard SelectHR offering. |
Manager | Absence requests from any employee of this user will be directed to fallback approval, where the requested absence start date is on or within 2 days of the out of office date range. |
HR / Administrators | No impact in standard SelectHR offering. |
Set an out of office
In the top right, click on your name.
Click Change My Preferences.
Specify the away from and returning on values.
Away From: The start date of your out of office period.
Returning On: The end date of your out of office period.
Click Save.