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  Block leave dates

  It would be really helpful to be able to block dates that you don't allow employees to take off. So for instance, we are a very busy vacation rental management company at a ski resort. We do not allow employees to take time off during busy holidays and spring break times. If I could block them from being able to request those dates, then I wouldn't have to continually say no, or remind their manages not to approve those times. 
  
  Thanks!!

  

  Chelsea Gribbin
  Posted on 12. 09. 2017.

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Slobodan Blagojevic
Posted on September 18, 2017 at 10:14 AM

Hi Chelsea, thank you for your request. 
Just to make sure:

• you would like to set days in your Humanity account in order to prevent Employees taking time off during those
• is it more on a 'daily level' or 'date range'?
• how do you handle employees that request Sick leave?

Thnx!

Chelsea Gribbin
Posted on November 01, 2017 at 04:20 PM

It is a date range thing. For example, we do not allow employees to take time off over the time between Christmas and New Years so I would like to block them from even being able to ask for it off so that the message is clear. So I would block something like December 18th - January 3rd from being able to request. 

steve hamilton
Posted on September 22, 2017 at 12:52 PM

I agree with her.  Having the ability to block set dates so that employee cannot take off during peak periods of time is helpful.  In our business we cannot allow time to be take during some holidays.  We end up denying vacation requests when we simply could just close those areas to the request from the start.

Kris Ruppin
Posted on September 22, 2017 at 01:15 PM

That would help us too!  Right now we have to do a work around and put "fake staff" on the dates that we block vacation.  (national convention times).  

thank you!

Pat Best
Posted on September 26, 2017 at 04:34 PM

just so we aren't splitting votes, a similar request is here : https://community.humanity.com/FeatureRequest/Block_leave_dates . 

Linda Ringler
Posted on September 30, 2017 at 05:50 PM

I completely agree.  We have a few weekends that we have special events that we don't want people to be able to request off. Could be a single day or multiple days.

Sandra Leess
Posted on October 11, 2017 at 08:34 PM

Agree 100%. 

Chelsea Gribbin
Posted on November 01, 2017 at 04:19 PM

It is a date range thing. For example, we do not allow employees to take time off over the time between Christmas and New Years so I would like to block them from even being able to ask for it off so that the message is clear. So I would block something like December 18th - January 3rd from being able to request. 

Ryan Fyfe
Posted on November 30, 2017 at 11:28 PM

Hi Everyone,

Many thanks for your suggestions; happy to announce that this is in development and will be launched with improved UI for both vacations and schedule day notes.

The initial version will restrict leave requests across all locations/positions, in the future we'll consider making that fine-grained if it's requested. (Managers can still over-ride and request a leave if needed).

Sneak Peak:

Stay tuned for a preview and launch soon!

Ryan

Barbara Mount
Posted on January 16, 2018 at 05:26 PM

Any update on release date?  We have 2 'Black-out' periods every year and this feature would really help.  

Mary Dardenne
Posted on December 01, 2017 at 06:41 AM

Great feature! For us this is essential. Like Chelsea, I’m tired of having to say no to holiday leave during our busy season. Thank you. 

Niki Marie Hansen
Posted on December 01, 2017 at 06:44 PM

Please go ahead and make it adaptable to all locations and positions while you're at it. It will inevitably be requested. Go big or go home. Have a great day!

Donna Harsh
Posted on January 02, 2018 at 01:22 AM

We aren't in the restaurant business but this would be helpful for us also. 

Ashley Moore ADMIN
Posted on January 02, 2018 at 09:59 PM

Yes please!!! Much needed for the events industry

Loredana Loredana
Posted on February 01, 2018 at 09:48 PM

Please differentiate fthis feature by position. Our managers can't take time off during peak period, but their shop staff can. 

Mary Reagan
Posted on March 07, 2018 at 10:31 PM

Hello,
We would like to block specific days off for specific locations only.
Can you add this request to the list as well?
Thanks Mary

Ryan Fyfe
Posted on March 08, 2018 at 10:40 AM

Thanks everyone for the feedback, we're making progress on the first iteration of this which is expected for release soon. After the initial release we will introduce the ability to set the restriction for specific location/position(s).

Slobodan Blagojevic
Posted on May 16, 2018 at 08:58 PM

Hi to all - 
We've listened and delivered! Looking forward hearing feedback from all of you! 
Next iterations on Humanity Roadmap are improvements on this feature - blocking leave days per position/location and perhaps even selecting multiple days at once. Thoughts?

Thank you for helping us making Humanity app even better!

Linda Ringler
Posted on May 30, 2018 at 03:45 PM

We've started using it & we love it!  Thanks so much!

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