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Blocking time off

Close off holidays, sick days and one-off gaps without changing weekly hours.

Time off vs weekly hours

Weekly hours describe your normal week. Time off handles the exceptions — a holiday, a training day, a dentist appointment — without rewriting your schedule.

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Time off

Add time off

Dec 24 – Dec 26

Holiday closure · all staff

Remove

Nov 3

Dentist · 09:00 – 12:00

Remove
Time off entries on a staff member

Add time off

  1. Go to Staff and select the person.
  2. Find the Time off card.
  3. Choose who it applies to: All staff for a closure, or one person.
  4. Set the From and To date and time.
  5. Optionally add a reason — this is internal only.
  6. Click Add time off.

Remove it

Click the bin icon next to an entry. Slots open back up immediately.

Existing bookings

Time off stops new bookings inside that window. Appointments already booked are not cancelled for you — open Bookings and cancel or move them individually, then let the client know.

Closing the whole business

Choose All staff so the closure applies to everyone at once — the simplest way to mark a public holiday.

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