Employees, contracts, time off and attendance

Employee records and departments, contracts and versions, time off types and allocations, attendance and kiosks.

In this lesson

Employees, departments and contracts
Time off types, accruals and approvals
Attendance, overtime and work entries

Key points

hr.employee with departments, managers, schedules, private info
Contracts/versions hold wage and structure type
Time off types: allocations or accruals; approval flows
Attendance and time off generate work entries for payroll

Real-world example

A Lagos foundry (three sister companies in one database) had leave disputes every month. One time off type per company policy, accrual plans of 1.75 days per month, manager-then-HR approvals and the kiosk for attendance made balances visible to every employee on their phone, and disputes almost stopped.

Questions and answers

Where is an employee's working schedule defined?

resource.calendar (Working schedules) on the employee/contract.

Which app now includes Remote Work in Odoo 20?

Employees.

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