Attendance classes
You can use attendance classes to group several attendance codes for reporting and inquiry. Also, you can tie an attendance code to several attendance classes depending on what data you want to use for your report or inquiry.
Example
Grove Hospital established the following Attendance Codes and tied them to the Attendance Classes listed below. They set up the UNPAID Attendance Class to track the unpaid attendance codes for forecasting the payroll budget.
The Attendance Class ALL tracks all the attendance codes in order to forecast the manpower needed.
| Attendance Class | Attendance Code |
|---|---|
| UNPAID | NL - Non-Paid Leave of Absence |
| SC - Sick (Employee did not phone in) | |
| TA - Tardy | |
| ALL | ML - Medical Leave |
| NL - Non-Paid Leave of Absence | |
| PL - Paid Leave of Absence | |
| PO - Personal Day | |
| SC - Sick (Employee phoned in) | |
| SK - Sick (Employee did not phone in) | |
| SN - Snow Day | |
| TA - Tardy | |
| VA - Vacation |