On this tab, you can enter general information about an employee's sick leave.
The "Sick Leave (create)" form. The Main tab
In the Employee field, select the employee who requests a sick leave.
In the Department field, select the department where the employee works.
The Currency field is auto-populated with the national currency; if needed, you can select another currency.
<Auto> in the Number field indicates that a unique code will be assigned to document when you save it. You can edit this number if needed. The From field is populated with the current date, which you can change if needed.
In the Entity field, select the legal entity of your company whose employee takes sick leave. The Entity field is available if the Multi-Company Accounting option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form. The default entity for all users can be selected on the General Settings form. Also, you can specify your personal default entity, for details refer to Personal Settings.
The Basis field is auto-populated if this document is created based on an appropriate Leave Request document.
In the Responsible field, select an employee who is responsible for this document.
Use the Comment field to provide any relevant information for the sick leave.
The document amount and other Information
At the bottom of the form, the Amount field shows the sick pay amount to be paid to the employee. This amount is calculated automatically when you click the Calculate button on the Calculation tab.
Also, at the bottom of the form, you can view who created the document and the current status of the document; it can be one of the following:
- New (document was created, but not recorded)
- Not Posted (document was recorded, but not posted)
- Posted (document was posted)
- Marked for Deletion (document was marked to be deleted)
The toolbar buttons
After filling out the form, click the Save button to save the document, or click Post to save and post the document, or the Post and close button to save the document, post it, and close the form.
To generate a Payroll Sheet which will be the basis for payment to the employee, post the document and click the Generate button, then select Payroll Sheet.
Note. You can attach a scan of the actual (paper) sick leave to this document by using the Attach Files button. For details, refer to Document toolbar.