If you subscribe to the Leave Management module, you can create various time off policies. By default, there's a sick leave policy available for you to use.
If you want to add more sick leave policies, the setup works a little differently. Most people don’t have a set sick allowance, so a few settings you'll need apply.
📎NOTE: This is the most common setup for sick leave, but you can adjust it to match how your business works.
For full setup steps and details on other available settings, see Set up time off policies. This also explains how to assign employees to the policy.
Name and description
Give the policy a clear name and description so everyone understands what it’s for.
📌TIP: You can control how this policy appears to other employees for privacy reasons. See Time off policy settings for more details.
Just track usage
Typically, you create sick leave as a track usage policy.
In the accrual settings, change the option from Annually to Do not accrue, just track usage. This means employees won’t have a set allowance. Sage HR will simply record how many sick days they take and show this on their profile.
Reset date
Choose the date when the sick leave year resets. On this date, the recorded sick days reset to zero.
📎NOTE: If you want sick days to keep building up across holiday years, turn on the following setting within the Allowance section.
At the end of the year, keep counting usage without resetting
