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What is an employee absence tracker?
Track absences, leave, and time off in one place
An employee absence tracker is software that helps businesses record, manage, and analyse when employees are away from work. Whether it’s sick leave or unplanned absences, a dedicated tracker replaces error-prone spreadsheets and manual processes with a centralised system.
Without a reliable absence tracker, HR and managers often lose hours each week chasing leave requests, reconciling records, and catching payroll mistakes. Jibble automates this entirely, giving you real-time visibility into who is in, who is out, and how much leave each person has remaining.
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Why employee absence management matters
Reduce absenteeism and protect your bottom line
Unmanaged absenteeism costs businesses significant time and money. When absences go unrecorded or approvals fall through the cracks, payroll errors follow and team scheduling becomes guesswork. A structured approach to employee absence management helps prevent these problems before they escalate.
Jibble’s PTO tracking software gives managers instant visibility into attendance patterns and upcoming time off. Teams of any size can automate approval workflows, stay compliant, and feed absence data directly into payroll.
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Track absences on any device, anywhere
Make absence management easy
Log absences seamlessly, whether you’re on a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Stay on top of employee attendance, and keep track of who’s out and when.
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Customizable absence types for every team
Track sick leave, vacation, and more
Creating time off policiesTrack all types of absences including sick leave, annual leave, emergency leave, and vacation leave. Easily create unpaid or paid leave policies and set exactly how many days or hours each team member is entitled to.
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Streamline absence approvals across managers
Multi-level leave approvals
Set up multi-level approval workflows so every leave request passes through the right chain of managers. Keep approvals transparent, ensure accountability, and stay on top of who approved what, when, and why—all in real time.
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Manage public holidays across multiple countries
Configurable holiday calendars
Managing public holiday calendarsManaging public holidays for a globally distributed team can be complex. Jibble lets you add holiday calendars for multiple countries, so every team member sees the correct public holidays and your organisation stays compliant — locally and globally.
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Review and approve absence requests
Streamlined leave request management
Managing time off for your teamSave hours on leave admin every week. Team members submit absence requests via web or mobile, and managers can approve or reject them instantly. No paperwork, no back-and-forth emails.
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Flexible leave balance adjustments
Fine-tune your time off allocation
Adjusting leave balancesReward outstanding performance by granting additional leave, or address attendance concerns by deducting leave for unauthorised absences. Jibble gives you granular control over individual leave balances, whether you’re adjusting by the hour or the day.
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View all employee absences at a glance
Keep on top of absenteeism
See at a glance who is currently away and who has upcoming time off, so you are never caught short-handed. A full overview of team absences keeps scheduling on track and helps reduce unplanned absenteeism.
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Absence data flows directly into timesheets
Automatic payroll processing
Timesheets update in real time and automatically account for all absences, so you never need to rely on manual data entry. Eliminate payroll errors and save valuable admin time with Jibble’s timesheet app.
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Absence trends and reporting
Attendance insights built into every report
Get full insights into employee absences including late clock-ins, early clock-outs, and total time lost. Quickly spot recurring patterns and export in-depth attendance reports directly from web or mobile.
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Schedule attendance reports by email
Daily via email
Choose which day and time your team’s attendance reports are delivered to your inbox. Receive automated absence reports on your schedule and let Jibble handle the heavy lifting for you.
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More than just an employee absence tracker
All you need in one platform
Jibble is a complete time and attendance software solution that goes beyond absence tracking. Simplify time tracking with face recognition or GPS tracking, automate payroll calculations, and reduce administrative overhead — all in one free platform.
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Get up and running in minutes
Getting started is easy
Create a free account and invite your team members in minutes. If you need help getting set up, our support team is always on hand to assist.
Thousands of companies from every industry love Jibble's absence tracker
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Great software! Love it!
I love the ease of the program. It's so nice being able to keep better track of when my employees come in... their customer service is awesome!
Exceeded our needs
Jibble exceeded our needs and continues to update. Easily got our team onboard right away. Great for time stamping employees that work offsite.
Takes the headache out of time tracking
Jibble takes the headache out of time tracking. The team can easily see who's working at any given time and pull hours for reports and payroll.
I would recommend this to my friends
I like how simple the software is. You do not need to be tech-savvy to understand this time and attendance software. I would recommend this to my friends.
Customer support is outstanding
Really very pleased with Jibble... very easy to navigate and customer support is outstanding. Easy to clock in and out and make adjustments. Plus, reports are very easy to request.
10/10
Pleased. Great for daily times. Great, easy-to-use attendance software that you can amend to suit your business. The employee facial recognition attendance is really good and very easy. 10/10
Incredibly easy to set up and use time and attendance software
Time and attendance and ensuring staff arrive on time is critical. Jibble helps. It's incredibly easy to set up and use, the hard work is already done and onboarding is a breeze. Love it! Jibble gives a host for free.
Powerful employee time and attendance software
We now have full control over our employee attendance management. Jibble offers robust features for reporting and exporting payroll while having an incredibly user-friendly interface, making implementation a breeze. The fact that new features are constantly being added is another plus.
Frequently asked questions
Absenteeism is the habitual workplace absence of an employee that is unplanned or unannounced. There could be several reasons for absenteeism such as illness, vacation, family obligations, personal responsibilities, or job dissatisfaction.
Absenteeism can significantly impact a business, causing lost productivity and increased costs. When employees are absent, the morale in a workforce is affected as other employees will have to pick up the slack of the absentee, increasing stress levels with the build-up of work.
Absenteeism also costs the company money as a result of having to pay absent employees even when they’re not working, and higher costs of finding replacements for the absentees, whether that be freelance workers or overtime pay for employees who work longer covering for absent employees.
An absence tracker is a tool or software which helps you keep track of absences. These tools automate absence records, help you understand the causes of absences and provide an analysis for underlying trends.
An absence tracker provides valuable insights into how your team uses their time, where there might be room for improvement and which employees might need extra support. Here are a few reasons why you should be using an absence tracking software:
- Less time spent on managing absences – save hours of time that would’ve been spent manually administering leave for your employees.
- Improve employee wellbeing – if it’s easy for employees to request for time off, then they would be more likely to take the time off they need.
- Eliminate guesswork – easily measure absences and detect patterns that are indicative of leave abuse.
- Save money – insights into employee absences helps reduce absenteeism and lower associated costs.
- Easier staff scheduling – plan ahead when approving leave requests and know exactly when there is a need to hire temporary employees.
- Accurate payroll processing – automatic calculations based on attendance data ensures that payroll is 100% accurate.
Yes! Jibble’s employee absence tracking software is 100% free for an unlimited number of users.
Jibble does have optional upgrades, which many larger SMEs and enterprises are likely to want, but for most businesses, particularly smaller ones, the free version is more than enough.
Find out more about our upgrade plans.
You can track any type of absence your organisation requires. Jibble supports sick leave, annual leave, vacation leave, emergency leave, unpaid leave, and custom leave types you define yourself. You can also set separate entitlements, rules, and approval workflows for each leave type.
Yes. Jibble works across all devices — web, iOS, and Android — so remote employees and distributed teams can submit and manage absences from anywhere. Managers can approve requests and view real-time absence data without needing everyone in the same location.
Jibble automatically feeds absence data into your timesheets in real time, eliminating manual payroll adjustments. This means sick days, vacation days, and unpaid leave are all accounted for when calculating employee pay, reducing errors and saving your payroll team significant time.
An attendance tracker records when employees clock in and out each day. An absence tracker focuses specifically on planned and unplanned time away from work, including leave balances, approval workflows, and absence trends. Jibble combines both into a single platform so you get a complete picture of workforce attendance.
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