If you or a member of your team is on annual leave, unable to work through sickness or for any other reason and you need to change their regular working hours, you can add time off from the Calendar or from the Scheduled shifts page. 

How to add time off from team working hours on a desktop:

1. Head to Business Settings and select Scheduled shifts.
2. Click on the team member’s shift that you want to change and select Add time off, or click on the black Add button on the top-right, and select Time off. Alternatively, click on the plus + symbol on any cell in the table, and select Add time off. 
3. Under Add time off, use the drop-down menu to select the team member and a type: Annual leave, Sick leave, Training or Other absence reasons. 
4. Then specify the start date, the start time and end time for the time off. If you want to take several days off, tick the Repeat box and specify an end date. Once these dates and times have been selected, the total number of hours taken off will show below. 
5. You can add an optional description if needed, and then click Save.
6. The period that has been set up as time off for a particular team member will be greyed out in the Fresha calendar and no availability will show for clients online. 

How to add time off from team working hours on a mobile:

1. Head to Business Settings and select Scheduled shifts.

2. Click on the blue Add button on the bottom-right, and select Add time off. Alternatively, click on a team member’s shift that you want to change and select Add time off.

3. Under Add time off, use the drop-down menu to select the team member and a type: Annual leave, Sick leave, Training or Other absence reasons.

4. Then specify the start date, the start time and end time for the time off. If you want to take several days off, tick the Repeat box and specify an end date. Once these dates and times have been selected, the total number of hours taken off will show below. 
5. You can add an optional description if needed, and then click Save.
6. The period that has been set up as time off for a particular team member will be greyed out in the Fresha calendar and no availability will show for clients online. 

How to add time off from the calendar on a desktop or mobile:

1. Head to your Fresha calendar.

2. Click on a team member’s name or avatar at the top of the calendar and select Add time off from the drop-down menu. 

3. Under Add time off, use the drop-down menu to select the team member and a reason: Annual leave, Sick leave, Training or Other absence reasons. 

4. Then specify the start date, the start time and end time for the time off. If you want to take several days off, tick the Repeat box and specify an end date. Once these dates and times have been selected, the total number of hours taken off will show below. 
5. You can add an optional description if needed, and then click Save.
6. The period that has been set up as time off for a particular team member will be greyed out in the Fresha calendar and no availability will show for clients online. 

How to edit or delete a time off date:

To make any changes, simply click on the dates and choose between Edit time off or Delete time off and make the necessary changes. If you choose to delete the time off date, the previously scheduled shifts will be restored. Please note that the entire date range will be deleted. 

How to create custom time off reasons:

1. Head to Business Settings and select Time off types.
2. Click on Add new type button on the top-right to add a new time off reason such as parental leave or compassionate leave. Click Save.