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# How to Manage Shifts and Leave on Timesheets

## Shift assignments and leave entries appear directly on your timesheets. Here's how to manage them.

#### **Shifts on Timesheets**

- Each day row can display the **assigned shift** for that employee.
- Click the **shift label** to assign or change the shift window for a specific day.

### **Editing the Shift Window on a Day**

When you click the shift label on a timesheet row, a modal opens where you can adjust:

- **Start Time** and **Finish Time** — the scheduled shift window for that day.
- **Limit** (next to Start/Finish) — toggle on to ignore clock data captured before the start or after the finish.
- **Shift Length** — auto-calculated from Start and Finish. Editing the length updates the Finish time to match.
- **Limit** (next to Shift Length) — toggle on to cap paid time at the scheduled shift duration, starting from the employee’s first clock-in. For example, an 8-hour shift with a clock-in at 8:15 AM counts time only until 4:15 PM.

#### **Leave on Timesheets**

- Leave entries appear alongside time entries for any day where an employee has approved leave.
- You can record **leave exceptions** directly from the timesheet row using the **Leave** dropdown.
- **Leave balances in the dropdown:** When your company has leave balances enabled, the **Leave** dropdown shows each leave type’s remaining balance next to its name (e.g. "Annual Leave — 12.5 days"). This lets you verify an employee’s available balance at a glance without navigating away from the Attendance page.

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*Tip: If an employee was on leave but also worked part of the day, both entries will appear together on that day's row.*

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