What absence management software does is take all those different pieces of the jigsaw puzzle to arranging time off work — spreadsheets, paper forms, a shared calendar, and maybe back-and-forth on email. And puts it all into one single system that’s always up to date. A single source of truth, full visibility. So when your employees request a day off, all your calendars are instantly updated, the reasons for employee absences are tracked, you can then identify patterns, report on them and spot absence trends if you need. Holiday allowance is tracked and reconciled, all your employees can see how much time off they have left and when they took time off. A whole lot of visibility that you can’t get from spreadsheets.