Away reasons: paid time away from the laptop
Some work happens away from the laptop: recording a podcast, a video shoot, a client meeting. Away reasons let people say so, and you decide how that time is paid.
Set them up
Go to Settings → Time & attendance → Away reasons and press Add a reason. For each one, choose:
- Name: what people see in the app, like Content creation.
- Who can use it: everyone, or only the people you pick, like your video team.
- How it is paid: Paid by itself counts the time as work as soon as they are back, like a prayer break. Paid after I approve sends the time to you as a missing time request. Not paid is a plain break.
- Most a day (paid by itself only): past this, the time stops counting for the day.
Then save the page. Every company keeps its own list. New companies start with Meeting, On a call and Reading or planning, all paid after you approve.
In the Mac and Windows apps
The reasons a person can use appear in the Break menu, after the other breaks. They pick one before leaving the laptop and press Back to work when they return. No screenshots are taken and the idle pause is off while they are away.
- Paid by itself: the time away is added to their day straight away. If the day's limit runs out, the app goes back on the timer once they are at the laptop.
- Paid after you approve: the time away waits for you in Team time.
If they forget and the timer pauses on its own, the "Welcome back" screen lists the same reasons. Picking a paid-by-itself reason there counts the time straight away.
Time away never counts past the end of the office day. A laptop left on an away reason overnight is closed for that day by itself.
Where it shows
On Team time and My attendance, paid time away shows in green with the reason's name, and its screenshot slots read "Paid away".
Related
- Add missing time when you forgot the timerAsk for working time the timer missed, from the web, Mac or Windows app, and how admins approve it.
- Approving leave and missing timeHow admins approve or reject leave and missing-time requests in Team time, reply with a note, and undo a decision.
- Using the timer: start, stop and breaksHow the Clockade timer counts your working day: Start and Stop, automatic lunch, short and named breaks, and the day dial.
- Set your working hours, lunch and breaksSet when your working day starts and ends, automatic lunch, breaks, idle pause and per-person hours in Clockade.
Still stuck? Press Help inside Clockade or send us a message.