Admins can restrict visibility of sick leave entries, especially for users with employee permissions.
The following options are available:
Completely Hiding Sick Leave Entries from Employees
Admins can configure the system so that employee users do not see sick leave entries of their colleagues.
To change this setting:
- Log in to Timebutler as an admin.
- Click Settings > More… in the lower-left corner.
- Select Global settings.
- Review or adjust the option “Employees can see colleagues’ sick leave entries.”
Masking Sick Leave Entries for Employees
Instead of hiding sick leave entries completely, you can mask them.
If masking is enabled:
- Employees will still see that a colleague is absent in the calendar.
- However, only a neutral label such as “Absent” is displayed, without showing the specific absence type.
The advantage of masking compared to hiding entries entirely is that employees remain informed about colleagues’ absences.
Masking can be configured individually for each absence type. Read here how to activate masking.
Visibility of Sick Leave Entries for Supervisors
Supervisors always see sick leave entries for employees for whom they have visibility rights.
This is because supervisors require full information for operational management, planning, and as a basis for approving vacation requests and approval-required absence entries.
Own Sick Leave Entries
Every user always has full visibility of their own entries, including their own sick leave entries.
Hiding Past Entries from Employees
In most cases, employees only need information about future entries for coordination with colleagues. Visibility of past entries is often not required.
You can configure the system so that employee users do not see colleagues’ past entries, but only entries that lie in the future.
To change this setting:
- Log in to Timebutler as an admin.
- Click Settings > More… in the lower-left corner.
- Select Global settings.
- Review or adjust the option “Hide past entries from employee users.”