LeaveWizard and OKTA Integration
Okta is a leading identity and access management (IAM) service that provides Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and lifecycle management, among other features. When a SaaS product is integrated with Okta, it not only enhances the product’s security but also significantly improves user experience, operational efficiency, and compliance. So it’s not a surprise that LeaveWizard chose integrating with OKTA as the next step on our journey.
Implementing a new leave management system
Our free trial at LeaveWizard allows many people to see how our system can help before they commit to a subscription plan, however, sometimes people who trial LeaveWizard are not the decision makers and they often have to go on and build a case for a leave management system before they are allowed to implement […]
Using LeaveWizard APIs to bring your data to PowerBI
Introduction With the growing availability of various APIs on the LeaveWizard platform, our customers have been able to access their LeaveWizard data and use it within other systems. To make more people aware of this useful functionality, we have created the use case below demonstrating how you could benefit from bringing your data to reporting […]
Advantages of offering Time Off In Lieu (TOIL)
Time Off In Lieu, otherwise known as TOIL, is an arrangement where an employer compensates employees who work more than their contracted hours by offering them time off rather than paying overtime. Employees agree to the terms of TOIL with their employer, for instance, by agreeing to take TOIL only during slack periods. Here we […]
How LeaveWizard Can Save Your Business Or Organisation Time
In today’s post-pandemic world, time is incredibly underrated. It seems as though most business owners are far too busy making up for the time they lost during the pandemic and extended lockdowns that they have forgotten to take time for themselves and their employees. While this isn’t entirely their fault, it is still an industry […]
Staff Working From Home? Let Us Help
LeaveWizard is great for tracking holidays and absences – but it can also track working from home, offsite working, and other events. Changing ways of working One effect of the global coronavirus pandemic has been to force the closure of offices and workspaces in many countries. For many firms, this resulted in a rapid shift […]
Integrate LeaveWizard with Slack
In recent months we’ve seen a huge increase in the popularity of tools that help distributed teams work together. The team behind LeaveWizard has always been distributed and we make use of various tools one of which is Slack. For a while now we have been using a LeaveWizard/Slack integration and since we are now […]
Can you carry over leave for an employee?
It is possible to carry over leave for an employee who has not taken it, but what are the rules, and how do you do it? There are many good reasons, as we’ve talked about on this blog before, for encouraging staff to use up their holiday entitlement before the end of their annual leave […]
Do You Get Stuck Working Out Untaken Holiday?
When someone’s employment with you ends, you must pay them for an untaken holiday, how do you work out what they are owed? When employees leave your business mid-year they are entitled to be paid for the untaken holiday, but only the allowance that has accrued, not the full year’s amount. If they have taken […]
Can You Tell Your Staff When They Have to Take Annual Leave?
Many people don’t know that employers are able to tell staff when they have to take annual leave. Here’s a look at why you might want to do that, how to go about it, and what you need to know. We’ve written before on this blog about the benefits of encouraging staff to take up […]