Remote work Attendance schedule Fixed days Amendments

Remote work, one click away, and above all visible to everyone

Know who is where next week, without checking every calendar. Planned remote work is shown in the attendance schedule, alongside absences.

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See before you organise

The attendance schedule, not the absence chart

A schedule that only shows leave says very little about an organisation where half the teams work remotely two days a week.

Planned remote work on display

For organisations working on fixed days, the attendance schedule shows planned remote work. Managers anticipate on-site presence instead of discovering it.

  • Planned remote work visible in the schedule
  • A clear distinction between remote work and absence
  • View extended beyond the month

The amendment that counts

Remote work is formalised by an amendment to the employment contract. It sits in the employee file, with its dates, and the work location schedule takes it into account.

  • Amendment attached to the employee file
  • Upcoming amendments taken into account
  • History of periods kept

Work location tracked

Site, office, home: the declared location lets you reason on the actual occupancy of spaces, not just on theoretical headcount.

  • Location attached to the working day
  • Consistency with timesheets
  • Indicators built with the reporting tool
Your policy

Your remote work rules, applied on their own

A policy that lives in a PDF gets worked around. Translated into configuration, it applies at the point of entry.

The limits you set

Number of days allowed per week, floating days, fixed days, excluded days: the limits of your policy are configurable, collectively or individually.

  • Number of days allowed and floating days
  • Fixed days or excluded days, including per person
  • Rules applied when remote work is declared

The approval workflow

Depending on your needs, the declaration goes for approval or is recorded directly. And a day already approved as leave cannot be declared as remote work.

  • Approval workflow triggered according to your rules
  • Entry blocked on a day already approved as an absence
  • Display rights by authorisation profile

The shared policy, and the count

The reference document is distributed from document management, with read receipt or signature. The count of remote working days is a standard report.

  • Policy distributed with read receipt or signature
  • Standard report counting remote working days
  • Monthly tracking of actual practice
What everyone gains

The employee, the manager, the HR team

The employee

Their remote working days attached to their amendment, without having to ask again

The manager

Knowing who is where over the period, not just who is absent

The HR team

Upcoming amendments already taken into account in the planned schedule

Frequently asked questions

More about remote work tracking

Is remote work counted as an absence?
No. It appears in the attendance schedule as a work location, separate from leave and absences. That is what lets you know who is working and who is not, without confusing the two.
How are organisations with fixed days handled?
Planned remote work is shown directly in the attendance schedule, which gives visibility over the coming weeks without employees having to re-enter anything.
What if an employee changes their pattern during the year?
The change goes through an amendment, attached to the employee file with its dates. The work location schedule takes upcoming amendments into account, so the switch is anticipated.

Remote work tracking: the absence chart is no longer enough

For a long time, an HR schedule answered a single question: who is not here. Since hybrid working became established, the useful question has changed. It is now: who is where. Many tools have not kept up, and still show leave while leaving remote work in a team spreadsheet or a chat channel.

Remote work and absence are not the same thing

The confusion is common and costly. An employee working remotely is working: they can be reached, they produce, they count towards the team's capacity. Treating them as absent distorts workload planning and gives an inaccurate picture of real availability.

In Nicoka HRIS, remote work appears in the attendance schedule as a work location, separate from leave and absences. The distinction seems obvious, yet it completely changes what the manager reads.

Planning ahead beats finding out

In organisations with fixed days, the pattern is known in advance: two days remote, three on site, with variations by team. This information exists, but it often remains implicit, known by each person for themselves and by no one for the whole.

Showing planned remote work in the schedule lets you organise rather than react: book a meeting on a day when the team is in, anticipate the occupancy of spaces, spot a week when nobody is on site. The view extends beyond the month, giving the perspective you need.

The amendment, and what it implies

Regular remote work is formalised by an amendment to the employment contract. This amendment carries dates, and those dates must have an effect on the schedule. A change of pattern decided in September for October should not depend on someone remembering to update a spreadsheet.

The amendment therefore sits in the employee file, and the work location schedule takes upcoming amendments into account. The switch is anticipated by design. See also the HR foundation for managing contracts and amendments.

Key takeaways

  • The useful question is no longer who is absent, but who is where.
  • Treating remote work as an absence distorts the reading of real capacity.
  • Planning ahead lets you organise; finding out only lets you react.
  • The remote work pattern is formalised by an amendment, which carries dates.
  • The schedule takes upcoming amendments into account, so the switch is anticipated.

Nicoka HRIS is developed and hosted in France. To go further: leave and absences, time and activities, mobile app.

See your attendance schedule in Nicoka HRIS

Bring your remote work patterns and your sites. We will show a real week, leave and on-site presence included.

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