Sickness in one place
Managers may keep sickness notes separately from annual leave records.
Absence management software
Track staff absence without forcing everything into annual leave.
Awayly helps UK teams record sickness, appointments, training, unpaid leave and other custom absences alongside annual leave, with company-controlled rules for each type.
No card required
Unlimited employees
£14/month flat price
Absence overview
Different absence types, one system
Annual leave, sickness, appointments and custom time off together.
EmployeesUnlimited
ManagersUnlimited
Holiday requests
Leave approvals
Holiday allowances
Team availability
Working patterns
Absence tracking
More than annual leave
Keep different types of employee absence in one place.
Absence management is broader than holiday booking. Businesses may need to record sickness, appointments, training, unpaid leave, compassionate leave or other time away from work.
Awayly lets company admins configure those absence types separately, including whether they use holiday allowance, require approval or can be requested by employees.
Why absence records become fragmented
Different types of time off often end up in different systems.
Appointments in messages
Short absences can be agreed informally and never reach the central calendar.
No consistent rules
Different managers may record the same type of absence differently.
Poor team visibility
The team calendar may not show all the reasons someone is unavailable.
Employee permissions
Choose which absence types employees can request.
Company admins decide whether employees can request a time-off type themselves. Annual leave might be self-service while sickness or other absences can remain manager-recorded.
- Employee-request permission
- Approval requirement
- Half-day settings
- Custom absence names
- Clear request history
Manager-recorded absence
Let managers record the right type of absence.
Managers can record employee absence using the appropriate time-off type so sickness, appointments and other absences do not need to be squeezed into annual leave.
- Record sickness
- Record appointments
- Record training
- Choose allowance treatment
- Keep notes with the absence
Custom absence rules
Control whether each absence type affects holiday allowance.
Admins can configure the default behaviour of each time-off type, helping the business separate annual leave from non-holiday absence.
- Deduct allowance or not
- Require approval or not
- Allow employee requests
- Allow half-days
- Enable or disable types
Custom time-off types
Track the absence types your company actually uses.
Awayly can support different categories without making every absence reduce annual leave.
Annual leave
Sickness
Appointments
Unpaid leave
Training
Compassionate leave
Parental leave
Custom types
Team visibility
Keep absence and availability connected.
When approved or recorded absence is visible to the right people, managers can plan around who is available without maintaining a separate record.
Annual leave
12
Sickness
2
Training
3
Appointments
4
Manual process vs Awayly
Keep absence types consistent instead of recording them ad hoc.
Task
Manual approach
Awayly
Record sickness
Separate note or spreadsheet
Use sickness type
Record appointment
Message or calendar note
Use appointment type
Allowance impact
Manager decides manually
Type rule controls behaviour
Team visibility
Separate calendars
Shared team calendar
Audit trail
Hard to reconstruct
Activity and absence history
Who this is for
Designed for teams that need more than a basic holiday spreadsheet.
Small employers
Keep holiday and non-holiday absence together without buying a full HR suite.
Managers
Record different absence types consistently across the team.
Admins
Control the rules for each absence type at company level.
Simple pricing
£14/month for the whole company.
Unlimited employees, unlimited managers and current Awayly features are included. Start with a 14-day free trial and no card required.
£14/month
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Absence management software FAQs
Common questions about Awayly.
Can Awayly track sickness?
Yes. Sickness can be configured as a time-off type and recorded separately from annual leave.
Can employees report sickness themselves?
Admins can choose whether a time-off type can be requested by employees.
Can appointments be tracked without using holiday allowance?
Yes. A time-off type can be configured not to deduct from holiday allowance.
Can managers record absences for employees?
Yes. Managers can record appropriate absence types for employees where their permissions allow.
Can I create custom absence types?
Yes. Company admins can create and configure custom time-off types.
How much does Awayly cost?
Awayly costs £14 per month for the whole company with unlimited employees and managers.
Bring absence into one system
Track annual leave, sickness and other absences more clearly.
Start Awayly free for 14 days. No card required. £14/month for the whole company afterwards.