Help centre / Leave and sickness
See who is off, and start family leave
See everyone off sick or away today, record sickness for someone, and start maternity, paternity or adoption leave.
What you'll need: For family leave, the expected week of birth or placement.
Absence shows who is off today and why, and each family leave case with its dates and pay.
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See who is off, and record sickness
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Step 1: Go to Absence.
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Everyone off sick or away today is listed.
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Step 2: Press Record sickness for someone who called in (see Sickness).
Start family leave
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Step 1: Open the person, and on Family leave choose to start it.
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Step 2: Choose What is it about? and Their part in it, then set Leave planned from.
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Step 3: Save it.
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KivoHR works out the weeks of leave and pay, and the dates they must tell you by.
Stuck?
It asks if this is another one
They already have a family leave case. Tick Yes, this is another one only if it's a new pregnancy or placement.
Someone off sick isn't listed
Their sickness wasn't recorded. Press Record sickness, or ask them to report it.
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Not legal advice. Checked against the law on 1 November 2026; we check it again by 6 April 2027, and sooner if the law changes.