# How absence days are counted

> In Weplanify, the number of days of an absence depends on its type: calendar days for paid or unpaid absence, working days for leave taken from the balance.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Leave & absences
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.calcul-des-jours?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.calcul-des-jours.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, the number of days depends on the [absence type](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en). Each absence's panel shows the **days counted** and the method used.

## By type

- **Paid** and **Unpaid**: days are counted from the first to the last day included, in the country's payroll unit (calendar days, weekend included, or planned days).
- **Deducted from leave**: days are counted as working days (Monday → Saturday or Monday → Friday), depending on the [Accrual and counting](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.conges?lang=en) setting; [public holidays](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.jours-feries?lang=en) are not counted.

## Example

Annual leave from Tuesday to the following Monday is 6 days counting Monday to Saturday, 5 counting Monday to Friday.

## Good to know

- A half day counts in proportion to the employee's hours; from 80% of the day, it counts as a full day.
- If the period only holds a public holiday, a weekend or a rest day, the number can be 0.
- The balance after the absence shows when you [create it](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.creer?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Absence types](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each absence type says whether it is paid, unpaid or deducted from the leave balance: it is the type that decides the effect on payroll.
- [Set leave accrual and counting](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, set how many leave days each employee earns per month and how leave is counted: Monday to Saturday or Monday to Friday working days.
- [Public holidays](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.jours-feries?lang=en) — In Weplanify, check and complete the year's public holidays: they are used by the planning, by leave counting, by the time clock and by payroll.
- [Create an absence or leave](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.creer?lang=en) — In Weplanify, enter an employee's absence or leave in three choices: who, what and when; the balance after the absence shows before you save.
- [Manage leave and absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Leave and absences screen gathers the whole team's requests, as a list or a calendar, with the requests to approve shown first.