# Absence types

> 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.

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

In Weplanify, absence types are the reasons offered when an employee requests or receives an absence. They are set in **Settings → Leave → Absence types**.

![Settings, Absence types: paid leave, annual leave, justified sickness, unpaid leave, unjustified absence](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fabsences%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fab-types-71e7b769.webp?alt=media&token=737b80e4-ca09-49b2-9482-0e44f206e466)

## Steps

1. Open **Settings → Absence types**, or the settings button of the Leave and absences screen.
2. Click **Manage types**, then **New**.
3. Give a name (for example "Justified sickness"), choose the **Category**, then **Create**.

## The three categories

- **Paid**: the employee is away but still paid (justified sickness, family event…).
- **Unpaid**: the days are deducted from the salary (unpaid leave, unjustified absence).
- **Deducted from leave**: the days are taken from the [leave balance](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.soldes-de-conges?lang=en) (annual leave).

## Good to know

- Deleting a type only deactivates it: old absences keep their name.
- How many days are deducted: see [how days are counted](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.calcul-des-jours?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Leave balances](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.soldes-de-conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each employee has a leave counter: earned since the return date, taken, and available balance, shown on their record and in the report.
- [How absence days are counted](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.calcul-des-jours?lang=en) — 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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Request leave from your phone](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.absences?lang=en) — Request leave or an absence in the Weplanify app, attach a supporting document, see your balance and track approval.
- [Your company settings in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration?lang=en) — In Weplanify, settings are sorted by theme in a menu on the left: company, approvals, expenses, time and attendance, leave, payroll and account.
- [Prepare the month's time and absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.presence?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Time and absences step gives each employee's paid days, leave, absences and overtime, taken from the source chosen for their site.
- [Choose how leave is handled in payroll](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.configuration.conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, choose how a departure on leave is paid: salary maintained, allowance on departure, or deduction then add-back on the payslips.
- [Create an absence from the planning](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.signaler-une-absence?lang=en) — In Weplanify, record that a scheduled employee will be absent straight from their slots, without leaving the planning or typing the dates again.