Hints, Tips & more from WhosOff

Leave management insights

Whilst providing a platform to make staff holiday booking easier to manage, we also provide insights and advice surrounding HR matters that will help support your business.

Here you'll find articles from business processes that can be streamlined with WhosOff,
to hints and tips to get the best out of your staff leave management tool.


Latest blog posts
The challenge of managing staff leave: How much does it cost if its managed in the wrong way?
Tuesday, 28th January 2025

The challenge of managing staff leave: How much does it cost if its managed in the wrong way?

As a fundamental part of any business running smoothly, the management and tracking of staff leave is often a task that can be overlooked but can have a major impact on operations when things go wrong.


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Wednesday, 16th October 2024

Streamline business processes with the WhosOff API

Learn how our customers have accelerated their internal business processes by integrating with the WhosOff API to manage their staff leave and absence tasks.


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Streamline business processes with the WhosOff API


October 2024 - Platform updates
Wednesday, 9th October 2024

October 2024 - Platform updates

Check out this months latest updates to WhosOff; from new iOS and Android mobile apps which are FREE to download now, to the new document storage functionality and more...there's lots to go through so grab a cuppa!


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Monday, 5th August 2024

Be part of our refer and earn program

When you refer a business to us for their leave management, and they become a paying customer, you'll receive up to £100 in Amazon gift vouchers. Find out how to start referring today.


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Be part of our refer and earn program


UK Holidays 2025: Getting the most out of your annual leave
Tuesday, 23rd April 2024

UK Holidays 2025: Getting the most out of your annual leave

If you're looking to make the most of your leave entitlement in 2025, check out our handy guide to plan your leave and enjoy the most consecutive days off.


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Wednesday, 27th March 2024

March 2024 platform updates

Our latest round of updates see's the new "Records" feature with our Staff hub module, allowing you to manage everything from training and memberships to appraisals and certificates.


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March 2024 platform updates


Still on the old WhosOff? Your account will be moving soon
Monday, 5th February 2024

Still on the old WhosOff? Your account will be moving soon

Over the past year our tech team has been hard at work enhancing the WhosOff platform. We have launched our most advanced and user-friendly version yet!


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Wednesday, 13th December 2023

WhosOff platform updates - November 2023

The latest round of updates are live. From minor tweaks following customer feedback to new features like the staff hub are available on all accounts.


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WhosOff platform updates - November 2023


WhosOff platform updates - August 2023
Tuesday, 8th August 2023

WhosOff platform updates - August 2023

Check out our latest round of updates following customer feedback, including editing your own dashboard, improvements to reports, Google Social Sign On and more.


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Friday, 14th July 2023

WhosOff proving so popular globally, it's being championed from South Africa to Australia!

Find out how Marileze Buys has relocated from South Africa to Australia and found WhosOff to be so "fantastic" it has been implemented within the new workforce, and has been well received.


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WhosOff proving so popular globally, it


Second SSO (Single Sign On) integration sees Okta available to WhosOff customers
Friday, 30th June 2023

Second SSO (Single Sign On) integration sees Okta available to WhosOff customers

As part of the ongoing development on the new WhosOff platform, we have released the first SSO integration which see's companies able to integrate with their Okta account for authentication purposes.


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Thursday, 29th June 2023

16 types of time off you can track using an annual leave planner

Think an annual leave planner is only for tracking staff holidays? It's time to think again. We have put together 16 different types of time off your company can coordinate through software such as WhosOff.


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16 types of time off you can track using an annual leave planner

Archived blog posts

Date Article
Friday, 23rd June 2023 WhosOff platform updates - June 2023
Wednesday, 21st June 2023 First SSO (Single Sign On) integration sees OneLogin available to WhosOff customers
Wednesday, 10th May 2023 3 dilemmas you can solve with a staff holiday calculator
Monday, 17th April 2023 How to clamp down on absenteeism with HR leave management software
Monday, 27th March 2023 Could tracking annual leave give law firms a better work/life balance?
Monday, 27th March 2023 WhosOff: everything you need to know about our latest version
Wednesday, 8th February 2023 How to manage the UK’s extra Bank Holiday for the coronation of King Charles III
Thursday, 19th January 2023 Do you have to take snow days as holiday?
Wednesday, 7th December 2022 Carrying over annual leave: 6 strategies for success
Thursday, 24th November 2022 Get your WhosOff account ready for 2023
Thursday, 20th October 2022 What happens to unused holiday when staff hand in their notice?
Friday, 23rd September 2022 Employees’ 7 most-asked questions about annual leave
Tuesday, 13th September 2022 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
Friday, 5th August 2022 Are employees entitled to change their holiday if their flight gets cancelled?
Thursday, 23rd June 2022 Is the tide turning on jobs with unlimited leave?
Wednesday, 25th May 2022 Help your team to tackle out of office anxiety
Wednesday, 24th November 2021 Get your WhosOff account ready for 2022
Monday, 26th July 2021 How can businesses manage Bank Holiday staffing better?
Friday, 16th July 2021 7 signs it’s time to book a holiday
Wednesday, 7th July 2021 Locked down Brits stack up 6 billion hours in unused annual leave
Monday, 21st June 2021 Time off in lieu (TOIL) vs overtime: what’s the difference?
Thursday, 10th June 2021 The best – and worst – countries for statutory annual leave
Wednesday, 19th May 2021 What is a duvet day & should your company offer them?
Tuesday, 4th May 2021 How to manage staff leave when two thirds of your team haven’t booked a summer holiday
Monday, 26th April 2021 Uber ruling highlights challenge of managing holiday in the gig economy
Wednesday, 31st March 2021 7 strategies for supporting employees with mental health conditions
Friday, 19th March 2021 Can your holiday management system cope with a post-lockdown surge?
Friday, 5th March 2021 Should your company give paid bereavement leave?
Thursday, 25th February 2021 How to offer extra parental leave without disrupting day-to-day business
Thursday, 17th December 2020 Should you be offering your employees more paid sick leave?
Thursday, 10th December 2020 The Alternative Bank Holiday: 9 national events you could turn into time off
Monday, 30th November 2020 4 ways to deal with your team’s 2020 unused holiday
Thursday, 26th November 2020 Furloughed again? It might impact your annual leave
Friday, 6th November 2020 5 reasons you should be managing holiday on your mobile
Friday, 23rd October 2020 Has lockdown left your firm with an annual leave backlog?
Tuesday, 29th September 2020 Does your annual leave policy need an overhaul for 2021?
Thursday, 24th September 2020 Should you give staff extra days off as a post-lockdown treat?
Thursday, 18th June 2020 Users of the WhosOff iOS app may be affected by Apple dropping support for iPhone 6 users
Monday, 8th June 2020 How does furlough impact staff annual leave entitlement?
Thursday, 14th May 2020 How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting companies’ annual leave arrangements?
Thursday, 23rd April 2020 How do you manage employee attendance when your staff are remote working?
Wednesday, 25th March 2020 Managing movements in a people-based business: Redstone Search Group’s story
Thursday, 19th March 2020 How to support staff working from home – without losing track of where everyone is!
Thursday, 13th February 2020 Boxing Day 2020 Observed on Monday 28th December 2020
Friday, 7th February 2020 Over half of employees are burned out – is your holiday policy to blame?
Monday, 20th January 2020 What happens when your staff don’t use all their annual leave?
Tuesday, 17th December 2019 5 ways to plan your company holiday calendar better in 2020
Friday, 15th November 2019 When to get a staff annual leave planner
Wednesday, 30th October 2019 What Features Should You Look for in an Online Holiday Planner?
Thursday, 17th October 2019 Can Leave Management Software Improve the Productivity of Your HR Team?
Friday, 27th September 2019 How efficient is your holiday approval process? Rate your business
Tuesday, 17th September 2019 Holiday hacks: how your staff can turn 15 days leave into 35 days off in 2020
Monday, 2nd September 2019 Millions aren’t getting their legal holiday entitlement. How can we change this?
Thursday, 29th August 2019 Why September is the perfect time to plan your Christmas leave strategy
Monday, 29th July 2019 Invest in your company culture to reduce absence
Monday, 15th July 2019 Employees want extra paid leave more than any other perk
Monday, 8th July 2019 2020 May bank holiday will be moved to mark 75th anniversary of VE Day - Don't be caught out!
Monday, 20th May 2019 Should companies be offering term time hours to parents?
Wednesday, 15th May 2019 5 things all employees want to know about annual leave
Friday, 3rd May 2019 Football matches to festive fun: what’s the REAL reason your staff are calling in sick?
Thursday, 2nd May 2019 Your staff in numbers: essential sickness and annual leave statistics
Thursday, 25th April 2019 How to manage holiday when your staff don’t have fixed hours
Thursday, 4th April 2019 Could a better annual leave policy bring you more talent?
Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 Modernising leave management: Evoluted’s story
Monday, 25th March 2019 Making employee leave work when you’re already short staffed
Thursday, 14th March 2019 How to stop everyday appointments affecting employee productivity
Friday, 1st March 2019 The big price tag that comes with poor leave management
Monday, 18th February 2019 Should you be encouraging staff to take more leave?
Tuesday, 12th February 2019 3 smart ways to manage sick leave
Thursday, 31st January 2019 How can you stop bad weather from disrupting leave management?
Tuesday, 22nd January 2019 Do employees prefer a structured leave environment?
Friday, 28th December 2018 Should you offer employees unlimited holiday?
Thursday, 20th December 2018 New European ruling on carrying over leave: what does this mean for your business?
Tuesday, 20th November 2018 Planning staff leave: how to prevent a nightmare before Christmas
Monday, 19th November 2018 Take the hassle out of HR with our new module
Monday, 1st October 2018 Autumn updates including new Help UI , Bulk Change Departments, Self Service and Overtime details
Monday, 3rd September 2018 Free branding available to all WhosOff companies
Wednesday, 1st August 2018 WhosOff to release new HR module
Thursday, 5th July 2018 Moving from SOAP to REST
Friday, 22nd June 2018 New Mobile Applications released
Tuesday, 17th April 2018 Are you GDPR compliant?
Friday, 5th January 2018 Yearly Carryover - Use it or lose it?
Friday, 22nd September 2017 The RyanAir leave saga is not uncommon in UK businesses
Wednesday, 7th June 2017 June 2017 - TLS 1.0, Calendar Feeds
Wednesday, 25th January 2017 January 2017 - Reports, Overtime and My Staff updates published
Wednesday, 30th November 2016 From script to screen in four weeks, WhosOff team produce a TV Advert
Monday, 4th July 2016 Security Update - Disabling TLS 1.0
Wednesday, 4th May 2016 Service updates for May 2016
Monday, 8th June 2015 10 reasons to manage staff leave online
Monday, 16th February 2015 Why companies use WhosOff
Thursday, 30th October 2014 Holiday Planning Guide
Wednesday, 14th May 2014 The Start up that launched a thousand startups!
Friday, 14th March 2014 T&Cs, Privacy Policy
Wednesday, 12th February 2014 New Updates
Thursday, 19th September 2013 ISO27001:2013 Certified for Information Security - well done to all the team!
Tuesday, 23rd April 2013 Spring Updates
Wednesday, 27th February 2013 New server platform across multiple Data Centres
Wednesday, 20th February 2013 New features
Thursday, 20th December 2012 Additional reports
Friday, 16th November 2012 Orange National Business Awards 2012
Friday, 12th October 2012 SSA2012 WINNERS HR and HCM (SME) Category
Wednesday, 10th October 2012 Changing Calendar Year
Tuesday, 9th October 2012 WhosOff Shortlisted for Business of the Year - Smarta 100
Tuesday, 4th September 2012 Leave Type 'In Year' limits
Tuesday, 14th August 2012 National Business Awards UK Finalists
Monday, 13th August 2012 WhosOff - Double Nominations at SSA2012
Friday, 27th July 2012 Essential Tips for the First Time Employer
Tuesday, 19th June 2012 Imagine using WhosOff.com
Wednesday, 28th March 2012 Staff Notes Update - Leave Request Activity
Friday, 16th March 2012 Easily Website of the Month
Monday, 13th February 2012 Yearly Breakdown Report - Update
Monday, 16th January 2012 New features - Dashboard and Approvers
Monday, 16th January 2012 New features - Dashboard and Approvers
Tuesday, 29th November 2011 Public API Now Available
Tuesday, 29th November 2011 Integrate WhosOff into your existing HR or Personnel Systems with the WhosOff API
Tuesday, 15th November 2011 Bulk enter Staff leave and improved Who's Off
Thursday, 29th September 2011 Sign in with Your Google or Yahoo Account
Thursday, 29th September 2011 Single sign-on with Google or Yahoo
Tuesday, 27th September 2011 Bulk Import Tool
Monday, 19th September 2011 Scheduled maintenance service complete
Sunday, 18th September 2011 Scheduled Maintenance, Security Policy Update and other News
Wednesday, 7th September 2011 Calendar Feeds - Now Available By Tag!
Thursday, 5th May 2011 WhosOff for iPhone and Android Released
Thursday, 5th May 2011 WhosOff apps for iPhone and Android released.
Thursday, 14th April 2011 Statistics and Auto Report Scheduling
Thursday, 14th April 2011 Auto Report Scheduling
Monday, 21st March 2011 Switch off Overtime Area
Monday, 21st March 2011 Overtime, ability to switch off!
Monday, 1st November 2010 Hours launched!
Wednesday, 13th October 2010 Fancy half an hour off?
Tuesday, 12th October 2010 Hours are on their way...as well as a few more changes
Friday, 13th August 2010 Calendar Feeds
Friday, 30th July 2010 Reporting by Tag - Now Active
Monday, 12th April 2010 Grouping Tags Introduced
Friday, 19th March 2010 Welcome Back to WhosOff.com
Friday, 5th March 2010 Show only who is off in WhosOff view
Tuesday, 23rd February 2010 New Interface, new features, faster development!
Friday, 18th December 2009 WhosOff Lorry Hits the Road!
Tuesday, 1st December 2009 Calendar updates for MS Outlook, Google, iCal
Monday, 26th October 2009 Leave types increased to 15
Monday, 19th October 2009 User Yearly Calendar is back!
Wednesday, 7th October 2009 Free / Restricted Days Update - Bulk Add
Sunday, 27th September 2009 WhosOff adds calendar feeds
Thursday, 27th August 2009 500,000th Leave request completed
Wednesday, 20th May 2009 Maximum consecutive days, now at leave type level
Wednesday, 25th February 2009 BT Business Insight
Wednesday, 18th February 2009 All departments..all the time
Wednesday, 18th February 2009 WhosOff Today?, Tomorrow?, Yesterday?
Monday, 16th February 2009 WhosOff - Ranked 6th - Top Dates & Calendar web applications
Friday, 6th February 2009 Branding not compulsory, but those companies who are trying it – just love it.
Friday, 6th February 2009 Super users - approve expired requests
Thursday, 15th January 2009 Leave request Notes - Visible to ?
Wednesday, 8th October 2008 WhosOff Hits ¼ Million Holiday Requests
Wednesday, 25th June 2008 WhosOff Today On Screen Report - Optimised for Speed!
Saturday, 19th January 2008 WhosOff Facelift Underway
Friday, 18th January 2008 WhosOff in Development!
Tuesday, 20th November 2007 Red Hot Site of the Day!
Wednesday, 19th September 2007 New reviews of WhosOff (Free)
Wednesday, 4th July 2007 WhosOff - Our 1st Birthday!
Thursday, 28th June 2007 Being second is no longer 'second best'
Monday, 11th June 2007 A smart solution for one office problem - Free
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