Travel Expense Management for Consultants: Stay Organized on the Go

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A woman is managing her business travel expenses on her iPhone.

Efficiency is key in the consulting industry – not only in delivering projects but also in managing travel expenses. As consultants, you are frequently on the move: client meetings, workshops, or internal events. This often leads to accumulating receipts, allowances, and mileage claims that need to be tracked. A digital travel expense app can help […]

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Mobile Time Tracking: Flexible, Efficient, and GDPR-Compliant – What a Business Needs to Know

Time Tracking /
Zu sehen ist die mobile Zeiterfassung von absence.io auf einem Desktop und einem Smartphone. Der Desktop zeigt, wie ein Zeiteintrag erstellt wird. Das Smartphone zeigt die mobile Stoppuhr für das Starten und Stoppen der Arbeitszeit.

In a world of work that is increasingly mobile and flexible, time tracking has become much more than a mere administrative necessity. Modern time tracking solutions have evolved from static systems into dynamic tools seamlessly integrated into daily workflows. These tools allow employees to easily document their working hours digitally—whether from a home office, on

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Efficient Time Tracking for Small Businesses: Simple, Secure, and GDPR-Compliant

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A clock on a desk next to a pen and a notepad symbolizes time tracking for small businesses.

In small businesses, every day is a balancing act between operational tasks, customer service, and managing day-to-day operations. In this context, time tracking is often a challenge, but it is becoming increasingly important. Whether as a basis for project billing, to meet legal requirements, or to optimize daily operations, time tracking plays a central role

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New Feature: Automated Documentation Requirement for Sick Days

Absence Management /
The image shows the settings for the "Sickness" absence type, where the documentation requirement is activated.

Last week, we released another new feature for our absence management system. You can now automatically request documentation (e.g., a medical certificate) from your employees after a certain number of consecutive sick days. This can be set up globally for all employees in just 30 seconds. Activating Documentation Requirement To activate the documentation requirement, simply

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Digital Travel Expense Reimbursement: How It Streamlines Processes, Overcomes Obstacles, and Boosts Employee Satisfaction

Employee Happiness, Expense Management /
Ein Haufen Papier zur Reisekostenabrechnung auf einem Schreibtisch

Travel expense reimbursement not only frustrates employees but also burdens the HR and accounting departments. From lost receipts to endless waits for reimbursement, the entire process can be a painful ordeal. As experts in absence and time tracking, the topic of travel expense reimbursement is crucial for us. In our quest to add new features

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Travel Expense Reporting via App: Why Digital Submission and Accounting are Essential

Expense Management /
Die Reisenkostenabrechnungs-App von absence.io auf einem MacBook und einem iPhone.

Submitting travel expense reports often feels like a hurdle race: finding the receipt, typing in all the information manually and in compliance with regulations, keeping to all deadlines, etc. From “Where did I put that receipt?” to “OK” from the HR department, a lot of time and even more nerves are spent.This not only annoys

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AI in HR (Part 1): Potentials in Attendance and Absence Management?

Absence Management, Employee Happiness, Time Tracking /
AI in HR symbolized by a robot am and a human arm touching

AI in HR. A topic that has been occupying us intensively at absence.io for some time. How can AI be used in our core areas, attendance and absence management? Especially in the area of process optimization, we see great potential, but also in service. We would like to give you a brief insight into our

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Hurray! The EU passes time tracking legislation!

Employee Happiness, Employee Management, Time Tracking /
time tracking

Wait…what? That’s right. In a recent European Court of Justice ruling, all companies in the European Union must track their employee’s working hours. This may seem archaic to some of you given flextime, home office days and more generally the culture of freelance work. But don’t forget that although punching in and out may no

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