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Users' roles in Calamari Time Off

In this article you'll find out what are administrator's, manager's and user's privilages in the Calamari Time Off module.

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Written by Agata Skowrońska
Updated over 3 months ago

REGULAR USER

In the "Apply" tab, a regular user is allowed to:

  • Apply for all types of absences they are authorized for in the system (depending on settings, add a substitute, reason, comment, and attachment),

  • View available limits for each type of absence for the current and upcoming holiday year,

  • View submitted requests on the calendar and check the details of each request.

In the "Calendar" tab, a regular user is allowed to:

  • Verify and filter their existing requests, including status information (waiting for approval, approved), according to the permissions granted (request visibility may be restricted to all users or only those within the same team),

  • Observe birthdays and public holidays throughout the organization,

  • Filter/search information by employee, team, position, absence type, and category.

In the "Requests" tab, a regular user is allowed to:

  • Check the history of a request, comments, and the section of users absent at the same time (subject to permissions level),

  • Cancel their existing request,

  • Download a PDF with the confirmation of the request,

  • Add comments to any status of their existing requests.

In the "Entitlement" tab, a regular user is allowed to:

  • Check the list of all types of absences to which they are entitled, along with their individually calculated allowance for each type of absence (counted in hours or days) or information about unlimited/undefined balance,

  • Verify the number of hours/days currently pending approval, accrued until today, carried over from the previous year, manually edited, requested, and transferred to the following year.

Moreover, the regular user can manage basic account settings regarding the application language, date format, time zone, and calendar preferences.

They can also personally adjust notifications about the status of requests, approvals, or assignments as a substitute.

MANAGER

All three managerial roles below have the regular user's permissions and dedicated, special privileges attributable to a specific role.

DIRECT MANAGER

  • accept requests of their direct subordinates (APPROVAL),

  • check the entitlement balance of their direct subordinates (ENTITLEMENT),

  • apply for absences on behalf of their direct subordinates (APPLY),

  • check the reports related to their direct subordinates (REPORTS).

TEAM MANAGER

  • accept requests of their team members (APPROVAL),

  • check the entitlement balances of their team members (ENTITLEMENT)

  • apply for absences on behalf of their team members (APPLY),

  • check the reports about their team members (REPORTS).

ORGANIZATION MANAGER

  • check the entitlement of all the employees from the whole organization (ENTITLEMENT),

  • apply for absences on behalf of everyone from the organization (APPLY),

  • and check the reports of all users from the organization (REPORTS).

ADMINISTRATOR

The user with this role has permission from the regular user and all managerial roles (except for approval flows). This means they have access to all the information regarding users and all reports.

The administrator is the only role with access to Calamari's configuration panel.

They granted permission to:

  • create new profiles, edit users' data,

  • manage absence types and accruing rules,

  • develop teams, positions, contract types, work schedules and assign them to specific users,

  • manage group recurring notifications,

  • defines approval flows,

  • configure and edit public holidays and other days off,

  • manage permissions of managers and regular users,

  • grant users a managerial or administrative role,

  • import data to the system (employees, balances, requests),

  • turn on/off the integrations between Calamari and external tools and systems,

  • manage the subscription, payment methods, billing periods, and update billing information,

  • only the Administrator has full support and assistance regarding the configuration changes within the account (regular users/managers will be fully supported according to their role).

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