My Shift & Report Absence
With assignment planning, employees see their own staffing directly in the LiteLog app: which shift is up today, what the week looks like — and if you cannot make it, the sick report or vacation request is two taps away.
In the app
These features are only available in the mobile app. In the web portal, managers plan the staffing under Time → Plan → Shifts and decide on reports under Time → Plan → Absences.
Widget "My shift today"
The dashboard shows the "My shift today" widget as soon as you are planned as staffing for a shift today:
- Each row is a shift with property, time window, and status.
- Tapping a row activates the shift's property as your active property — you can start right away with tours, tasks, or time tracking at that property.
- With material read permission, the widget additionally shows whether material is below minimum stock at the shift's property — take supplies along right away.
- The header link "This week" opens My schedule.
- The quick action "Report absence" appears as long as none of your own reports is awaiting confirmation. If one is pending, "Absence report awaiting confirmation" takes its place — tapping it opens your reports.
- Offline, the widget shows the last known state with a timestamp ("As of HH:mm").
Without shifts for today (and without a matching offline state), the widget stays hidden.
My schedule
You reach "My schedule" via the "This week" link in the widget or at any time via More → Personal → "My schedule" — including on days without a shift of your own, when the widget stays hidden. The view lists your own shifts of the current week, grouped by day — with property, time window, and status. It is a read-only view of your personal weekly planning; you do not see other people's shifts here. Offline, the list shows the last state with a timestamp.
Report absence
You reach the self-report via More → "Report absence" or via the quick action in the widget:
- Choose a type — Sick, Child sick, or Vacation. Vacation is a request and only takes effect after your supervisors approve it; the app shows your vacation balance ("Vacation 2026: 18 of 30 days left · 2 requested") if an entitlement is maintained for you in the portal.
- Choose a date range — "From" and optionally "Until"; for a single day, "One day only" is enough. Sick and child sick: at most 31 days per report (the longest a sick note covers) — report an extension as a new report; vacation: at most 366 days.
- Optionally add a note (only visible to your supervisors).
- Tap "Report sick" or "Request vacation".
The report then appears under "My reports" with its status:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Awaiting confirmation | The report is with the managers under Time → Plan → Absences |
| Confirmed | The absence is approved |
| Rejected | The report was rejected — your supervisors' reason is shown right at the report |
| Withdrawn | You withdrew the report yourself |
Withdraw a pending report with "Withdraw" at the report — for example if you can work after all or picked the wrong dates. Then simply report again. A second report that overlaps a still pending one is refused by the app; withdraw the old one in that case. You are notified about the decision — the automation rule "Sick report decided", which ships active, takes care of that (adjustable under Automation).
Good to know
Note
- The widget and "My schedule" require the View time tracking permission; "Report absence" is available to every signed-in employee.
- A report does not end a running time tracking: if you are still clocked in, the app points that out — clock out when you leave.
- The absence type of your report is only visible to yourself and to approvers — everyone else only sees "Absent".
- An internet connection is required to submit or withdraw a report.