The Potential Sick Leave Abuse Report helps to find potential sick leave abusers by looking for patterns in sick leave taken.

To run the report, select “Reports -> Potential Sick Leave Abuse” from the menu at the top of the screen, then click “Run Report”.

The report shows how often employees have taken:

One Day: One day of sick leave in the last 12 months. This is leave that doesn’t require a doctor’s certificate.
Weekend/Public Holiday: One day of sick leave next to a weekend or a public holiday in the last 12 months. For example, sick leave on a Monday or Friday, which results in a long weekend.
8 Weeks: Sick leave in the last 8 weeks. Look out for employees who’ve been off sick more than twice in 8 weeks.

It also shows each employee’s sick leave cycle, how much sick leave they’re entitled to, how much they’ve taken and what percentage of it they’ve used.

You can include employees who’ve used more than a certain percentage of their sick leave, even if they don’t match any of the patterns above. This is set to 60% by default.

Click “View Sick leave” to see an employee’s sick leave applications, or “Employee” to open their employee record.

Potential Sick Leave Abuse Report

Note: High numbers don’t necessarily mean that an employee is abusing sick leave.

This feature is only available in LeavePro Plus.