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An employee taking time off begins with a request, which is approved or not. This piece is about leave requests and approvals in Odoo. The leave request and approval flow When an employee wants to tak...
Read postKnowing when employees are present at work is what attendance tracking does. This piece is about attendances and kiosks in Odoo. What attendance tracking is Attendance tracking is the recording of whe...
Read postAppraisals are the structured way a business reviews how its employees are doing. This piece is about employee appraisals in Odoo, including the edition point. The edition point, first An honest note ...
Read postAn employee record holds the basics of a person, but it can hold more: what the person can do, and their background. This piece is about employee skills and resumes in Odoo. Beyond the basics of an em...
Read postThe workforce of a business is not static; people join, and people leave. Onboarding and offboarding handle those two ends. This piece is about employee onboarding and offboarding in Odoo. What onboar...
Read postA business records its workforce in its employee records; HR reporting turns that record into an understanding. This piece is about HR reporting and headcount analysis in Odoo. What HR reporting is HR...
Read postCalculating an employee's pay is not a single sum; it is governed by defined rules. Salary structures and salary rules are how. This piece is about them in Odoo Payroll. The edition note An honest not...
Read postPayroll is not usually run one employee at a time; it is run for the workforce together. This piece is about running a payroll batch in Odoo. The edition note As with all of payroll, the Payroll appli...
Read postRunning payroll produces two things: the payslips for the employees, and a financial consequence that has to reach the accounts. This piece is about both in Odoo. The edition note As with all of payro...
Read postPayroll does not calculate from an assumption that every period is identical; it calculates from how a period was genuinely worked. Work entries and payroll inputs are how that reality is captured. Th...
Read postWhen a business is hiring, candidates have to be able to find the role and apply. Publishing job openings to the website is how. This piece is about it in Odoo. The job opening and the website When a ...
Read postHiring is not a single event; it is a process, with candidates moving through stages from application to a decision. A recruitment pipeline manages that. This piece is about building one in Odoo. What...
Read postIf a question keeps coming up in your operations, it might be worth a blog post.