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Guides and practical advice on leave, public holidays and absence management for small teams.
The 3 Best Absence Management Software for UK and US Teams (2026)
The three best absence management software tools for UK and US teams in 2026: Bueggio HR, Timetastic and Vacation Tracker compared, with verified prices, strengths, limits and how to choose at your headcount.
Read the articleFlexible Time Off (FTO): What It Is and How to Make It Work in Europe
What flexible time off means, how FTO differs from PTO and unlimited vacation, why people take fewer days under unlimited policies, what European minimum-leave laws require, and how to run a flexible policy your team actually uses: minimums, light approvals and real tracking.
Read the articleLegitimate Reasons to Call in Sick (and How to Handle Them Well)
What counts as a legitimate reason to call in sick, from flu to mental health, what doesn't, how proof and pay rules differ across Europe, why working while ill costs more than the absence, and how absence management software keeps sick leave simple and confidential.
Read the articleHow to Choose a Leave Management System: The 2026 Guide
How to choose a leave management system in five steps: the must-have checklist, the real cost at your headcount, five systems worth shortlisting in 2026 with verified prices, and the mistakes that make teams overbuy.
Read the articleThe 7 Best Slack Apps for Remote Teams in 2026
Seven Slack apps that turn a remote workspace into a team: Donut, HeyTaco, Polly, Geekbot, Trivia, CultureBot, and Bueggio HR to manage time off without leaving Slack. With free tiers, verified prices and how to pick your stack.
Read the articleLeave Management Software: The Complete Guide for Small Teams
What leave management software is, the features that actually matter, the concrete benefits for a small team, where the category is heading and the scenarios where it helps most, plus how to choose the right tool for your business.
Read the articleUnused Vacation Days: Carried Over, Lost or Paid Out?
What happens to untaken leave at the end of the year: when it carries over, when it can legally expire and when it must be paid out, in the EU, UK and US. Plus the five steps that stop balances piling up in the first place.
Read the articleHow Many Work Weeks Are in a Year? (52 Minus What Actually Happens)
A year has 52 weeks and 1 day, but after weekday holidays and vacation you really work about 46–49, depending on the country. The math, a by-country table that recomputes every year, and why dividing by 52 gets budgets and day rates wrong.
Read the articleShift Work Schedules: Patterns, Rules and a Filled-In Example
The shift patterns that actually hold up (3x8, 4-on-4-off, DuPont, split shifts), with a filled-in weekly rota, the rest rules to respect (11-hour daily rest, 48-hour cap, fair-workweek notice) and the five steps to build a schedule your team can live with.
Read the articleLeave Plan Template: Plan Your Team's Time Off (Free Example)
A leave plan maps out who is off and when, before conflicts happen. A free template, a filled-in example, the five steps to build yours and the notice and carry-over rules to respect, valid for any year.
Read the articleHow to Calculate Monthly Working Hours (Formula + Tables)
How many working hours are in a month? On a 40-hour week the average is 173.33. Here is the formula (weekly hours × 52 ÷ 12), a table for every schedule, the real month-by-month numbers and what counts as working time.
Read the articleHow to Track Vacation Time in Your Team (4 Ways, From Best to Worst)
The four ways teams actually track vacation time in 2026 (dedicated software, spreadsheets, email and chat, paper), ranked from best to worst, with the real cost of each and clear signs it's time to move up.
Read the articleThe 6 Best Leave Tracking Apps in 2026 (Ranked & Compared)
We ranked the six best leave tracking apps of 2026 by simplicity, integrations, country coverage and honest pricing, with every price verified. Bueggio HR leads; see who fits Slack-first, free-tier and attendance needs.
Read the articleHow to Set Up a PTO Tracker in Google Sheets (Free 2026 Template)
Build a PTO tracker in Google Sheets in five steps, or copy our free 2026 template with automatic colors, holiday shading and self-computing leave balances. Plus: when a spreadsheet stops being enough.
Read the articleHow Many Working Days Are There in a Year?
A Monday-to-Friday year has about 260–262 weekdays before public holidays. Get the exact number for your country, region and year with our free calculator, and see how it's calculated.
Read the article7 Best Tools to Organize a Remote Team in 2026
Compare seven remote-team tools. See why Bueggio HR is our top pick for leave and absence management, then explore Deel, Lattice, Slack, Asana, Miro, and Gather.
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