Specific Policies and Grace Periods

Specific Policies and Grace Periods

What is Specific Policies feature in Attendance Service of Zoho People?

As the name suggests, this feature lets you customize attendance service-related configuration specifically for employees or for employees belonging to a specific shift.


Configuring Specific Policies

Navigate to Settings > Attendance > Configuration > Specific Policies tab. Click on Add Specific Policy.



When adding a specific policy, you will be required to enter a name and select the applicable shifts which come under this policy.
The settings available to be configured for each specific policy are the same as those configured using the other tabs in attendance settings; the only difference is that grace periods can also be configured.

Grace Period feature in attendance

As mentioned above, Grace Period is a unique feature that is available when configuring specific attendance policies.

What is Grace Period feature in attendance?

Grace period lets you set rules and define the number of deviations allowed for an employee to come in late, stay at work for less time, and leave early from work. Once the set number of deviations exceeds, you can define the leave to be deducted as a consequence. 

Configuring Grace Period

Navigate to Settings Attendance Configuration > Specific Policies tab. Click on Add Specific Policy scroll down and enable Grace period policy.



  1. Enter the allowed grace time for first check-in, last check-out, and working hours as required.
  2. Enter the number of deviations allowed and select the period within which it is allowed - week, month, or pay period.
  3. You can also consider deviations that occur on the multiples of the input number (example: 2 = 2, 4, 6, 8..nth deviation).
  4. Select the number of leaves to be deducted, once the allowed deviation exceeds the allowed limit.
  5. Select the leave type from which leave is to be deducted.
  6. Enable Notify by email option if required, and the email can be customized as required.

Grace period configuration examples (use cases)

Example 1

An organization has enabled the grace period policy with the following configurations



Based on the above configuration, more than two combined occurrences will lead to a leave deduction.

DayAttendance entryRule implication
MondayCheck-in late by 15 minutes1st deviation
TuesdayCheck-out early by 30 minutes2nd deviation
FridayCheck-in late by 19 minutes0.5 days of casual leave deducted
Friday Check-out early by 20 minutesMarked as Absent (casual leave balance lapsed)
Example 2

An organization has enabled a grace period policy with the following configuration:



Based on the above configurations, Rule 1 and Rule 2 will work independently. 

Rule 1:
DayAttendance entryRule implication
MondayCheck-in late by 15 minutes1st deviation
Tuesday Check-in late by 30 minutes0.5 days of casual leave deducted.

Rule 2:
DayAttendance entryRule implication
MondayWorking hours less by 15 minutes1st deviation
TuesdayWorking hours less by 30 minutes2nd deviation
WednesdayWorking hours less by 20 minutes0.5 days of casual leave deducted
Example 3

An organization has enabled a grace period policy with the following configurations:



Rule 1:
DayAttendance entryRule implication
MondayCheck-in late by 15 minutes1st deviation
TuesdayCheck-out early by 30 minutes0.5 days of casual leave deducted
ThursdayCheck-in late by 20 minutes0.5 days of vacation leave deducted (casual leave balance lapsed)

Rule 2:
DayAttendance entryRule implication
MondayWorking hours less by 25 minutes1st deviation
TuesdayWorking hours less by 30 minutes2nd deviation
WednesdayWorking hours less by 20 minutes1 day of casual leave deducted

The grace period set will be applicable in the following cases:
While importing check-in or check-out entries of employees
Manual attendance entries were added by the administrator.

During attendance regularization:
If an employee has applied for leave either for the first half of the day, the first quarter of the day, or an hour-based leave within the range of the configured grace period, then the check-in policy grace period will not be applied.
If an employee has applied for either the second half of the day, the last quarter of the day, or an hour-based leave within the range of the configured grace period, then the check-out policy grace period will not be applied.



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