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# Leave Awards

Leave Awards in TimeClockFree allow administrators to grant or manage leave balances for employees.

This feature makes it easy to award paid or unpaid time off, such as vacation days or sick leave, either manually or on a scheduled basis. It helps ensure accurate tracking of employee leave entitlements.

1. **Employee List / Records** – Displays all employees or records you can select to configure individual leave awards.
2. **Holiday Leave Settings** – Configure how Holiday leave hours are awarded for the selected employee (or group).
3. **Frequency** – Choose how often leave is awarded (No Award, Daily, Monthly, Yearly, or Based on Hours Worked).
4. **Hours Awarded** – Enter how many hours of leave are given per award cycle.
5. **For Hours Worked** – Specify the number of hours an employee must work to earn leave hours. Optionally include overtime hours.
6. **Maximum** – Set a cap on how many leave hours can be accrued within the award period.
7. **Anniversary / Benefit Year Start** – Define the starting point of the benefit year (by date) for calculating leave awards.
8. **Carryover Hours** – Enter the balance of hours to carry over from the previous benefit year.
9. **Personal Leave Settings** – Select award frequency for personal leave for the employee.
10. **Sick Leave Settings** – Select award frequency for sick leave for the employee.
11. **Vacation Leave Settings** – Select award frequency for vacation leave for the employee.
12. **Frequency Dropdown Options** – Shows available award frequency types (No Award, Daily, Monthly, Yearly, Based on Hourly Worked).

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