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title: "Guide: Absence and absence entitlements"
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# Guide: Absence and absence entitlements

The articles below help you keep track of all absence-related activities, including entering and editing absence records and making sure all relevant categories and reasons are set up correctly. This way, you can manage employee absences smoothly and avoid missing any important steps.

### Setting up

- [Add absence categories to the lookup tables](/iq/docs/how-do-i-add-absence-categories-to-the-lookup-table)
- [Set up calendar event reasons](/iq/docs/how-do-i-set-up-calendar-event-reasons)
- [Record absence entitlements for individual/all employees](/iq/docs/how-do-i-record-absence-entitlements-for-individual-all-employees)
- [Create and amend calendar events](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-and-amend-calendar-events)

### Calculating entitlement

- [Calculate absence entitlement for leavers](/iq/docs/how-do-i-calculate-absence-entitlement-for-leavers)
- [Calculate entitlement for changes in contract](/iq/docs/how-do-i-calculate-entitlement-for-changes-in-contract)

### Viewing allowances

- [View the breakdown of pro rata/bank holiday allowance](/iq/docs/how-do-i-view-the-break-down-of-pro-rata-bank-holiday-allowance)

### Recording absences

- [Create and amend calendar events](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-and-amend-calendar-events)
- [Delete absence records within the calendar](/iq/docs/how-do-i-delete-absence-records-within-the-calendar)