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Record a Sick Day in Charlie

Feeling unwell and need to book a sick day?

Written by Alexandros Tofarides

Team members are easily able to record or extend sick leave in Charlie.

Line managers/team leads can record sick leave on behalf of their direct reports (as well as super admins and admins).


Record a sick day for yourself in Charlie:

Before booking a sick day in Charlie, make sure to speak to your line manager.

  • Click the 'record a sick day' button from your Charlie dashboard.

  • Enter the date range and confirm

  • Your sick leave request will be automatically approved and your line manager/team lead will receive a notification.


Extend your sick leave:

  • Speak to your manager and let them know you're not yet on the mend

  • Head to your profile, select the 'Time Off' tab.

  • Click the pencil icon on your sick leave booking to edit your existing sick leave

  • Select 'Longer', and add the number of days you need

Note: If you need to edit/cancel a sick leave in the past, you will have to ask your line manager or team lead to make those changes for you.


Book sick leave on behalf of a team member:

Super admins/admins/team leads and line managers can book sick leave on behalf of their team members.

  • Go to your team member's profile

  • Select the book 'time off button' (make sure it says 'booking on behalf of' at the top of the box!).

  • Select 'sick' from the drop down menu

  • Enter the date range and confirm

  • The sick leave will be automatically approved


To record past Sick Days:

  1. Head to yours or the Team Member’s profile.

  2. Select 'Time' from the tabs menu.

  3. Click on 'book time off' under your allowance

  4. Select book 'sick day'

  5. Enter the appropriate dates.

  6. Confirm by pressing 'Submit'.

And just like that you are all done!


If you have any questions at all, contact us via live chat or email help@charliehr.com and we'll be happy to help!

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