Managing leaves with
Yester
Taking time off is an important part of work! However, managing vacations and other absences can be time-consuming, especially with a large team.
We make this process seamless so you can focus on people, not paperwork. You no longer have to look for absences in different calendars or Excel spreadsheets!
Our system consolidates all employee absences (vacations, sick days, home office days, etc.) into one clear view. This approach to absence planning offers employees a convenient way to view both their own and their colleagues' vacation plans, helps avoid overlaps, provides managers with an immediate overview of employee absences, and much more.
What does the solution offer?
- A clear and up-to-date overview of the company’s vacation schedule and employees’ remaining leave balances
- Simple creation and approval of vacation requests – everyone can do it directly from their phone
- Immediate notification of sick leave or remote-work days submitted by employees through the system
- Automatic alerts for managers when new vacation requests need approval
- Customized access rights – each employee sees only the information they are allowed to access
- Calendar synchronization – the company’s vacation calendar is automatically displayed in Google, Apple, or O365 calendars
- Seamless integration with existing payroll and time-tracking systems
Absence management across multiple countries
Country-specific leave requests
Yester enables you to manage leave and absences across different countries. All absences can be consolidated into a single calendar view, regardless of employees’ locations. Employees can submit leave requests according to their local regulations, ensuring a correct and consistent workflow across all units.
Leave calendars for multiple companies
If needed, Yester can also consolidate the leave calendars of your different companies into one clear view.
Yester’s leave management
makes life easier
Yester makes submitting requests and notifications fast and well-structured. Employees can easily create applications, and managers can approve them without hassle.
Approved requests are automatically transferred to payroll – no manual work required.
If someone requests vacation pay in advance, Yester will notify the payroll accountant automatically.
Employees also receive a notification when their request is approved, requires additional information, or has been declined.
- Report changes instantly – notify sick leave, remote work, or submit a vacation request conveniently from your phone or computer
- Approve requests quickly and securely – either directly in Yester or via email
- See immediately who is present today – a clear overview of absences, remote-work days, and upcoming plans
- Keep leave balances under control – easily spot who has unused vacation days and who should take time off soon
- Set your own rules – how long must employees take leave at once? Is a 5-day mid-week vacation allowed? Can the balance temporarily go negative? All rules are fully customizable
- A transparent process for managers – always see whether HR still needs to review a request or if it has already been sent to payroll
- Assign a substitute – ensuring workflows continue smoothly while you are on vacation
Next year’s
vacation schedule
We know that planning vacations at the beginning of the year can be challenging — requests overlap, the remaining number of vacation days is not always clear, and collective leave periods can also cause confusion. Yester helps make this process simple and visually clear.
Flexible and transparent planning
- Vacation schedules can be created by both employees and department managers for the entire team
- Managers approve the final schedule and ensure that planned vacations align with the work schedule
- The HR department can see in real time how vacation planning is progressing across the entire company
Rules and transparency
- When planning vacations, Yester automatically takes into account both current legislation and your company’s internal policies. This means the system also helps track how many consecutive days must be taken (for example, 14, 21, or 28 days).
- The necessary rules are already built into Yester and can easily be applied and adjusted according to your company’s workflow
Changes and reminders
- Vacations can be modified or cancelled later by mutual agreement
- Yester helps prevent planned vacations from being forgotten — the system sends timely reminders and allows the leave to be rescheduled if needed
- The system also sends an advance reminder to confirm whether the vacation pay should be paid together with the salary or before the start of the leave
Yester brings a new level of clarity, flexibility, and compliance to vacation planning.
Integrations
with payroll and time tracking systems
You do not have to worry about how vacations reach payroll or working time accounting. Confirmed applications move automatically to payroll, meaning you do not have to do anything further. Yester makes your life easier and also ensures that vacation balances stay up-to-date.
We have built integrations with several widely used payroll service providers, including:
- Merit Palk
- Taavi Personal
- Smart Accounts
- Directo
- Pilvepalk
- and others
Depending on the solution, we also synchronize users and their information. This means that when an employee starts working, their account is automatically activated in Yester – and when they leave the company, their account is closed as well.
If you use time-tracking solutions such as BEGIN, CompuAccess, or Taavi, absence information is automatically synced there too, ensuring a consistent and up-to-date overview.
