# Absence Management Software in Kidderminster > Absence & holiday for Kidderminster businesses, from Cube Systems. UK-built, UK-supported, and configured around your process. Serving Worcester, Redditch and Malvern too. **URL:** https://cubesystems.co.uk/software/absence-management-software/worcestershire/kidderminster We support businesses in Kidderminster the way we would want to be supported ourselves: someone who knows the account, on the end of a phone, and on site when being on site is what the job needs. Kidderminster is comfortably within a morning’s drive of our Olney office. ## Details - **Solution:** Absence Management Software - **Platform:** CubeHR (https://cubesystems.co.uk/cube-hr) - **Product site:** https://cube-hr.co.uk - **Location:** Kidderminster, Worcestershire - **Distance from our Olney office:** 67 miles - comfortably within a morning’s drive of our Olney office - **Postcode districts:** DY10, DY11 - **Also known as:** Holiday booking software, Annual leave software, Leave management system, Sickness absence software, Staff holiday planner ## Coverage We cover Kidderminster and the surrounding area, including Town Centre, Bewdley, Stourport-on-Severn, Blakedown and Hagley, across the DY10 and DY11 postcode districts. We also work with businesses in Worcester, Redditch and Malvern and elsewhere in Worcestershire. ## What is included - **Entitlement worked out for you:** Pro-rata for part-timers and mid-year starters, accrual or up-front, carry-over rules and caps, bank holidays handled correctly for non-standard working patterns. - **Request and approve from a phone:** Staff see their live balance and request leave in seconds. Managers approve or decline from a notification, with delegation when they are away. - **Team calendar and cover rules:** A shared calendar showing who is off when, with configurable minimum cover per team or skill so clashes are prevented at the point of request. - **Bradford Factor and triggers:** Automatic Bradford Factor scoring with configurable trigger points that notify the right manager - so absence policy is applied consistently rather than selectively. - **Return-to-work workflow:** Return-to-work forms raised automatically after any sickness absence, completed digitally and stored against the employee record for evidence. - **Every absence type:** Annual leave, sickness, TOIL, unpaid, parental, compassionate, jury service and study leave - each with its own rules, evidence requirements and reporting. ## Real-world use cases ### Nobody trusted the holiday spreadsheet **Scenario:** A 90-person business ran holiday on a spreadsheet with a tab per department. Part-time entitlements were wrong, carry-over was applied inconsistently, and disputes at year end were routine. **Outcome:** Entitlement is now calculated from each person’s working pattern, and every balance is visible to the employee at all times. Year-end disputes stopped, because there is nothing left to dispute. ### Two supervisors off in the same week **Scenario:** A manufacturer twice ran a shift with no qualified supervisor because leave was approved by two different managers who could not see each other’s decisions. **Outcome:** Minimum-cover rules by skill now prevent a booking that would leave a shift uncovered. The second request is declined at the point of submission with the reason shown. ### Short-term absence nobody was managing **Scenario:** Frequent one-day sickness absences were noticed anecdotally but never measured, so the absence policy was applied only when a manager decided to make an issue of it. **Outcome:** Bradford Factor scoring with automatic trigger notifications made the pattern visible and the policy consistent - applied on evidence, and defensible if challenged. ## Figures - **Automatic** Pro-rata entitlement, including irregular patterns - **Prevented** Clashes blocked at request, not discovered later - **Consistent** Bradford Factor triggers applied to everyone alike ## Frequently asked questions **Does it handle part-time and irregular hours?** Yes, and this is where spreadsheets usually break. Entitlement is derived from the working pattern, including annualised hours and irregular shifts, and bank holidays are pro-rated correctly for people who do not work a standard week. **Can we set different rules per department?** Yes. Holiday year, accrual method, carry-over caps, notice periods, approval chains and minimum cover can all vary by department, site or contract type. **Will it sync with Outlook or Google Calendar?** Yes. Approved absence can publish to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace calendars, and there is a subscribable feed for team calendars. **Can employees see their balance before requesting?** Always. The live balance, including pending requests, is the first thing shown on the self-service screen - which removes most of the questions that would otherwise reach HR. ## Related solutions - **HR Software** - Employee records, absence, rotas, onboarding, performance and training in one UK-built HR system - with self-service so the HR inbox stops being the process. https://cubesystems.co.uk/software/hr-software/worcestershire/kidderminster - **Rota Scheduling Software** - Build shift patterns, publish rotas to staff phones, handle swaps and cover, and see the forecast wage cost before you publish. https://cubesystems.co.uk/software/rota-scheduling-software/worcestershire/kidderminster - **Time & Attendance Software** - Clock in and out from a phone or terminal, timesheets by project or cost centre, overtime and TOIL rules applied automatically, and a clean export to payroll. https://cubesystems.co.uk/software/time-attendance-software/worcestershire/kidderminster - **Employee Onboarding Software** - Digital contracts and e-signature, right-to-work capture, IT and equipment tasks, and checklists that trigger on a start date - onboarding that runs itself. https://cubesystems.co.uk/software/employee-onboarding-software/worcestershire/kidderminster ## Elsewhere in Worcestershire See https://cubesystems.co.uk/software/absence-management-software/worcestershire for absence management software across Worcestershire. ## Contact - **Company:** Cube Systems Limited (company number 17220899, ICO registration number ZC216972) - **Email:** hello@cubesystems.co.uk - **Sales:** sales@cubesystems.co.uk - **Support:** support@cubesystems.co.uk - **Telephone:** 01234 672 617 (+441234672617) - **Address:** Unit 11, Olney Business Park, Osier Way, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5FP - **Opening hours:** Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:30 - **Part of:** Crushed Ice Group (https://crushedicegroup.co.uk)