Work From Home can be recorded in Factorial in several ways depending on your company’s internal policies. In this article, you will learn all available options to track work from home, how to configure each one, and how managers can review this information.

When and why it should be used

• Control the number of work from home days collaborators take.
• Offer a simple way to indicate “working from home” without requesting time off.
• Give managers visibility into daily work locations.
• Align work from home registration with HR or payroll procedures.

How to use

Option 1: Register work from home as an Absence

You can create a specific absence type (e.g., Work From Home, Home Office) and decide whether it affects a counter.

Work from home without affecting a counter

If you set the absence as “not discount time”, you can assign it to any counter, as it will not deduct time from it. 

1. Go to Settings → Time Off → Absence Types
2. Click Create absence type
3. Name the absence (e.g., Work From Home)
4. Under Balance configuration, select Does not discount
5. Assign it to a counter
6. Save the changes
   

   

    

Work from home affecting a counter

You can create a counter with a set number of days specifically for work-from-home days. You can attach an absence type to this counter, and it will automatically deduct days from the counter whenever an employee requests it.

1. Go to Settings → Time Off → Absence Types
2. Click Create absence type
3. Name the absence (e.g., Work From Home)
4. Under Balance configuration, select Does discount
5. Assign it to a counter
6. Save the changes

How managers or administrator see it from time tracking tab:

 

Option 2: Register Work from home through Time Tracking (No Absence Required)

By activating the option work location tracking, employees will be able to clock in from the office, from home or from a business trip. 

To activate it:

1. On your sidebar, go to Settings
2. Select Time tracking section 
3. Enter the policy you want to activate it
4. Go to Preference tab
5. Enable the work location tracking
6. It will automatically save the changes
   

How collaborators mark WFH

1. Open Time Tracking
2. Click Clock in/out
3. Select the workplace Work From Home
4. Continue clocking the day normally
   

Another option is in the Clock in section, a new drop-down menu will appear with the different options to clock-in.

1. From the main Dashboard, in the Clock In frame
2. Click the right button to see the drop-down menu
3. Select work from home