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# Who's away?

Who's away gives you a calendar overview of all absences in your company. You can find it via **Who's away** in the left menu, or via the **View calendar** link in the Who's away block on your Pulse.

### What do you see?
The calendar shows per employee when they are absent. Each row is a colleague, each column is a day. Browse through the months using the arrows at the top, or click **Today** to jump back to the current date. Hover over an absence to see the exact start and end date. Click on a colleague's name to go directly to their profile.

### Which absences do you see?
What you see depends on your role:
* As an **HR admin** or **Manager** you can see the exact type of absence per colleague, such as Holiday, Sick leave or Training.
* As an employee you'll see some absences only as **Away**, without further details — this is how Heartsome protects your colleagues' privacy.


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