HI - can someone who has access to the in office attendance tracking tool please let me know the week starts for the 6 week cycles? is Feb 1 2026 a cycle start?
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@ag It is entirely your managers discretion if they approve you missing the 3x a week or not.
@a5 It is a rolling 6 weeks, with the report ran first of each month. It is entirely your managers discretion if they allow you to be non-compliant. I just missed 3 weeks in Jan due to a child illness and appeared on the Feb 1 report. Manager approved accepted the missed weeks.
@k6 In 2026, No holiday weeks are excluded from 3x a week in office.
From what I was told, they do not have any holiday week exceptions this year.
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You must enter 3 days or more in workday (any combination of time off) for a day off to "count". It could be a holiday and 2 vacation etc. if you only enter 2 or 1 days off, you must go to the office 3 days to get credit for that week. Meet the requirement or get 0 credit for that week. If you can't get in 3 (maybe your sick but working at home 3 days) it doesn't help you to go in the remaining 2.
Enter 2 days off and go in 2 days = out of compliance that week
Enter 3 days in workday go in 0 days = compliant (because your not working enough days to get in 3 - it counts)
@a5 … you noted that “The most common exception to the in office requirement is time off…”
Does this mean that PTO documented in Workday counts towards a day in the office? Just joined in November and was originally told that PTO and holidays count as an office day, but now it seems my manager was wrong or the policy changed. Trying to understand what actually counts as an in office day (other than actually being there!). Can’t seem to find a policy either.
@an thank you. Can you also confirm thxgiving, Christmas, and new years weeks of 2025 are excluded? In 2026 no weeks are excluded.
#OP - it's a rolling 6 weeks. So every Sunday is a "look back" to the previous 6 weeks.
So there is no hard cut off for specific 6-week period.
Every week is a new 6-week period!!!
Report runs 1st Sunday of every month and counts back 6 weeks but it does NOT include the prior week. Jan 19-23rd is the last week in the 6 week cycle for the February report. The last week of April report cycle would be March 23-27th. You can figure out which weeks count in two cycles because of overlap. Use a desk calendar and write out the cycles.
Do they have a tracker for those employees who have flimsy and ridiculous excuses for needing to work from home?
I thought it was a rolling 6 weeks? So you need to be compliant 4 out of the previous 6 weeks.
The impression I got regarding the 6 week cycle is that it can begin at anytime. The trigger is the 1st time you miss the 3 days in office. Your name only appears on the non-compliance list after 6 consecutive weeks of not meeting the in office requirements. So if you missed two consecutive weeks, then they're should be a reason listed in the tracker but your still deemed compliant. The most common exception to the in office requirement is time off (has to be scheduled in work day) or a medical accomodation is in place. The tracker is so managers can track the one off exception of why you missed the in office requirement. There is a list of reasons you're allowed to miss the requirement but you can't miss the requirement 6 consecutive weeks unless you're already going through proper HR channels. Lots of leg room to flex the rules it's really up to how your manager wants to deal with the HR red tape. Some may allow you to flex the rules while others may tell you to use time off depending on the business need. MOST times they come down hard because it makes it easy for them in the long run.
The tracker seems to be there to track the one off situations that people can plan for such as caring for a sick child, kids not having school, sudden need for emergency home or car repairs and fun stuff like that. Hope this helps and if I'm wrong, I apologize in advance. It's how I look at it and it's helped me navigate through the system.