{"id":3973,"date":"2026-11-13T14:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/docs\/appointments\/employee-appointments\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T14:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:59:41","slug":"employee-appointments","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/docs\/appointments\/employee-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When an appointment is given by your employees rather than by your company as a whole, make the employees its owner. Each employee you add keeps their own working days and hours, and the calendar shows each one&#8217;s free times, so customers book with a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You need the Employees app, which is installed together with Appointments, and your employees added under <strong>HR &gt; Employees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Employees to an Appointment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Appointments<\/strong> and select <strong>Appointments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>New Appointment<\/strong>, or open an appointment with <strong>Edit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Employee<\/strong> as the <strong>Owner<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Employees<\/strong>, for each employee:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>select the <strong>Employee<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>select their <strong>Working Days<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>enter their <strong>Starting Time<\/strong> and <strong>Ending Time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Add an Employee<\/strong> for each further employee. A new row starts with the working days and hours of <strong>Settings > Appointments<\/strong>; change them as needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each employee you add gets an email with the appointment&#8217;s name, length, days and hours, if their employee record has an email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> The same employee can work on several appointments with different hours. A time they are booked for on one appointment is no longer free on the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Booking an Employee&#8217;s Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment&#8217;s calendar shows the free times of every employee. When you click a free time, the booking window names the employee, as in <strong>Strategy Session (Priya Raman)<\/strong>, and in the <strong>New Booking<\/strong> form each free time is listed with its employee, as in <strong>10:00 &#8211; 11:00 (Priya Raman)<\/strong>. Your customers see the same in the client portal and through a shared link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145919\/image-9-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When an Employee Leaves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An employee who is dismissed in the Employees app, or whose record is disabled, takes no more bookings. Their bookings stay; move them to another employee from the booking&#8217;s <strong>Edit<\/strong>. See <a href=\"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/docs\/appointments\/managing-bookings\/\">Managing Bookings<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An employee who still has bookings can&#8217;t be deleted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Employee&#8217;s Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open an employee under <strong>HR &gt; Employees<\/strong> and select the <strong>Appointments<\/strong> tab: it lists the appointments they work on, with their days and hours, and their next upcoming bookings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To let your employees see their own bookings, give them a login. See <a href=\"https:\/\/akaunting.com\/hc\/docs\/appointments\/the-employee-panel\/\">The Employee Panel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/assets.akaunting.com\/hc\/2026\/11\/13145933\/02-employee-appointments.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When an appointment is given by your employees rather than by your company as a whole, make the employees its owner. Each employee you add keeps their own working days and hours, and the calendar shows each one&#8217;s free times, so customers book with a person. 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