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Data Import & Migration: Bring Your Team Across from 48 Platforms
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Data Import & Migration: Bring Your Team Across from 48 Platforms

Upload a CSV or Excel export from your old HR system and BookYourPTO works out where it came from, maps the columns, and shows you what it will create before creating anything. 48 platforms, 63 templates, four direct API connections, and a 72-hour undo.

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Switching from BambooHR: What to Export, What to Check, and How to Sequence the Cutover
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Switching from BambooHR: What to Export, What to Check, and How to Sequence the Cutover

The hard part of leaving an HR system isn't the new system — it's getting your data out cleanly and picking a cutover date that doesn't strand a month of leave history. A practical guide for teams moving off BambooHR.

8 min read
One Holiday Calendar Will Not Survive a Multi-Province Team
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One Holiday Calendar Will Not Survive a Multi-Province Team

If you employ people in more than one province, a single company-wide holiday list is already wrong for someone. Here's what breaks, why it's usually invisible, and what to check in your leave system.

7 min read
When Two People Want the Same Week Off
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When Two People Want the Same Week Off

Overlapping leave requests are a coverage problem, not a fairness problem — but they become a fairness problem the moment your rule for resolving them is invisible. Here's how to write one people accept.

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Carry-Over, Expiry, and the Year-End Leave Rush
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Carry-Over, Expiry, and the Year-End Leave Rush

Every December the same thing happens: half the team suddenly has ten days to burn and the other half has none. The fix isn't a stricter policy — it's a policy that makes the balance visible all year.

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Ask Your HR Data Questions: Connecting BookYourPTO to AI Assistants with MCP
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Ask Your HR Data Questions: Connecting BookYourPTO to AI Assistants with MCP

Who's off next week? How much vacation has the design team used? With the Model Context Protocol, you can ask your AI assistant — and get answers straight from your live HR data.

5 min read
Why Every Business Needs an Audit Log — Even Small Ones
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Why Every Business Needs an Audit Log — Even Small Ones

An audit log answers the only question that matters in a dispute: who did what, and when? Here's why it's no longer an enterprise luxury — and why we made ours free on every plan.

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Managing PTO Across Time Zones for Remote and Distributed Teams
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Managing PTO Across Time Zones for Remote and Distributed Teams

When your team spans continents, 'today' means different things to different people. Here's how to track leave, holidays, and clock-ins across time zones without off-by-one errors.

6 min read
Single vs. Multi-Level Leave Approval: Designing a Workflow That Scales
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Single vs. Multi-Level Leave Approval: Designing a Workflow That Scales

One approver works until it doesn't. Here's how to design a leave approval workflow — single-level, two-level, and delegation — that stays fast as your team grows.

6 min read

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