Pause has a whole host of features that make leave management and team communication easier and simpler.

**Slack integration**

Handle all leave related tasks—booking time off, checking leave balances, seeing who else is on leave—directly on Slack.

Connect Pause to Slack

What you can do with Slack's Pause bot

Automatically update your Slack status when you're on leave

See who's on leave

Slack notifications for Public holidays

Birthday notifications on Slack

**Google Calendar integration**

Auto-decline meetings and see all leave-related information exactly where you do your planning: your calendar.

See your leave schedule on Google Calendar

See teammates' leave schedules on your Google Calendar

Auto-decline events on Google Calendar

**Personal profiles**

All your activity has one home on Pause: your personal profile.

Set up your personal profile picture and details

View your leave balance

See your past leave records

Edit a teammate's profile (admin only)

**Transparent leave policies**

Set healthy boundaries for your team and give them all the information they need to book time off with transparent leave policies on Pause.

How to set up your first leave policy?

Create deductible and non-deductible leave types

**Public holidays**

Know exactly when there'll be a mandatory break in a week so you can plan work better or head off on a last-minute road trip.

Subscribe to a public holiday calendar

Add holidays to a public holiday calendar

Delete a public holiday from your list

Get weekly Slack notifications for upcoming public holidays

**Capacity planning**

Save your projects from sudden shocks by knowing exactly when teammates will be on leave and for how long.

See when your teammates are on leave at any point

Access a teammate's leave record

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What's next?

How to set up Pause for your organisation

What are the Price Plans for Pause?

What can I do with the Pause Slack bot?

Updated on: 04 / 04 / 2022