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Updated May 08, 2025
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I love the Integration of Shifts into Teams. Due to GDPR, customers in the EU face a major hurdle in adopting it though: The reasons for time-off must not be visible to everyone in the team but only their managers. E.g. another employee could track why a colleague is not in the office that day and draw conclusions about personal matters such as their health from it. This would require consent from every employee; this consent is freely withdrawable under GDPR. One employee alone could therefore block the use of Shifts in Teams even after rollout.
For GDPR-compliance this must not be visible.
Desired Outcome: When employees request time off, give Managers the option to not display the reason given to the rest of the team. I.e. Make the reason (= color and icon) for the absence visible to Managers only. Please support https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/36528511-shifts-don-t-display-reason-for-absence