diff --git a/modules/worker/back/methods/worker/createAbsence.js b/modules/worker/back/methods/worker/createAbsence.js
index e46ce9577..93ca7fd89 100644
--- a/modules/worker/back/methods/worker/createAbsence.js
+++ b/modules/worker/back/methods/worker/createAbsence.js
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ module.exports = Self => {
             const account = await models.VnUser.findById(userId, null, myOptions);
             const subordinated = await models.VnUser.findById(id, null, myOptions);
             const worker = await models.Worker.findById(subordinated.id, null, myOptions);
-            const departmentBoss = await models.VnUser.findById(worker.bossFk, null, myOptions);
+            const receiver = await models.EmailUser.findOne({
+                fields: ['email'],
+                where: {userFk: worker.bossFk}
+            }, myOptions);
             const url = await Self.app.models.Url.getUrl();
             const body = $t('Created absence', {
                 author: account.nickname,
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ module.exports = Self => {
             await models.Mail.create({
                 subject: $t('Absence change notification on the labour calendar'),
                 body: body,
-                receiver: departmentBoss.email
+                receiver: receiver.email
             }, myOptions);
 
             if (tx) await tx.commit();