28. Submitting Employee Leave Requests in App

28. Submitting Employee Leave Requests

To make a leave request, tap 'Request leave' on the Home Screen or the services section of the app.

Select the leave start and end dates. If you're booking leave for a single day, you can select whether to request a full day or half day. You can select the type of leave you'd like to book, and view whether this will be paid or deducted from your entitlement.

You have the option to leave a reason for your request, and can view how many days you have remaining, as well as any teammates on leave before submitting your request.

Once submitted, you can view the status of your pending requests under 'My Leave'

Line managers and administrators who have push notifications enabled in their profiles will receive both an email and a push notification in the app when a new leave request comes through.

Similarly, employees with push notifications enabled will receive both an email and a push notification in the app to inform them when their leave request has been approved or declined, and they can view its status in their app

Employee Request Annual Leave Over Public Holiday

Around public holidays, staff often book annual leave to make the most of a longer break. However, if a staff member’s leave request covers the date of a public holiday, the annual leave will take precedence and the public holiday will no longer be applied for that person.

The best approach is to book annual leave up to the public holiday and then around it. For example, Christmas Day is December 25 and Boxing Day/St Stephen’s Day is December 26. If a staff member books leave from December 22 to January 2, all of those days will be deducted from their leave entitlement. Instead, they should request leave from December 22–24 and then again from December 27–31.