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Approve or decline leave

See who else is off before you decide; approved days go on the planner.

What this is for

Department leads, their backups and HR approve leave from one list. Beside each request you see who else in that department is already off and whether they have the leave to cover it, so you decide once with everything in front of you.

What is on this screen

Each part of the screen above, top to bottom, and what changing it affects.

Top of the page

Open the planner
Jumps to the Planner to see the month.
Waiting on you · Starting within 7 days · Someone else off too · Not enough leave
How many requests are waiting, how many start soon, how many clash with someone else, and how many would take the balance below zero.

Each request

Name and department · Waiting · Change · RDO move · Certificate needed
Who it is and what kind of request.
Kind · Dates · Time off
What they asked for, in days and hours.
Available to book
Their leave still available, and what's left after this one; red if it goes below zero.
Also off those days
Others in the same department who are off on those days: a blue dot for approved, amber for still waiting. Leave typed straight onto the planner counts too.
Note for them · Approve · Decline…
Approve puts it on the planner. Decline asks why it can't go ahead, and they see your reason.

Before you start

  • •You lead a department, are its backup approver, or are an HR person. Anyone else sees 'You don't approve leave for anyone'.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open HR & Safety → Leave to approve, or press Leave to approve on My leave. You also get a notification when someone asks.

  2. 2

    Read the request, the leave they have available, and who else is off those days.

  3. 3

    Add a note if you like, then press Approve, or Decline… and say why.

  4. 4

    Approved leave goes on the person's department planner, one day at a time, and comes out of that department's hours. If your balances come from Xero, it's sent to Xero as a leave application.

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Tips & gotchas

  • →Nobody sees their own requests here, so a lead's own leave goes to HR or the backup.
  • →Approvers who aren't HR never see doctor's certificates, only that one is needed.
  • →A change to approved leave shows 'Instead of…'. The old leave stays on the planner until you approve the change.
  • →Part days, and kinds not matched to Xero, have to be put into Xero by hand. HR is told when that happens.

Related guides

Ask for leave, an RDO, or move an RDOPut in a request from your phone, add a doctor's certificate, and track it.Set up leave: the planner, rules, approvers and balancesPending leave on the planner, certificate rules, who approves, and where balances come from.How leave available is worked outThe payslip balance, less approved leave that hasn't been paid yet.Put meetings, closures and leave on the PlannerOne month view of what is coming up for the whole shop.