Available for the following HR Classic plans: Standard, Premium, Platinum
Available for the following User Access levels: Employee, Manager, HR Admin
Important
If you have joined Employment Hero on or since 1 January 2026, you will have access to the new leave experience. See here for more information regarding this.
If you joined Employment Hero before 1 January 2026, you will get access to the new leave experience from 4 August 2026.
In some organisations, employees such as CEOs or managing directors may not have an assigned manager to approve their leave requests. In these cases, an admin can approve leave for these individuals directly. This article will guide you through the process.
When searching for an employee's leave request on the Leave Management page, only direct reports will show up initially. You can use the filters to find other leave requests. For employees with no manager, you must ensure the Reporting personnel filter is set to All personnel.
Approve leave for an employee with no manager
- Click the Time menu.
- Click the Leave Management submenu.
- Click the Filter button and make sure the following filters are selected, in order to find the employee's leave request:
- Status: Pending.
- Reporting personnel: All personnel.
- You can also add the relevant dates, employee name and leave category to help you filter.
- When you have found the leave request, click the Action button on that row.
- Click the View button.
- Click the Approve button.
Further information
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