Available for the following HR plans: Free, Standard, Premium, Platinum
Available for the following user access levels: Employee, Contractor
Applying for leave is essential for managing time off and ensuring that both employees and their organisation can maintain productivity as well as transparency about both their work and personal schedules.
This article explains the process for employees, followed by the process for contractors, that is needed to use the Leave feature to create and submit leave requests in the HR platform.
Helpful Hint
Employees and contractors can request future leave and view their accrued leave balance, even if they have not accumulated enough leave yet. This is as the platform treats it as projected leave. Projected leave requests are not included in your leave balance calculation.
Employees can also submit half-day leave requests, in addition to full-day and multiple-day leave requests. The hours taken will be 50% of their standard work hours.
Apply for leave as an employee
- Click the Time menu.
- Under Leave, click the Leave submenu.
- Click the Create Leave Request button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Leave category
- From
- To
- Click the Submit button.
Important
Leave hours are based on your standard work hours. For leave types like sick, hospitalisation, or maternity leave, ensure you manually include weekends and public holidays if needed. This is as the platform excludes non-working days by default.
Always review your total leave duration, including weekends and public holidays, before submitting your request.
Apply for leave as a contractor
- Log into the Employment Hero HR platform.
- Click the Time menu.
- Under Leave, click the Leave submenu.
- Click the Create Leave Request button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Leave category
- From
- To
- Click the Submit button.
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