Permissions needed
To add leave you will need the permission called 'Leave Admin' which can be added for you by your manager or any System Owner user by following the steps in our article on adding permissions.
The permission for adding sickness is called 'Sickness Admin' and will need to be added separately.
Add leave for an employee
Search for the employee and go to their profile.
Go to Absence and click Leave.
Select the period you need to add leave for from the Period dropdown list.
Click Add Leave.
Select the absence type from the Absence Category field.
Enter the first and last day of leave. If you need to add leave for part of a day, check the Part Day checkbox and enter the same date in both fields.
Enter the number of working days in the Working Days field. If available, you can also use your lieu days. In this case, enter the number of lieu days in the Lieu Days field and the rest in the Working Days field.
Make sure the correct approver is selected in the Approver field.
Click Submit.
Once submitted, the leave request will go to the approver to be approved.
📌 Note: If you have the System Owner role it is possible that the leave will be approved automatically once you have added it.
If the absence category is not available in the Absence Category dropdown list, you can create it by following the steps in our article on creating an absence class.