Add time worked in lieu for an employee
Search for the employee and go to their profile.
Go to Absence and click Time Worked In Lieu.
Click Add Time Worked In Lieu and enter the date of the TWIL in the Date field.
Select one of the two options:
One Day: Will add one day as time worked in lieu.
Hours: You will be able to enter the number of hours worked in lieu.
Add a note in the Comments field if needed and click Submit.
You now see the day or hours you've added under 'Days Worked In Lieu' or 'Hours Worked In Lieu' in the statistic table on the right.
The employee will be able to use this time as lieu days or hours when submitting leave.
Add time worked in lieu for yourself
Click Self Service and select My Time Worked In Lieu.
Click Add Time Worked In Lieu and enter the date of the TWIL in the Date field.
Select one of the two options:
One Day: Will add one day as time worked in lieu.
Hours: You will be able to enter the number of hours worked in lieu.
Add a note in the Comments field if needed.
Select the correct approver from the Approver dropdown.
Click Submit.
📌 Note: Clicking the Escalate button escalates the approval process to the line manager of the current approver.
Use TWIL when adding leave for an employee
Search for the employee and go to their profile.
Go to Absence and select Leave.
Click Add Leave and select the Absence Category. This will usually be called 'TOIL' but may differ on your system.
Enter the first and last day of the leave.
Enter the number of working days and lieu days as needed:
Working Days: Leave this field blank if you do not want to use any of the employee's leave balance for this leave entry.
Lieu Days: Enter the number of lieu days you want to use for this leave, which will be deducted from the lieu balance.
Click Submit.
Use TWIL when adding leave for yourself
Go to Self Service and select My Leave.
Click Add Leave and select the Absence Category. This will usually be called 'TOIL' but may differ on your system.
Enter the first and last day of the leave.
Enter the number of working days and lieu days as needed:
Working Days: Leave this field blank if you do not want to use any of your holiday entitlement balance for this leave entry.
Lieu Days: Enter the number of lieu days you want to use for this leave, which will be deducted from your lieu balance.
Select the correct approver from the Approver dropdown.
Click Submit.
If you don't have a TOIL absence type available, it's possible it hasn't been created.
You can set it up by following the steps in our article on creating a TOIL absence class.