Booking leave

Request time off: pick your dates, choose full or half day, set the leave type and submit for approval.

You can book time off yourself from the Leave & availability page. A request goes to your manager as pending and they approve or decline it.

Make a request

Click Request leave to open the form. Fill in the details, then click Request leave again to submit.

  • Leave type — choose from the list (e.g. Annual leave, Sick, Unpaid leave, TOIL, Maternity / Paternity, Compassionate, Other). Your organisation may have its own set.

  • From and To — the first and last day of your leave. The end day is included.

  • Part of day — only shown when From and To are the same day. Pick Full day, Morning (09:00–13:00) or Afternoon (13:00–17:00).

  • Hours (optional — counts towards allowance) — leave blank to let the system work it out, or type a figure. A half day is treated as about 4 hours.

  • Reason (optional) — a short note for your manager.

After you submit

Your request appears under My leave with a pending label. When your manager decides, the label changes to approved or rejected, and any reply they leave shows underneath. While a request is pending or approved, a Cancel button lets you withdraw it.

If your chosen dates clash with leave you have already requested, or fall inside a blackout period set by an admin, the request is blocked and you'll see a message explaining why.

Step-by-step
  1. 1Open the **Leave & availability** page.
  2. 2Click **Request leave**.
  3. 3Choose a **Leave type**.
  4. 4Set the **From** and **To** dates.
  5. 5For a single day, pick **Part of day** (Full day, Morning or Afternoon).
  6. 6Optionally enter **Hours** and a **Reason**.
  7. 7Click **Request leave** to submit it for approval.
Tips
  • For a half day, set **From** and **To** to the same date, then choose **Morning** or **Afternoon**.
  • Booking the same dates twice isn't allowed — cancel the first request if you need to change it.
  • Leaving **Hours** blank is fine; only some leave types (like **Annual leave**) count towards your allowance.
Last updated 1 June 2026 · by Carerealm · Suggest a feature or change to this article
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