Available for the following plans: Employment Lite, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited
Available for the following HR plans: Free, Standard, Premium, Platinum
Available for the following user access levels: Manager, Admin
With the View time off requests feature, managers, employees, and contractors can easily check the status of all time off requests – whether they are in the Pending, Approved, or Declined status.
The feature helps managers stay updated on team availability and provides employees with a quick, convenient way to track their own time off.
Important
You can only view a time off request if the payroll platform has processed it in a pay run and imported the pay stubs into Employment Hero.
To check the status of a time off request, go to Time in the main menu, select Time Off Management from the submenu, then hover your cursor over the relevant symbol. A small black box will then display the date, time, approver, and payroll sync status of the time-off request.
Manage time off as a manager
- Click the Time menu.
- Click the Time Off Management submenu.
- Find the time off request you want to view.
- Click the Actions button.
- Click the View button.
- Click the Time menu.
- Click the Time Off Management submenu.
- Find the relevant time off request.
- Hover over the to see the time off balance details.
- On the dashboard, refer to the Time Off Calendar widget.
- Click the relevant time off period. (If you hover your cursor over it, you will see a black box confirming the dates.)
- Approve or decline the time off request as required in the Time Off Request window.
View time off requests as an employee
- Click the Time menu.
- Under Time Off, click the Time Off submenu.
- Click the Filter button.
- Filter your search based on:
- Date Range
- Time Off Category
- Status
- Click the Search button.
- Click the Actions drop-down button.
- Click the View button.
- Read the details of your time off request in the Time Off Request window.
View time off requests as a contractor
- Click the Time menu.
- Under Time Off, click the Time Off submenu.
- Click the Filter button.
- Filter your search based on:
- Date Range
- Time Off Category
- Status
- Click the Search button.
- Click the Actions drop-down button.
- Click the View button.
- Read the details of your time off request in the Time Off Request window.
Frequently asked questions
There is an occasional issue where external calendar invites in Microsoft Outlook show the wrong date, meaning it is inconsistent with the time off submitted in your HR platform.
Click on and open the calendar invite, which often corrects the date display in Outlook.
This issue is due to how Outlook handles .ics calendar invites. As this is an Outlook-specific issue, we recommend contacting Outlook support directly if further assistance is required.
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- Approve, decline, and edit my employees' timesheets as a manager. This article shows how managers can manage and edit timesheets submitted by their direct reports.
- Sync time off requests with my calendar. This article shows you how to ensure your time off requests can be duplicated onto your calendar, such as your Outlook.