Leave Types

Open Settings from the side menu bar, then Calendar > Leave Types.

Leave Types are the kinds of absence your staff can book - annual leave, sickness, training, unpaid leave, and so on. Each type controls how that absence behaves.

What each type decides

Take From Allowance decides whether the absence eats into the person's entitlement. Annual leave normally does; sickness and training normally do not. Getting this wrong is the setting people notice, because it quietly changes everyone's remaining balance.

Needs Approval decides whether a request goes to somebody for a decision or is simply recorded. Types that need approval appear in Leave Requests.

A colour and an icon control how the absence shows on the calendar, which is what makes a month's pattern readable at a glance.

Field reference

Every field on this screen, with the options each one accepts.