{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/manage-leave-requests/","title":"Request and approve leave","description":"Employees request leave in Exacc; managers enter, approve or decline it. Approved leave is paid in the next pay event for those dates.","category":"Payroll","summary":"An employee opens **Manage › My Details › Leave Request**, picks the **Leave Type** and dates. A manager opens **Payroll › Manage Payroll › Leave Requests › Pending requests**, checks the days and sets **Leave Status** to approved or declined. Approved days are paid in the pay event covering them.","lastVerified":"2026-10-09","apps":["app"],"processIds":["leave_requests"],"start":{"label":"Open Leave Request","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll/leave-request"},"menuPath":["Payroll","Manage Payroll","Leave Requests"],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Request leave (employee)","body":["In **Manage › My Details** click **Leave Request** (**My Leave Request**), choose the **Leave Type**, the start and end dates and save (\"Your request has been created\"). It waits for approval."]},{"step":2,"title":"Enter leave (manager)","body":["In **Payroll › Manage Payroll › Leave Requests › New**: **Select Employee**, **Leave Type** (their **Accrued Balance** shows), **Start Date** and **End Date**. Check the hours for each day; mark weekends and public holidays as **Not a Working Day** or **Public Holiday**. **Save**."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll/leave-request","image":"https://exacc.au/help/manage-leave-requests/step-2.png"},{"step":3,"title":"Approve or decline","body":["**Leave Requests › Pending requests** lists what is waiting. Open one and set **Leave Status**, then **Update**. Administrators, payroll managers and the manager of the employee's site or department can approve. Exacc does not email the employee; tell them."]},{"step":4,"title":"It is paid in the pay event","body":["Approved days dated in a pay event's period are added to it as leave. Check the pay event before approving it."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"Reports","body":["**Reports › Payroll** has **Pending Leave Requests**, **Leave Requests History** and **Leave History** (everything that changed leave balances)."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/run-pay-event/","https://exacc.au/help/payroll-setup/","https://exacc.au/help/employee-self-service/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}