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Time off request showing its requested dates, employee and decision controls. Time off request showing its requested dates, employee and decision controls. Time → Time Off shows upcoming requests, holiday calendars and time off policies. Company Admins and HR Admins manage time off, and managers review their team’s requests. Time Off appears once payroll is set up and your company has finished onboarding. Each employee requests their own time off on My profile (see Request time off).
Every turns on time off company by company. If you don’t see it, email support@every.io to ask about it.

Review your team’s requests

Once your company has a policy, Overview lists requests that end today or later. The list shows each person’s dates, reason, policy type, days, approval status and payment status. Company Admins and HR Admins see requests across the company. Managers review requests from direct and indirect reports. For managers, Time Off appears in the sidebar once a direct or indirect report is covered by an active policy. The Policies card on Overview lists the policies covering those people. Before a policy is created, Company Admins and HR Admins see Get started on Overview. Select it to open the policy form. For eligibility, accrual and approval rules, see Set up time off policies. Time Off overview with upcoming holidays, policies and employee requests awaiting decisions. Time Off overview with upcoming holidays, policies and employee requests awaiting decisions.

Approve or deny a request

1

Find the request

On Overview, find the pending request you want to review.
2

Choose your decision

Open the request’s menu and select Approve or Deny.
3

Give a reason to deny

To deny, enter a Reason in Reject Time Off Request.
4

Confirm your decision

Select Approve or Reject.
The assigned direct manager can also decide from Home:
1

Open the to-do

On Home, open the time off approval to-do.
2

Choose your decision

In Time off request, select Accept or Reject.
3

Give a reason to reject

To reject, enter a Reason in Reject Time Off Request.
4

Confirm your decision

Select Approve or Reject.
Assigned managers farther up the approval chain can approve from Time Off. One manager’s approval is enough. Company Admins and HR Admins can decide pending requests even when they aren’t the assigned approver. The approval menu doesn’t offer a decision on your own request. Reject Time Off Request with a required reason and Reject and Cancel actions. Reject Time Off Request with a required reason and Reject and Cancel actions.

Edit or cancel a request

Canceling a request can’t be undone: the row stays in the list as Cancelled, with no further actions. To change an approved request’s dates instead, use Edit request before it begins.
Open the request’s menu on Overview:
  • Edit request lets Company Admins and HR Admins change the request’s dates. Select Save to apply the changes.
  • Cancel request lets Company Admins, HR Admins and the employee’s managers cancel the request. Confirm with Cancel request.
You can edit or cancel an approved request only before it begins. An edit can’t move a request’s dates into the past.

Manage holiday calendars

Company Admins and HR Admins create and edit calendars from Time Off.
1

Open a new calendar

Select Add new → Calendar.
2

Choose the calendar type

Choose Country based and select a Country, or choose Custom.
3

Name the calendar

Enter the Calendar name.
4

Choose the year

For a custom calendar, choose the Year beside the name.
5

Choose whether to publish

Turn on Publish to make the calendar active, or leave Publish off to save a draft.
6

Review the holidays

Turn each holiday’s status switch on or off.
7

Open the holiday form

For a custom calendar, select Add new holiday.
8

Enter the holiday

In Add new holiday, enter the Title and choose the Date.
9

Add the holiday

Select Add.
10

Save the calendar

Select Save.
You can create 1 custom calendar. A holiday applies only when both it and its calendar are active. To edit an existing calendar:
1

Open the calendar

On Calendars, select the calendar’s row.
2

Update the calendar

In Edit calendar, turn Publish or each holiday’s status switch on or off.
3

Save the calendar

Select Save.
Edit calendar with its name, year, publication switch and holidays. Edit calendar with its name, year, publication switch and holidays.

Review and adjust a balance

Time off balances on an employee’s profile shows the employee’s policies and balances. Company Admins and HR Admins can adjust another employee’s balance on a limited policy. You can’t adjust your own balance, and a terminated employee’s time off is read-only.
1

Open the employee's profile

On People, open the employee’s profile (see All People).
2

Open their time off

Select the Time off tab.
3

Open the adjustment

Under Time off balances, select Adjust.
4

Choose the policy

Choose the Policy.
5

Choose the direction

Under Type, select Add hours or Subtract hours.
6

Enter the hours and reason

Enter a positive Amount (hours) and a Reason.
7

Apply the adjustment

Review the current balance and the new balance, then select Apply adjustment.
If subtracting hours would break the policy’s negative-balance rule, reduce the amount or add hours instead. HR Admins can override the rule: in Adjust balance, select I understand this adjustment will leave the balance negative despite the policy. Adjust balance sheet with policy, adjustment type, hours, reason and the current balance. Adjust balance sheet with policy, adjustment type, hours, reason and the current balance.