Create/Submit Allowance Requests

Employees create and submit allowance requests if they need to add absence time to their available pool of time.

For example, if employees put in extra hours on a project, they might ask for compensation of those hours as time-in-lieu, and they can state the reason in their remarks on the request. After the request is submitted, it is approved or rejected. If its approved, the approver can put restrictions on the allowance, such as that the newly allowed time-in-lieu day is only available for the next two weeks.

Note: An allowance request is different from an absence request. The former will add days to the employee’s pool of available absence, while the latter is used to book an actual absence period.

Use the Allowance Requests sub-tab to create a new allowance request, specifying the number of days, the absence type, and a reason for requesting this allowance. For example, request five time-in-lieu days with a reason as well as the job number for a project on which you work.

Click to create a new allowance request. Click Create to create the request.

Once the request is submitted, a notification is sent to the absence approver, who can either approve or reject the request. If the absence is approved, the requested number of days is added to your pool of available days for the chosen absence type. You can then book absence for a period using those days in the Absence Requests tab.

Edit the request as needed in the Request Details sliding panel.