Leave Policies
Create and manage leave policies, accrual rules, brought forward, and other policy settings.
Can I Set an Expiry Date for Brought Forward Days?
Can I Set an Expiry Date for Brought Forward Days? Yes. If you're rolling unused days from one year to the next, you can force them to be used by a specific...
Can My Users Earn Their Accrued Amount at the Beginning of the Accrual Period?
Can My Users Earn Their Accrued Amount at the Beginning of the Accrual Period? Yes. The trick isn't a separate toggle — it's the date you pick for Next Accrual...
Can Users Request Their Accrued Leave in Advance?
Can Users Request Their Accrued Leave in Advance? Yes — Vacation Tracker has a setting that lets employees request leave using days they'll earn later in the...
How Can I Apply the Brought Forward Policy to the Previous Year?
How Can I Apply the Brought Forward Policy to the Previous Year? Forgot to turn on Brought Forward at year-end? Changed your mind about the rollover policy?...
How Can Users Request a Past Leave?
How Can Users Request a Past Leave? Sick days don't always get logged in advance. Neither do last-minute family emergencies. The Edit & Request Leaves In...
How Do I Create and Configure Leave Policies?
How Do I Create and Configure Leave Policies? Leave policies define the rules for each leave type — quota, approval, rollover, accruals, and more. They're set...
How Do I Enable and Configure TOIL?
How Do I Enable and Configure TOIL? Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) lets employees bank overtime hours as additional leave instead of receiving overtime pay. Unlike...
How Do I Hide a Requested Leave Type Name?
How Do I Hide a Requested Leave Type Name? Some leave types are more personal than others — Sick Day, Mental Health Day, Bereavement. The Hide Leave Type...
How Do I Make Adding a Reason Mandatory for a Leave Type?
How Do I Make Adding a Reason Mandatory for a Leave Type? Some companies want context on every request — why someone is taking the day off, not just that they...
How Do I Set a Brought Forward Policy?
How Do I Set a Brought Forward Policy? "Brought Forward" is Vacation Tracker's term for rollover — the number of unused leave days or hours that carry over...
How Do I Set Half-Day Intervals?
How Do I Set Half-Day Intervals? Not every absence needs to be a full day. Half-day intervals let employees book a morning or afternoon off instead of burning...
How Do I Set Shorter Leave Durations?
How Do I Set Shorter Leave Durations? Not every leave is a full day. The Shortest Leave Duration setting on each leave policy controls the smallest slice an...
How Do I Set Up an Accrual Cap?
How Do I Set Up an Accrual Cap? An accrual cap sets the maximum leave balance an employee can hold. Once they hit the cap, accruals pause until they use some...
How Do I Set Up and Configure Accruals?
How Do I Set Up and Configure Accruals? By default, employees get their full Yearly Leave Quota at the start of the year. Accruals change that — instead of...
How to Enable the Negative Brought Forward?
How to Enable the Negative Brought Forward? Some employees finish the year with a negative balance — they took more leave than they'd earned. Enable Negative...
What is an Accrual Cap?
In this article, we will explain the meaning of the accrual cap, while also explaining how the cap works in specific cases. If you’re looking for a step-by-step...