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Add leave balances to employees
Written by Paul Kimani

Leave balances are the remaining days for each leave category for a given employee. To view leave submitted:

  • Click on ‘Leave’ on the MAIN Menu.

  • Select ‘Leave Requests'

  • Click on the option of leaves you wish to view(Submitted, approved, active, disapproved,attended,all)

 To view Leave Balances.

  • Click on ‘Leaves’ on the MAIN Menu.

  • Select ‘Leave Requests’

  • Click the button ‘Leave settings’ on the top right corner of your page.

  • Click on Leave Balances.

  • Click on the green (+) button beside the employee's name to expand and view the balances of all assigned leave.

 

 

How to add a leave balance to an employee

An employee can only apply for a leave already granted to him/her in terms of a leave balance. A leave balance constitutes a leave category with a defined number of days an employee is entitled to.
To add a leave balance:

  • Click on ‘Leaves’ on the MAIN Menu.

  • Select ‘Leave Requests’

  • Click the button ‘Leave settings’ on the top right corner of your page.

  • Click on Leave Balances.

  • Click on 'Assign Leave Policy'.

  • Select Employee.

  • Select the Policy.

  • Enter the number of days

  • Enter days brought forward (from the previous year) in the case of Annual Leave.

You can assign leave balances in bulk

  • Click Bulk Import.
  • Click on the ''Download data template''.
  • Fill the excel template(Leave category codes in sheet 2 of the Excel).
  • Browse the file to upload.
  • Click "Import".