Holiday Requests and Allowance Tracking

When holiday requests come in by text, email or a word in the corridor, one gets missed, and someone ends up on a shift while they're away. In WorkRoster, staff send requests from their phone, you approve them, and approved holiday sits on the same roster you use to plan shifts.

An employee picks their dates in the app or on the website and sends a request. Managers can get an email about it, and a notification in the app.

You approve the request on the roster. The employee gets an email when it is approved, declined or changed, and the holiday appears on the roster. While they're away they show as unavailable when you assign shifts, so you don't book them by mistake.

Managers can also add holiday for anyone, for example when someone asks in person.

Set a default yearly allowance for the workforce and change it for anyone on their employee record. Count holiday in days, or in hours for staff whose days are different lengths. Choose the date your holiday year starts, such as January or April.

The holiday report shows each person's allowance, the days or hours confirmed and requested, and how much is left. Print it as a PDF, or export holiday to CSV.

• Let staff send their own requests, or turn requests off so only managers add holiday.
• Show approved holiday to all staff, or only to managers and the person away. Staff see only their own requests until they are approved.
• Hide holiday from the roster and printouts, or keep it on a roster of its own.