Leave management

Time off, approved in minutes, not email threads

Employees see their live balance and request leave from web or mobile. Approvers sign off in a click, and attendance and payroll update on their own.

  • Live balances
  • Up to 5 approval levels
  • Updates attendance
Employee checking an approved leave request on a phone before a holiday
app.nexapeoplehr.com/leave
LeaveApply for leave
RequestsBalancesComp offApprovalsSettings
7 requests are waiting for your approval
Pending
7
Awaiting you
On leave today
11
Across 5 teams
Approved this month
64
All within balance
EmployeeTypeDatesDaysStatus
NPNina PetrovMarketingAnnual12–16 Aug5Pending
AKAisha KhanEngineeringSick7 Aug1Approved
OHOmar HaddadSalesAnnual19–20 Aug2Level 2
SASara AhmedHRComp off22 Aug½Approved
LMLeo MartinsHRCasual26 Aug1Pending
Balance · Nina Petrov
Annual leave · 2026
Entitled21
Carried over+ 3
Compensatory+ 1
Taken− 8
Pending− 5
Available12 days
Requests over the balance are blocked automatically.

Why it matters

Leave that's fair, fast and always up to date

Leave types, balances and multi-level approvals that keep attendance and payroll in sync on their own. Employees see what they have left, managers approve in a click, and HR stops answering the same balance question every week.

app.nexapeoplehr.com/leave
Leave quotas · 2026Import CSV
EmployeeEntitledTakenPendingBalance
NPNina Petrov214512
AKAisha Khan216015
OHOmar Haddad18927
SASara Ahmed213018
DODaniel Ortiz181107
  • Always the right balance

    Entitled plus carried over and compensatory days, minus taken, pending and penalties, calculated live.

  • Approvals that move

    Requests go to the right people in order, and nobody can approve their own leave.

  • Attendance stays in sync

    Approved days show up as On Leave in attendance, so nobody is marked absent by mistake.

01Leave policies

Every leave type, with its own rules

Create annual, sick, unpaid, compensatory and any other leave you offer. Decide who's eligible, how much notice is needed, whether documents are required and whether it can be taken as a full, half or quarter day.

  • Eligibility by employment status, group and gender
  • Paid or unpaid, with advance-notice and consecutive-day rules
  • Full, half and quarter-day leave
  • Attachments required where your policy asks for them
Annual leavePaid · 7 days' notice · half days allowed
Leave types6 active

All staff

1 item

  • Sick leave

    Paid · certificate after 2 days

Eligible

1 item

  • Compensatory off

    Earned from overtime or holiday work

02Quotas and balances

Quotas that assign themselves

Leave quotas are given automatically to everyone eligible, to new joiners and whenever someone's employment status changes. Requests that would go over the balance are blocked, with the exact shortfall shown.

  • Automatic quotas for eligible staff and new joiners
  • Quota grid with adjustments, each with a note
  • Import quotas from CSV when you move over
  • Over-balance requests blocked with the exact shortfall
app.nexapeoplehr.com/leave
Leave quotas · 2026Import CSV
EmployeeEntitledTakenPendingBalance
NPNina Petrov214512
AKAisha Khan216015
OHOmar Haddad18927
SASara Ahmed213018
DODaniel Ortiz181107

03Approvals

The right approvers, in the right order

Set an approval chain of up to five levels for each leave type, using named people or roles like the line manager. One rejection ends the request, approvers get notified, and employees can edit or withdraw while it's pending.

  • Up to 5 approval levels per leave type
  • Approvers by name or by role, such as line manager
  • Self-service apply, edit and withdraw on web and mobile
  • Compensatory leave for overtime and holiday work
  • Vacation can be paid in advance through payroll when needed
Employee happily reviewing approved time off on a phone

Approve your first leave request in minutes.

Free for 24 hours

How it works

From setup to done, step by step

Set it up once with our team. After that, it runs every day on its own.

  1. 1

    Define leave types

    Create each type of leave with its eligibility, pay status, notice period and allowed durations.

  2. 2

    Quotas assign themselves

    Eligible employees, new joiners and status changes get the right quota automatically.

  3. 3

    Employees apply

    From web or mobile, with their live balance in view and over-balance requests blocked.

  4. 4

    Approvers sign off

    The request moves through each level in turn, and approvers get notified.

  5. 5

    Everything updates

    Balances move from pending to taken, and attendance marks the days as On Leave.

Nexa AI

Ask Nexa to clear the leave queue

Nexa can find pending requests, check balances and approve or reject on your behalf, always within your permissions and only after you confirm.

See how the Nexa agent works
  • “Approve all pending leave for the sales team.”

    7 pending requests from Sales, all within balance. Ready to approve them once you confirm.

  • “Who's on leave next week in Engineering?”

    3 people: Aisha Khan (Mon), Lucas Meyer (Mon–Wed) and Priya Nair (Fri).

  • “What's Omar Haddad's annual leave balance?”

    Omar has 7 days of annual leave available, with 2 more days pending approval.

Everything included

Every detail of leave management, covered

Unlimited leave types
Each with its own eligibility, pay status and rules.
Eligibility rules
By employment status, group and gender.
Live balances
Entitled, carried over, compensatory, taken, pending and penalties in one number.
No overdrawing
Requests over the balance are blocked with the exact shortfall.
Multi-level approval
Up to five levels per leave type, by person or role.
Approver notifications
Approvers are notified when a request needs them.
Mobile self-service
Apply, check balances and file comp-off requests from the app.
Quota import
Bring balances across from CSV when you switch.
Half and quarter days
Partial-day leave, recorded accurately in attendance.

Start free today

Approve leave in seconds, not email threads

Live balances, the right approvers in the right order, and attendance that updates itself. Start free and approve your first request in minutes.

  • 01Live balances
  • 02Up to 5 approval levels
  • 03Attendance updates itself

FAQ

Questions about leave management

Anything else? Talk to our team.

Yes. Create as many leave types as you need, each with its own eligibility, paid or unpaid status, notice period, consecutive-day rules, attachment requirement and allowed durations.

Automatically. Eligible employees get their quota, new joiners get theirs when they're added, and quotas update when someone's employment status changes. You can also adjust or import quotas.

No. A request that exceeds the available balance is blocked, and the employee sees exactly how many days they're short.

Up to five per leave type, using named people or roles such as the line manager. One rejection ends the request, and nobody can approve their own leave.

Yes. Approved full days are written to attendance as On Leave, and are reverted if the leave is deleted, so payroll never treats them as absences.

Yes. Employees can apply for leave, file compensatory requests and check their balances from the Nexa People mobile app.