# Create an absence or leave

> In Weplanify, enter an employee's absence or leave in three choices: who, what and when; the balance after the absence shows before you save.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Leave & absences
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.creer?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.creer.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, a manager can enter an employee's absence; the employee can also request it from their phone.

![New absence: Awa Cissé, annual leave from Monday 19 to Saturday 24 October](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fabsences%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fab-nouvelle-5033348f.webp?alt=media&token=1fa88b45-3dc5-4958-8845-9733771b8c52)

## Steps

1. Click **New absence**.
2. **Who**: choose the employee.
3. **What**: choose the [absence type](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en); its effect shows below (paid, deducted from the balance…).
4. **When**: click the first day, then the last; a single click for one day. Public holidays are marked with a dot.
5. Add a **Supporting document** (medical certificate…) and a note if needed, then **Create absence**.

## Good to know

- The bottom of the panel gives the number of days counted and the balance after the absence ([how days are counted](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.calcul-des-jours?lang=en)).
- If published slots fall during the absence, a message invites you to reassign them in the [planning](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning?lang=en).
- The request then follows the [approval circuit](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.valider?lang=en). It can also be done from the planning: [create an absence from the slots](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.signaler-une-absence?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Absence types](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each absence type says whether it is paid, unpaid or deducted from the leave balance: it is the type that decides the effect on payroll.
- [How absence days are counted](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.calcul-des-jours?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the number of days of an absence depends on its type: calendar days for paid or unpaid absence, working days for leave taken from the balance.
- [The team planning](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the planning says who works, when and where, week after week; the slots stay as drafts until you publish them to your employees.
- [Approve or reject an absence request](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.valider?lang=en) — In Weplanify, approve or reject an absence request from To handle or from its panel, which shows the effect on pay and on the balance before you decide.
- [Create an absence from the planning](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.signaler-une-absence?lang=en) — In Weplanify, record that a scheduled employee will be absent straight from their slots, without leaving the planning or typing the dates again.
- [Manage leave and absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Leave and absences screen gathers the whole team's requests, as a list or a calendar, with the requests to approve shown first.
- [The usual week (recurring planning)](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.planning-recurrent?lang=en) — In Weplanify, an employee's usual week comes back on its own every week, shifted days off included, without typing the same slots over again.