# Manage leave and absences

> 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.

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

In Weplanify, the **Leave and absences** screen (**Time** menu) shows the month's absences: employee, type, period, duration and state.

![September's absences: approved, to approve and rejected, with Approve and Reject on the pending request](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fabsences%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fab-liste-3bee7d9c.webp?alt=media&token=cf5f639a-67a6-42d2-a6f1-a380fbe787bc)

## Steps

1. Choose the month with the arrows, then a tab: **To approve**, **Approved**, **Rejected** or **All**.
2. Switch between **List** and **Calendar** (one row per employee, one bar per absence).
3. Search for an employee or open the filters (site, team, group…).
4. Create an absence with **New absence** ([create an absence](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.creer?lang=en)); approve or reject on the row ([approve or reject](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.valider?lang=en)).

![The Calendar view: one row per employee and one bar per absence](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fabsences%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fab-calendrier-debdb65d.webp?alt=media&token=0ee374b4-339f-4252-9d65-e5c3f6338bfb)

## Good to know

- The settings button, next to Report, leads to the [approval circuit](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.circuit-de-validation?lang=en), [public holidays](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.jours-feries?lang=en) and [absence types](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en). **Report** opens the [absence report](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.rapport?lang=en).
- Employees send their requests from the [mobile app](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.absences?lang=en).
- An approved absence shows in the [planning](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning?lang=en), leaves the absent list of the [time clock](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.liste-du-jour?lang=en) and goes into [payroll](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.presence?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Create an absence or leave](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.creer?lang=en) — 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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Leave balances](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.soldes-de-conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each employee has a leave counter: earned since the return date, taken, and available balance, shown on their record and in the report.
- [Choose who approves absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.circuit-de-validation?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the leave circuit says who receives each absence request, in which order, under which conditions, and who stands in for an absent approver.
- [Public holidays](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.jours-feries?lang=en) — In Weplanify, check and complete the year's public holidays: they are used by the planning, by leave counting, by the time clock and by payroll.
- [The absence and balance report](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.rapport?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the absence report gives, for the chosen period, the days of absence, the absenteeism rate and each employee's own leave balance.
- [Request leave from your phone](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.absences?lang=en) — Request leave or an absence in the Weplanify app, attach a supporting document, see your balance and track approval.
- [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.
- [See who is present, late, without an exit or absent](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.liste-du-jour?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the tabs of the day's list sort employees into present, late, no exit, absent or rest day, with a count for each of the groups.
- [Prepare the month's time and absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.presence?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Time and absences step gives each employee's paid days, leave, absences and overtime, taken from the source chosen for their site.
- [Payroll in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the monthly payroll is prepared in five steps, from time, absences and variable elements up to the payslips, the payment and the closing.