# Choose how leave is handled in payroll

> In Weplanify, choose how a departure on leave is paid: salary maintained, allowance on departure, or deduction then add-back on the payslips.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Payroll
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.configuration.conges?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.configuration.conges.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, the chosen mode decides what the payslip of the month of departure on leave, and those of the following months, carry. It is set in **Settings → Payroll → General**, **Leave & indemnity** block.

![The three ways to handle leave](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fpaie%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fpa-conf-conges-81b00aa7.webp?alt=media&token=2d8dda9a-9ac6-416f-8ac9-8050dc049a3f)

## The three modes

- **Salary maintained**: the salary is paid normally during the leave; only the day counter moves.
- **Allowance on departure**: the departure payslip is paid in full, plus the leave allowance; the months covered by the leave are set to zero.
- **Deduction / add-back**: each payslip carrying leave days deducts them at the current rate, then pays them back at the reference rate.

## Good to know

- Choose the mode set by your collective agreement or your country's rule.
- The departure itself is declared on the contract: [declare a departure](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart?lang=en).
- The leave must be of a "paid leave" [type](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Declare a departure on leave or a final departure](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart?lang=en) — In Weplanify, declare a departure on leave or a final departure from the employee's record, Contracts tab, so that payroll prepares what is due to them.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Payroll settings](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Payroll group of settings gathers payroll setup, paid leave handling, contributions, pay elements and the accounting export.
- [Prepare a departure on leave](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart-conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, prepare an employee's departure on leave from their record: days counted, balance, leave request and allowance, then validate the departure.
- [Set up the company's payroll](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.configuration?lang=en) — In Weplanify, payroll settings are in Settings → Payroll: installation, leave, contributions, control bounds and the accounts used by the accounting export.