Approving Requests for Time Off

You can approve a request time off such as personal, vacation, sick, jury duty, or bereavement for employees that report to you.

On your Workday homepage, you will find a task in your Awaiting Your Action inbox to review and approve an absence request.

As a manager, you can Approve, Send Back, or Deny the time off request.

Approve: This will approve your employees time off request. The employee will receive an email notification that their time off request has been approved.
Send Back: If selected, you will be required to provide a reason as to why you are sending it back. Your employee will be able to view the comments within the request.
Deny: If selected, this will deny the request. You will be required to enter a comment. Please note it is recommend that the manager discuss the nature of the denial prior to processing.