Eligibility and request rules
Configure paid or unpaid status, gender, service, employment type, caps, notice, documents and same-day or future limits.
Pay & time · Policy clarity for every employee
Make leave balances, approvals and payroll impact transparent.
Configure eligibility, accrual, balance-year, sandwich, clubbing, carry-forward, comp-off and encashment rules for different employee populations through one policy resolver.
Illustrative product interaction Grounded in supported product behaviour
Leave policy previewIllustrative interaction
FriLeave
SatWeekly off
SunWeekly off
MonLeave
Sandwich ruleInclude intervening weekly offs
Resolved deduction4 days
Intervening weekly offs included
Why this matters to the Head of HR
A well-run leave process reduces avoidable HR queries, improves manager planning and prevents last-minute payroll adjustments.
Use this page as a product-evaluation path: start with the operating problem, inspect the representative interaction, then verify the exact policy and output in the live product.
Leave Management capabilities
Designed around the full operating workflow.
Configure the module around your structures, policies, ownership and approval model—not a generic process diagram.
Accrual and proration
Accrue monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or yearly with rounding and joining, confirmation or exit proration.
Financial or calendar year
Control carry-forward, lapse, expiry and year-end treatment without inconsistent balance logic.
Sandwich and clubbing rules
Define weekend, holiday, blackout and leave-combination behaviour for relevant workforce groups.
Leave plans
Bundle types and policies for different populations using the same organisation scope.
Comp-off and encashment
Convert eligible overtime to comp-off with expiry and configured encashment caps or minimums.
Connected operating workflow
Follow the action from policy to owner to downstream result.
The exact screens differ by module, but the operating principle remains the same: the applicable rule, current owner, status, effective date and history stay visible.
Fewer balance disputes Faster approvals Better workforce coverage
Leave Management workflow
- Employee submits requestOwner, status and history remain visible.
- System checks policy and balanceOwner, status and history remain visible.
- Manager reviews team calendarOwner, status and history remain visible.
- Approved impact flows to attendance and payrollOwner, status and history remain visible.
Product proof and boundaries
Evaluate the operating behaviour—not only the feature name.
These examples are illustrative product patterns grounded in the supported product material. Use the live product to validate the exact screen, policy and output required for your organisation.
Supported pattern
Representative policy simulation
Use a real leave pattern to validate deduction and balance treatment.
Verify in demo
Employee submits request
Use a representative employee, workforce group and effective date. Follow the transaction through owner, status and downstream impact.
Current boundary
Scope honestly before committing.
Quarter-day leave and an anniversary-based leave year are outside the documented current scope.
A working view, not a static report
Give the team clear status and exception signals.
The example measures below are illustrative. Definitions and thresholds should be configured around the operating cadence and evidence your team uses.
84Requests this month
1.7 daysMedian approval time
5Policy exceptions
12Upcoming absences
Connected modules
View all modules Leave Management works better when its inputs and outputs stay connected.
Policy Configuration
Configure attendance, leave, payroll, approvals, permissions and notifications around the way your organisation actually works, while keeping every policy scoped, dated and reviewable.
ExploreTime & Attendance
Apply configurable rules to punches, shifts and work patterns, explain why each day resolved as it did, and close exceptions before they become payroll corrections.
ExploreShifts & Rosters
Create shift patterns, publish rosters, manage changes and connect planned schedules to attendance, overtime and payroll.
ExplorePayroll
Connect effective-dated salary structures, attendance and leave inputs, earnings, deductions, reimbursements, recoveries and statutory calculations in a payroll run that can be reviewed and rolled back before finalisation.
Explore
Questions about implementation
Bring this context into the demo Evaluate Leave Management in your policy context.
Use your actual workforce groups, approval paths and edge cases during product evaluation.
Can duoHR model an India-style sandwich leave rule?
Yes. Weekend and holiday treatment can be configured, scoped and previewed for the applicable employee population.
Does duoHR support quarter-day leave?
Quarter-day leave is not currently claimed. Full day, first or second half and hourly leave are described in the source material.
Explore Leave Management
See Leave Management configured around your organisation.
Bring one representative workflow or current process challenge. The demo will show the operating path, controls and connected outcomes.