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How do I decline or approve a time off request?

Managing your time off requests in Atlas

Written by Cipher

You can approve or decline time off requests for your team directly in Atlas. Here’s how to manage these requests quickly and accurately.


How you get notified

When an employee submits a time off request, you receive an e-mail and a task in Atlas. To check who manages an employee, look at your department structure in Atlas. The manager is listed in the center of the department box.

Delegated users may also be notified. The first person to act on the request will be recorded as the declining user.

Ways to approve or decline a vacation request

Review all pending requests

  • Go to Dashboard > Team time off or Company time off > View > Actions > Amend or Approve or decline.

  • Here, you see all time off requests waiting for your action.

Review requests by employee

  • Go to Employees > Manage > View > Time off and absences > Actions > Amend or Approve or decline.

  • Here, you see all vacation requests submitted by a specific employee.

Adding a reason for declining

When you decline a request, you can enter a reason to explain your decision.

Next steps

Once you approve or decline, Atlas automatically e-mails the employee with the outcome. If you decline, Atlas returns the requested days to the employee’s annual entitlement, so they can request them again later.

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