Approving Requests for Time Off

Modified on Sun, Mar 15 at 4:28 PM

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


Review Absence Request


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.


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