# Ask for time off

_Skileo Human Resources › Time off · Who can do this: Employee_

Open Time off in your menu, click Request, choose the absence type and your dates, and save. Your employer gets an e-mail, and you get one when they approve or reject your request.

## Send a request

1. Open “Time off” in your menu.
2. Click “Request”. The window “Time off request” opens.
3. Choose the “Absence type”.
4. Check the “Request year”. It is the current year unless you change it.
5. In “Select dates”, click your first day off, then your last. The days you don't work are greyed out.
6. If you like, write a “Note” for your employer and add a file in “Attached scans and documents”.
7. Click “Save”.

For a holiday, tiles show your balance for the year: “Total”, “Taken”, “Available” and “Requested”, the working days you are asking for.

Some types need a file, for example a medical certificate for a sick leave: “Save” stays greyed out until you add it. Some types are approved at once, without waiting for your employer.

## Follow your requests

The list “Time off requests” shows your requests with “From”, “To”, “Working days”, “Type”, “Status” and “Submitted on”. “Created by” says “Me” for your own requests and “Employer” for those your employer recorded for you.

Click “Show filters” to show only one “Period”, “Leave type”, “Status” or “Created by”.

You get an e-mail when your employer approves or rejects a request.

## Change or delete a request

Click the actions button (**⋮**) of a request you sent:

- waiting (“Pending approval”): “Edit” or “Delete”;
- “Rejected”: “Rejected Reason” shows your employer's reason. You can also point at the status to read it. Then “Edit” the request and save it to send it again, or “Delete” it.

An approved request has no menu: you can't change or cancel it yourself. Ask your employer, who can reject it so that it can be changed. Requests your employer recorded for you have no menu either.


## Common questions

### Why does Skileo refuse my dates?

You already have a request with at least one of these days, perhaps a rejected one. Change or delete that one first.

### Can I ask for half a day?

No. Time off is asked for in whole days.

### My time off goes over New Year. What do I do?

Send two requests, one for each year.

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https://www.skileo.com/help/en/ask-for-time-off · Updated: 2026-11-08