Forbidding leave request on a given period

It is possible to forbid leave requests during a period of the year based on specific criteria: the staff leave profile of the employee, a customized list, a department, etc...

It is also possible to forbid a specific period of leave for a group of employees with the same leave profile.

Who is this article intended for?

The administrators of the Eurécia platform.

What will be covered?

• Forbidding leave requests for a given period (According to staff leave profile)
• Interdire une période de congés pour un ensemble de salariés (par département, structure liste personnalisée)

Forbidding leave requests for a given period (according to staff leave profile)

Access : Admin Area > Staff leave and absences > Staff leave profiles

• Click on a staff leave profile.
• In "Staff leave and absence types" you can find the list of all absences assigned to this profile. 
• In "Periods of unauthorized staff leave" column, enter the black-out days.
  • For example '0112-3112' to forbid to request days during the period 01/12 to 31/12. If you want to enter several periods, separate them with " ; ".
• Save.

When changing settings, only employees sharing the same leave profile will be affected.

Forbidding leave requests for several employees (by department, structure and customized lists)

Access : Admin Area > Staff leave and absences > Constraints

• Open the "Constraints" menu.
• Add a new constraint "".
• Fill in a name in "English" or "French" or any other required language.
• Choose the constraint type.
  • Max. no. of days/hours: Set a maximum number of leave to be taken for a specific type of leave.
  • Staff leave not authorized : Forbid to request leave for all employees.
  • Min. no. of employees present : Requires a minimum number of staff present on a given period. If less than X people would be present
• Choose the type of absences to be restricted.
• Choose a department and/or a branch and/or a customized list. 
• Enter a value if 'Min. no. of employees present' is selected.
• Enter a period to the format JJMM-JJMM, or if there are several periods to the format JJMM-JJMM;JJMM-JJMM.
• Choose the conflict management mode: "Blocking" or "Alert".
• "Save" the changes.

Keywords associated to this article :

Leave and absences - Period - constraints - approval cycle - leave periods - customized list