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# Approving or Rejecting Leave Requests as a Manager

> Review pending leave requests in Connekt, approve or reject them with an optional reason, and keep your team's time-off records accurate.

As a Manager or Operations user, you can review and action leave requests submitted by anyone in your workspace. When a team member submits a request, it appears in your Leave Requests queue and the employee is notified once you take action. Approving or rejecting a request takes just a few clicks, and you can include a reason when rejecting so the employee understands the decision.

## Accessing Leave Requests

1. Go to **Time Off → Leave Requests**.
2. The list shows all requests that are currently **Pending** and awaiting action.
3. Click any request to open the detail view.

## What you'll see in the request detail

Each request detail page shows you everything you need to make an informed decision:

* **Employee name** and **leave type**
* **Requested dates** and **total duration**
* **Reason** provided by the employee (if they included one)
* **Current leave balance** and the **balance impact** if the request is approved

## Approving a request

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the request">
    From **Time Off → Leave Requests**, click the request you want to approve.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve">
    Click **Approve**. The employee is notified automatically and their leave balance is updated.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Rejecting a request

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the request">
    From **Time Off → Leave Requests**, click the request you want to reject.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Reject">
    Click **Reject**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a reason (optional)">
    Enter a reason for the rejection. This is optional, but including one helps the employee understand the decision and plan accordingly.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm">
    Click **Confirm**. The employee is notified automatically, and your reason is included in the notification if you provided one.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Important notes

<Warning>
  You cannot approve or reject your own leave requests. If you need to submit leave, another Manager or Operations user in your workspace will need to action it.
</Warning>

<Info>
  Leave approvals are not restricted to a single named manager. Any Manager or Operations user in your workspace can approve or reject any pending request — so requests won't be blocked if the usual approver is unavailable.
</Info>