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TinERP user guide · printed 3 October 2026 · the latest version is always in the help centre online

HR · HR teams · about 6 min

Set up leave

TinERP starts you with the usual leave types - annual, sick, maternity, paternity, compassionate, study, examination and unpaid - with allowances within the Labour Act's minimums. Check them against your own policy and change what's different.

1. Choose your leave year

Go to HR → HR settings → Leave. Under Leave year, choose the month it starts - January for the calendar year - and Save. Allowances start again, and unused days carry over, when a new leave year begins.

HR settings → Leave: the leave year and the leave types as cards
HR settings → Leave: the leave year and the leave types as cards

2. Review your leave types

Each card shows a leave type: paid or unpaid, whether it counts working or calendar days, who it's for, whether a document is needed, and its allowance in words. Select a card to change it, or Add leave type.

Turn off Has an allowance for leave that's approved and recorded but not counted, such as study or unpaid leave.

3. Set the allowance with policies

A leave type's policies decide how many days people get. Each says who it's for (grades, employment types, months of service), the days a year, whether they're given all at once or earned month by month, extra days for long service, and how many unused days carry over and for how long.

Turn on Pro-rate joiners and leavers so people who start or leave during the year get their share. Policies are tried in order and the first that fits a person applies - so put the most specific first, for example managers, then everyone. Select Save changes.

Editing Annual leave: its policy with days a year, pro-rating and carry-over
Editing Annual leave: its policy with days a year, pro-rating and carry-over

4. Enter opening balances

If people have days left from before TinERP, add them on each employee's page: in the Leave card select Adjust, add the days and give a reason such as "Opening balance".

Questions

Who approves leave?

By default the person's manager - and for 10 days or more, and for maternity, paternity and study leave, an Admin as well. Change it in Organization → Approval workflows; many organizations switch the second step to their HR role.

How do I stop a leave type being used?

Open it and select Archive. Nobody can book it any more; past leave and balances are kept, and you can restore it.