Within the Scheduler, managers and administrators are able to block employees from requesting time off on specific days. For example, managers may want to prohibit employees from taking off their busiest days of the year, such as July 4th.
Days are blocked per department. If you wish to block the same day off across multiple departments, you will need to repeat this activity in each department.
Permission requirements
Administrator access or Manager level access with the Manage Schedules permission for the department.
Starter or Premium plan
Blocking days from time off requests
At the top of the Scheduler, click Tools > Block time off requests
Click the + icon on the Block time off screen.
This screen displays the full list of future dates which have already been blocked. You can choose to edit or delete these by clicking the pencil or trash can icons.
Enter the date or date range to be blocked, and then click Add to blocked days
You can also right click on a day to bring up the Block time off requests option.
Viewing blocked days
The time off block will then be reflected on the Scheduler.
Day view
The date in the date filter will show a 'blocked' icon.
Week / Two-week view
The day at the top of the screen will show a 'blocked' icon, and will show Time off blocked on hover.
Submitting time off requests (employee)
If an employee tries to submit a time off request for a blocked day, they will not be able to.
An error message will be displayed upon submission of the time off request, One of the employers has blocked time off during this time.
Submitting time off requests (employer)
If a manager agrees (outside of the app) to an employee's request for time off on a blocked day, they are able to create a time off request on behalf of the employee. This can be done either in the desktop app or mobile app.
Creating the request as a manager / administrator will bypass the blocked days restriction, and the request can be approved.