What is Leave | Time-Off Service settings?
Leave service is primarily about facilitating the management of employee absences in your organization. It involves adding leave policies and setting up preferences for compensatory time-off, work calendars, pay periods and more. It also includes managing permissions related to employee leave data and related settings.

Leave settings is intended for Administrators and HR Personnel
What can you do in Leave Service settings?
- Setup leave policies
- Setting up compensatory off management
- Setting up the work calendar
- Setting up pay period
- Configuring leave report related settings
- Extending the leave service
- Configuring additional options
- Adding a service administrator
- Configuring permissions
- Approvals - Overview & Use Cases
- Automation - Overview & Use Cases
Navigating Leave Service settings in Zoho People
To access leave service settings, go to Settings (gear icon on the top-right corner) > View All > Leave (Visible only to Super Administrator and roles with Administrative Access).
Once inside, use the tabs on the left listed under the main Configuration tab to manage all cruical aspects of the Leave Service. This includes creating leave policies, configuring the organization pay period and more.
Additional tabs include:
Extend Service: This tab features adding and editing custom forms and custom buttons. These features are for extending the default capabilities of the Leave Service to match the requirements of different organizations.
Approvals: Set up an approval flow for processes initiated from the leave service.
Automation: Manage compensatory off scheduler, create automated processes (workflows), custom notifications such as email alerts, set up templates, and more.
Permissions: Manage leave service administrators and permissions related to records, fields, and more.