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Leave management without the back and forth

Staff request leave from the Shiftly app, managers approve in a tap, and approved leave flows straight to the roster and pay run. No paperwork, no spreadsheet of balances, no surprises on payday.
Collage of people representing leave types: studying, pregnant woman, family beach walk, holiday, sick, and compassionate hug.

Requested from the app

Annual, personal, carer's, compassionate, parental and unpaid leave, all from the app — pick a type, choose the dates, add a note, and see the balance right there on the form.

Approved with the full picture

Managers see the request alongside the balance, any other leave clashes and rostered shifts that need to be re-filled so decisions get made on the spot.

Tracked the way your award expects

National Employment Standards (NES) leave types out of the box, with room to customise accrual rates, carry-over caps and reset dates whenever you need.
Submit leave in seconds

Leave requests from the mobile app

Staff pick a leave type, choose the dates, see their balance, and submit. They can see the status of every request — pending, approved, declined — without chasing managers for an answer or guessing how many days they have left.
Every NES leave type built in: annual, personal/carer's, compassionate, parental + more
Half-day and multi-day requests
Balances visible before submitting
Live status updates and push notifications
Leave request form on phone requesting 38 hours annual leave from June 18 to June 24, 2026.
Always-accurate balances

Live leave balances

When a request comes in, managers can immediately see the available balance and whether the request meets the configured requirements, all alongside the approve and decline actions.

Pending requests reduce the available balance straight away, preventing multiple requests from being approved against the same balance. Requests that exceed the available balance can either be blocked automatically or allowed with a warning depending on your preferences.
Paid leave balances showing 0.42 hours annual leave and 214.88 hours personal/carer's available, 38 hours requested.
No double-booking

Visible from the roster

Approved leave appears directly on the roster, so you don't accidentally schedule someone who's already off. Drag-and-drop scheduling flags the conflict before you publish, and unavailable days are clearly marked across the week.
Conflict warnings when assigning shifts
Approved leave marked as unavailable
Plan the week without cross-checking a leave list
Work roster showing staff shifts, hours, and compassionate leave for an employee.
Paid leave, calculated correctly

Award-aligned leave on every payrun

Approved paid leave is costed automatically at the right rate i.e. annual leave at base, personal leave at base, leave loading where it applies and exports straight into your pay run. No manual entry, no missed hours, no untangling balances at the end of the pay period.
Leave loading applied automatically
Base hours sourced from the employment record
Itemised on the pay run as its own leave line item
Leave summary showing 83.53 hours available, 45.60 requested, annual leave from August 20 to 27.
Protect your busy periods

Blackout dates, not blanket bans

Block leave across the weeks you can't afford to be short-staffed, like a long weekend, a festival or Christmas. Managers still see every request and can approve an exception when it's the right call, and Fair Work–protected leave is never blocked.
Hard block, soft warning, or info-only per period
Applied only to the leave types you choose
Fair Work–protected leave always gets through
A reason recorded on every block
Sensible defaults, with guardrails when you need them

Set custom rules

Choose how leave accrues: annually or based on hours worked, and define when balances reset each year. If annual or personal leave is configured below the National Employment Standards minimum, we’ll flag it before changes can be saved.
Yearly or per hour accruals
Anchored leave years i.e. calendar, financial year, work anniversary, or any date
NES floor warning on annual and personal leave
Custom carry-over: unlimited, capped, or use-it-or-lose-it
Edit Annual Leave form showing paid leave, availability, accrual method, hours per year, and leave loading percentage + more to scroll.
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Join us and take leave off your to-do list

Create your account in minutes, connect to Xero, and start handling leave requests through the app right away.
Employee leave request table showing names, leave types, dates, status, duration, and submission dates.

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