Managing agents' time off requests

Workforce management (WFM) admins andteam members in a custom role with permissioncan manage agents' time off requests from theTime off management page. You can approve, deny, or reopen requests.


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Manage agents' time off requests through the Time off management page, where you can approve, deny, or reopen requests. Communicate with agents using comments and internal notes. Understand how full-day and partial requests align with scheduled shifts and billable hours. Notifications keep you informed of requests, and you can adjust closed requests as needed, ensuring accurate tracking and communication.


Workforce management (WFM) admins and team members in a custom role with permission can manage agents'
time off requests from the Time off management page. You can approve, deny, or reopen requests.
When managing time off requests, you can also choose to respond with a comment that's sent to
the agent making the request, or include an internal note that's visible to other admins.
This article contains the following sections:
Understanding time off
requests
Approving or denying a time off
request
Reopening a closed time off
request


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Accessing the WFM Time off management page
Creating time off reasons for agents



Understanding time off requests

A full-day request maps to the agent's scheduled shift for that day, such as a 9-hour shift
instead of 24 hours. If an agent has multiple shifts starting in a day, all shifts will be
covered by corresponding time off blocks.
Overnight shifts are attributed to the day they start and are fully covered if an
agent requests a full day off.
Billable hours apply to both full-day and partial time off and represent the
amount of paid time that time off covers. They equal the shift
duration minus any unpaid portions, such as lunch or other unpaid tasks.
Billable hours are only counted on days when the agent is scheduled to work
according to their assigned location settings. For example, if an agent never works
weekends, a two-week time off spanning a weekend counts only the weekdays toward billable
hours.
On the agent side, full-day time off requests map to the time zone of the agent’s assigned location. Agents
see an in-product notification during the request. This ensures managers and agents share
the same source of truth for time off timing.
Time off blocks and billable hours are calculated when the request is submitted and won't change retroactively if the
agent’s shift changes later. You can delete a time off request and add it back to trigger a
new calculation.



Approving or denying a time off request

WFM admins and team members with permission can approve or deny
pending time off requests.
You'll receive an email notification when an agent requests time off. If the agent belongs
to multiple teams, managers of all the teams the agent is assigned to receive the
notification.
If your organization hasn't set up multiple teams, any WFM admin or team member with
permission can manage requests.

To approve or deny a time off request
In Workforce management, click
Schedule in the navigation bar, then select Time off management.
Hover over the request you want to approve or deny, then click the options menu (
) in the Action column.
Select either Approve request, Deny request, or Respond with
comment.

If you respond with a comment, you can enter a message to the requester. You can
also enter an internal note that will be visible to other managers and admins, but not
to the requester.

After you approve or deny a request, it moves to the Closed
tab.






Reopening closed time off requests

Closed time off requests are requests that were already approved or denied.
WFM admins and team members with permission can reopen closed requests as needed.

To reopen a closed time off request
In Workforce management, click
Schedule in the navigation bar, then select Time off management.
Find the agent or team whose closed time off requests you want to reopen.
Toggle the slider from Pending to Closed.
In the Status column, hover over the request's status and click the options menu
( ).

Depending on the status of the request, select one of the following options:

Approve request or Deny request


Reopen request

Reopen and respond with comment

If you reopen a request, it's moved to the Pending tab.