Employees are able to apply for, cancel, and view current and past leave requests via the employee self service portal. Additionally, leave balances are able to be viewed within the portal.
There are a few business settings to be aware of in relation to leave functions that employees are able to perform within the portal:
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Ability to apply for leave: You will need to grant the employees with the ability to apply for leave from the 'Employee portal settings' page:
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Leave balances: You are able to hide leave balances from the employee portal. To do so, go to the Payroll settings > Leave categories page:
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Leave category name: You are able to hide the leave category name from the employee portal. To do so, go to the Payroll settings > Leave categories page. Ticking this means that employees will still see the leave being taken on the leave calendar, however it won't show the name of the leave category:
View this article for more information on how employees can view/edit/apply for leave via the Employee Self Service (ESS) portal.