Build a compensation balance (overtime-style hours) and spend it as planned leave, separate from annual vacation.
Where
- Time → Time-for-time: balance and overtime / earn side
- Time → Absence → Use time-for-time: book leave from that balance
Earn
Request or record overtime / compensation hours in the Time-for-time area the way your workspace process allows. Managers approve when the product requires it. Owners or admins may self-approve some requests depending on permissions.
Exact request and correction controls live on that screen (including revoke / correct when offered). Treat the balance as the source of truth after approval.
Spend
- Open Absence.
- Choose Use time-for-time.
- Pick dates and submit.
- After approval (when required), the leave appears on the calendar and the balance drops.
This is not vacation entitlement from the work contract. Freelancers without vacation days often use time-for-time for planned leave and Sick leave when they cannot work.
Things that trip people up
- Booking Request vacation when you meant time-for-time (wrong balance).
- Using time-for-time for illness: use Sick leave.
- Spending more than the balance allows.
- Expecting holidays settings to top up compensation hours. They do not.