Leave management

Leave approved in a tap, balances that are always right.

Employees ask from the app or WhatsApp, managers see the team calendar before they approve, and balances accrue under UAE Labour Law. Approved leave updates attendance, the roster and payroll on its own.

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The leave dashboard: pending requests, team availability for the month and balances by leave type.
Approved from WhatsAppMariam · 12 days · 3 NovLeave salary in the runAED 14,256 · October
  • UAE leave types and public holidays
  • Accruals and carry-over you set
  • Approvals on WhatsApp, Slack or Teams
  • Flows into payroll

A request, a decision, and nothing re-entered.

An employee picks the dates in the app; the manager gets the request with the balance and the team calendar beside it, and approves from the notification. Payroll, attendance and the roster are updated at the same moment.

  • Half days and hourly leave
  • One or more approvers, by amount or team
  • Every step logged with a time
Annual leaveMariam Al Hashimi · 12 working daysApproved
Dates3 – 18 Nov 2026
Balance after22 days accrued · 10 left10 days
Team on those daysNobody else from Sales is awayNo conflict
Leave salaryPaid in the October runAED 14,256
  1. Requested
  2. Manager
  3. HR
  4. Payroll
Approved on WhatsAppManager replied in 4 minutes

Balances that accrue by the rules.

Annual leave accrues each month or is granted up front; sick leave follows the full, half and unpaid tiers of the law; carry-over has a limit and an expiry. Everyone can see their own balance without asking HR.

  • Fixed, monthly-accrued or unlimited types
  • Carry-over limits and expiry dates
  • Tiered entitlement by tenure or grade
Leave balancesOmar Hassan · joined Feb 2021Oct 2026
Annual30 days a year · 2.5 accrued each month18.5 days
Sick15 full pay, 30 half pay, 45 unpaid90 days
Carried overExpires 31 Mar 20274 days
Public holidaysNext: UAE National Day, 2–3 Dec2 ahead
Available to book22.5 days
Sick leave tiers applied15 full · 30 half · 45 unpaid

The team calendar, before anyone approves.

Managers see who is already away, and a request that would leave the team short is flagged before it is approved. Approved leave shows in the shift roster and syncs to the team's calendars.

  • Minimum staffing per team
  • Conflicts shown on the request itself
  • Google and Outlook calendar sync
Operations, this weekWho is away · 24 peopleWeek 44
Mon 26Joseph D'Souza · annual1 away
Tue 27 – Wed 28Joseph, Leena · annual, sick2 away
Thu 29Request from Hamad would make 3 · limit 2Needs HR
Fri 30Full team
Synced to Google and Outlook calendarsShared
Full team on FridayNo requests pending

And the rest of the year.

Everything else leave touches, handled in the same place.

  • Any leave type

    Annual, sick, maternity, paternity, bereavement, Hajj, study, unpaid, and your own.

  • Encashment

    Unused days converted to pay, within limits you set, through its own approval and into payroll.

  • Public holidays

    The UAE calendar built in, with holidays that fall on leave not deducted.

  • Leave salary and tickets

    Leave salary paid before travel, air-ticket entitlement tracked per contract.

  • Return and extension

    Return confirmed from attendance; extensions requested from the app.

  • Policies by group

    Different entitlements by department, grade, location or years of service.

Built around the rules you work under.

The UAE's leave rules are in the product, not in a checklist on your desk.

  • 30 calendar days of annual leave after a year of service, and two days a month during the first year, under Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021
  • Sick leave at full pay for 15 days, half pay for 30 and unpaid for 45, after the probation period
  • Maternity leave of 60 days, 45 at full pay and 15 at half, with parental leave for both parents
  • Leave salary at the right rate, and unused leave paid out at end of service
  1. RequestDates picked in the app, balance shown as they choose.
  2. CheckTeam calendar and minimum staffing, before the manager sees it.
  3. ApproveFrom the app, WhatsApp, Slack or Teams, in one tap.
  4. UpdateRoster, attendance and calendars change at once.
  5. PayLeave salary and deductions already in the run.

What changes when someone asks for leave.

Three jobs most UAE HR teams still do by hand.

TaskSpreadsheets & bank portalsRadixHR
BalancesA sheet updated after the fact, wrong by the time anyone asks.Accrued monthly under the policy, visible to each person in the app.
ApprovalsA WhatsApp message to the manager, then an email to HR.One request, approved from the notification, logged with the time.
Leave salaryWorked out by hand before the person travels.Calculated at the right rate and paid in the next run.

Loved by teams across the UAE.

Businesses that replaced spreadsheets and manual tracking with RadixHR, in their own words.

  • Payroll in seconds, fully compliant.

    “RadixHR streamlined our HR and payroll while ensuring full statutory compliance. We now generate payroll within seconds through automated data integration — reducing processing time and manpower dependency.”
    Sufaija Mohamed AliHR Manager, Sun Packaging Systems (TPAC UAE)

  • Several hours back, every week.

    “We needed a system that could scale without adding complexity. RadixHR streamlined HR and payroll across teams, cut manual work, and our HR team now saves several hours every week.”
    MusthafaCOO, Al Ershad Group

  • Every branch's attendance, in one view.

    “Managing attendance across multiple branches was a persistent challenge. RadixHR delivered accurate, centralised attendance tracking and clear reports — improving visibility and simplifying compliance reporting.”
    Sanu DevasiaCEO, Safe Max Fire & Safety

Questions, answered.

Annual, sick, maternity, paternity, parental, bereavement, Hajj, study, unpaid and any type of your own. Each has its own entitlement, accrual method, carry-over rule and colour on the calendar.

Three ways: the full entitlement granted at the start of the year, a monthly accrual that builds the balance up, or no balance tracking at all. Different types can use different methods, and balances update on their own.

Your carry-over policy decides: none, up to a maximum number of days, or everything. Carried-over days can be given an expiry date, and rules can differ by leave type.

Yes, within limits you set for days per year, rate and eligible types. Encashment has its own approval and the amount is paid through payroll.

The manager receives the request with the balance and the team calendar, and approves or rejects it in one tap from the app, WhatsApp, Slack or Teams. You can require more than one approver, and every step is logged.

Yes. Set different entitlements by department, grade, location or years of service, and tier them so entitlement rises with tenure automatically.

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