Approval Workflow for Leave Management

Problem
Currently, leave requests are routed to platform administrators instead of an employee’s direct Manager or Supervisor. This creates bottlenecks and removes ownership from department leads who should be managing attendance and approvals.

Proposed Feature
Introduce a dynamic approval workflow that routes leave requests directly to an employee’s assigned Manager/Supervisor.

Key Capabilities

• Assign each employee a Manager/Supervisor in the system

• Automatically route leave requests to that Manager for approval

• Support multiple managers across departments (not just one global approver)

• Optional fallback to Admin if no Manager is assigned

• Approval notifications (email + in-app)

• Clear approval history and audit trail

Benefits

• Faster approvals

• Better accountability at the department level

• Less admin workload

• Scales for organizations with multiple supervisors

Example Flow

Employee submits leave →
Request goes to their Manager →
Manager approves/rejects →
Employee is notified →
Leave balance updates automatically