Annual
Pending
3 days
12.5 remaining
Approved
Leave Management Software

Leave management that
talks to the roster

Annual leave, personal/carer's leave, TOIL or your own custom types — staff request from the app, you approve with balances and clashes in view, and the roster, timesheets and payroll export update themselves.

The Actual Leave View

The manager's screen — pick an employee, check balances, act on requests without leaving the page

Employees
Team Leave Overview
Charlotte Nguyen 2 approved
Leave Type Dates Days Status Actions
From Request to Updated Roster

Five stages, no paper forms, no forgotten emails

Employee Requests

Leave type, dates and a note — submitted from the app in under a minute.

System Checks

Balance, roster clashes and team coverage checked before a human even looks.

Manager Decides

Approve or decline with optional comments, seeing the roster impact as you do.

Everyone's Notified

The employee's phone buzzes with the answer, and balances adjust on approval.

Roster Blocks Out

Approved days are blocked on the roster and carried through to timesheets and payroll.

Visibility

The Team's Time Off on One Calendar

A colour-coded month shows exactly who's away and when — approved leave solid, pending requests dashed. Coverage gaps show up while there's still time to plan around them, and staff can see when the team's already thin before requesting the same week.

Colour-coded by leave type for quick scanning
Pending requests shown as dashed outlines
Filter by team, department or location
Staffing minimums flagged automatically
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Annual Leave
Personal Leave
Pending
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Balances That Track Themselves

Annual and personal/carer's leave accrue progressively under the Australian rule set, and every approval adjusts the numbers instantly. Staff check their own balance before asking; you check the team's without opening a spreadsheet.

Annual, personal/carer's, compassionate, TOIL, parental and custom types
Paid family & domestic violence leave handled up front, casuals included
Pending requests shown separately from confirmed
Historical balance audit trail
Leave Balances
Annual
12.5 days
Personal
8.0 days
Compassionate
Available
TOIL
0.5 days
Proactive

Nobody Waits, Nothing Slips

Requests announce themselves to managers, decisions announce themselves to staff, and the system quietly checks every request against the roster in between. The whole conversation happens without a single "did you see my leave form?"

Push + in-app notifications for all status changes
Conflict detection against existing rosters
Low balance alerts before it hits zero
Delegation reminders when managers are away
Leave Approved
Your annual leave (3–5 Feb) has been approved by Amelia Singh.
2 minutes ago
📋
New Leave Request
Tom Walker has requested 3 days of annual leave (18–20 Feb).
15 minutes ago
⚠️
Schedule Conflict
Priya Sharma's request overlaps with a rostered shift on 25 Feb.
1 hour ago
Built for Every Leave Scenario

The complexity paper forms and spreadsheets quietly drop

Unlimited
Custom leave types alongside the standard Australian set
Instant
Notifications for requests, approvals and declines
Auto
Balances, roster blocks and payroll flow on approval
Delegate
Approval authority hands over when managers are away
Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about leave management with RosterMates in Australia

Staff pick a leave type, choose their dates and submit from the app or web. The manager gets a notification with the full picture — balance, roster conflicts, who else is off — and approves or declines in a tap. Approved leave immediately blocks those days on the roster, so nobody gets scheduled while they're away.
Annual leave, personal/carer's leave, compassionate leave, parental leave, time off in lieu (TOIL) and paid family and domestic violence leave are all supported, and you can add custom leave categories to match your own policies or enterprise agreement. Leave labels and rules follow the Australian rule set when your company is set to Australia.
Yes. Balances accrue and update in real time as leave is approved and taken. Employees see their own numbers before they ask for time off, and managers see the team's balances without a spreadsheet — no month-end reconciliation required.
RosterMates ships with an Australian leave rule pack: annual leave and personal/carer's leave accrue progressively, and paid family and domestic violence leave is available up front and resets on each work anniversary — including for casuals, matching how the entitlement works nationally. It's built to follow the National Employment Standards' structure, though your specific obligations depend on your award or agreement, so treat this as product information rather than legal advice.
Yes. At the point of request, RosterMates checks the employee's balance and any clashes with rostered shifts, and shows who else from the team is already off across those dates. You approve with the consequences in view, not discovered later.
Yes. Every employee has a self-service view of their current balances, pending requests and full leave history in the app. The "how much annual leave do I have?" conversation stops arriving in your inbox.
Approved leave flows through to the roster, timesheets and the payroll summary automatically. Leave hours appear labelled by type in the pay-period export for Xero, MYOB, KeyPay or Employment Hero, so they're paid correctly without being re-entered anywhere.
Yes. Approval can be organised by team, department or location, with specific managers responsible for their own staff — and approval authority can be delegated when a manager is away, so requests never sit in a dead queue.