How Do I Create or Update a Holiday Request in CintraHR?

If you are looking to take annual leave, you can submit a holiday request to your manager through Cintra's Self-Service Holiday module. The request can then be reviewed and approved by your manager(s), which depends on your company's tiered approval structure. Once the request is in the system, you can see its status in the Calendar and Team calendar for that month.

If you are the manager submitting the request on behalf of an employee, it is best practice that you have implicit approval from the employee to proceed. The request will then be approved automatically.

To create a holiday request

1. Sign into CintraHR.
2. Navigate to Absence >> Annual Leave 
   
3. Click the date you wish to begin your time off. The Create Holiday Booking form appears. You can also open the form by clicking the Request Holiday button.
   
4. Select the Absence Type: Annual Leave if there is more than one type in the drop down.
5. Confirm the Start Date.
6. Select the desired Start Time and End Time. The Total Days are automatically calculated. 
• If you would like to take the morning off as annual leave, select AM in both start and end time. 
• If you would like to go to work in the morning and take the afternoon off, select PM in both start and end time. 
• If you would like a full day's leave, select AM in the start time and PM in the end time.
7. Select the desired End Date.
8. Enter any relevant Notes.
9. Click the Submit button. 
    Note: You can save the Holiday Request form if you wish to come back to it at a later date by clicking the Save without Submitting button.
10. Click the Confirm button. The Calendar is updated and the request is sent to the manager for approval. 

1. Sign in to CintraHR
2. Navigate to
3. Navigate to Absence >> Annual Leave 
4. Open the desired request. The Edit Holiday Booking form appears with the Absence Type inactive.
5. Update the request where necessary.
6. Click the Re-Submit button. The request is re-submitted to your manager for approval.
   Note: You can make as many changes as you wish before submitting the request for approval.