Before you read any further, please note:
You will need to be an Admin or Super user (HR and Finance permissions combined) to be able to assign line managers. Finance permissions are included with HR permissions for Micro and Starter plans. For Regular plans and higher, it's a separate permission.
You are unable to have multiple approvers within Breathe. Only one person can have approval permissions.
For each employee, you can assign them a Line manager and a Holiday approver. This does not have to be the same person, but they can only have one person nominated as their Line Manager or Holiday Approver.
Here are those steps in case you missed it:
Employee Profile > More > Permissions
Line Manager
Once the you've assigned your employee Line Manager permissions they will now be able to do a various amount of tasks from managing performance through to leave.
You may be the best boss in the world and would like to take the burden of managing leave from your Line Managers and assign this to someone else. Luckily we've thought of that and you can find out more below...
Top Tip: If you have it set that you do not want Line Managers to manage leave but you have one Line Manager that has more control within the business you can assign them as a Holiday approver which will override the global settings.
Holiday Approver
Your Holiday Approver can be any one in the business. Just make sure you trust their judgement as they will, not only be able to approve leave, but be able to to edit and request the leave to be cancelled. Please note they will not have the ability to make manual adjustments to leave entitlement.
What does the Holiday Approver see?
The Holiday Approver will have a few changes to their login. Here is a sneak peak...
Dashboard:
Holiday Approvers will now have their own "Tasks" Dashboard where they can see Requests and upcoming leave within the next 7 days.
My Employees:
Like your Line Managers, Holiday Approvers will have access to a "My Employees" section with will allow them to see the Leave tab for all employees they manage Holiday for.
Here are those steps in case you missed it:
Employees > My Employees
Please note the Holiday Approver will not have access to any other section of the employees profile except for the leave tab.
FAQ's
Why am I unable to update an employees line manager?
If you are experiencing issues updating an employees line manager, please follow the guide below which may advise what may be stopping this from updating.
Can I update multiple employees at once?
Yes! You can bulk assign a line manager and holiday approver, click below to find out how.
Who receives leave requests if both a holiday approver and line manager are assigned to an employee?
If both a line manager and a holiday approver are assigned, the holiday approver will receive any leave requests as a default.