Negative allowance

In some situations, like unexpected personal or family emergencies, employees may need immediate time off that exceeds their available balance. Allowing negative leave balances can help employees manage these situations without worrying about leave availability.

Note: When using this feature in TimeOff.Management, only allowance is affected; other restrictions set on leave types (e.g., Sick Leave) are still respected. Learn how to exceed leave type limits in the related article.

Negative allowance can be accessed from Advanced settings:

Press Edit at the top right corner to put Advanced Settings in edit mode.

To switch the feature on, toggle it as shown below. This makes the feature accessible but not immediately available to employees.

To enable it for all employees, toggle Allow Negative Allowance — this makes negative allowance available company‑wide.

For a targeted approach, once the feature is enabled, it can be activated per employee. Go to Employee Details → Allowance tab.

At the bottom of the page, in “Is Negative allowance enabled”, select Yes and Save changes. This grants the selected employee the ability to go into negative allowance.