Approve leave
If people report to you, their leave requests come to you in E·BIZI ESS. You approve or decline them here, and the person is told either way.
Find what is waiting
Approvals is in the Manage group in the sidebar, with the number of requests waiting next to it. The dashboard also shows the first five in a Pending Approvals card.
The Manage group only appears if somebody is set up as reporting to you, or as having you as their leave manager. If you cannot see it and you should be able to, ask whoever runs the payroll to check those two fields on your team's records.
Read the request before you answer it
Click the row. That opens the request with the dates, the number of days, and the Notes, which is the reason the person typed when they applied.
Sick and family responsibility requests carry a document. Where one was uploaded, the row and the detail view both offer Download Attachment, so you can read the sick note before deciding.
Approve a request
Approve on the row, or in the detail view, then confirm with Yes, Approve. The employee is emailed and the request shows as Approved on their Leave screen.
Approving does not take the days off the person's balance. That happens when the leave is recorded against a payroll month, which is the payroll administrator's step, not yours.
Decline a request
Decline, then type why in Reason for declining. The button stays disabled until you have written something, deliberately: the reason is emailed to the employee and is the only explanation they get.
A declined request cannot be edited by the person who sent it. If the answer is really "not those dates", say so in the reason, and they can apply again for different ones.
See more than what is waiting
The All Applications tab is your team's leave in one list, with the employee, the type, the dates, the status and their notes. Requests that are still waiting can be approved or declined from here too, by opening the row.
The list holds requests that are waiting and requests that were approved. A declined or cancelled one drops off it, so it is not a full audit trail of everything your team ever asked for.
The team calendar
Team Calendar puts the same leave on a month grid, one coloured bar per request with the person's name and status on it. That is the view for checking whether two people have booked the same week before you approve the second one.
Double-click a bar to open that request. Where a week has more than three overlapping bars, the extras are counted in the corner rather than drawn.
Requests you cannot action
You can only approve or decline for people who report to you. Your own leave goes to your manager, the same way your team's comes to you.
You also cannot change somebody's dates, cancel their approved leave, or capture leave on their behalf. Those are payroll administrator jobs in E·BIZI Pay.