# Leave Types

> Configure the categories of leave available to your team

## Default Leave Types

Who's OOO ships with a set of common leave types pre-configured:

- **Vacation** — standard paid vacation, tracked against an annual balance
- **Sick Leave** — unplanned absence due to illness
- **Parental Leave** — maternity, paternity, or adoption leave
- **Conference** — time away for conferences and professional events

These can be renamed, disabled, or extended with additional types from the admin panel.

## Creating a Custom Leave Type

In the admin panel, navigate to **Settings → Leave Types** and click **Add type**. Each type has the following fields:

- **Name** — what employees see when submitting a request (e.g. "Study leave")
- **Icon** — a visual identifier shown alongside the leave type
- **Affects balance** — whether the type counts against the employee's annual allowance
- **Background colour** — background colour used in the team calendar
- **Border colour** — border colour used in the team calendar
- **Text colour** — text colour used in the team calendar

## Setting Allowances

For types that affect balances, individual allowances can be set per employee from their profile in the admin panel.

Balances reset on the 1st of January each year.