Time-Off Requests
Manage employee time-off requests with software that includes automated decision-making with configurable rules
What it does
Take a vacation from time-off hassles
Our time-off tracking software streamlines time-off requests to reduce your administrative burden and help you meet scheduling needs. Its GONE® feature makes the process even easier by automating time-off decisions based on guidelines you set. No more tracking down approvals, scheduling confusion or inconsistency.
How it's different
Defeat decision fatigue with GONE
A revolutionary enhancement to our time-off software, GONE allows you to set a variety of time-off decision-making criteria for timely resolutions that abide by company policies and meet departmental needs. That means no more mediating time-off disputes or keeping employees in the dark. And once GONE is set up, our single software automates the rest.
Proven results
New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ of Paycom’s Time-Off Requests Featuring GONE
A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Paycom reveals how our automated time-off tech simplified an unmanaged process, boosted the employee experience and generated a projected ROI of up to 821%.
Nearly 200 hours
saved by HR, finance and admins annually
Nearly a workweek*
saved by every manager annually
240 overtime hours
avoided from consistent staffing annually
*Refers to up to 30 hours out of a traditional 40-hour workweek.
A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Paycom (October 2024). Results are for a composite organization based on interviewed clients with a three-year projected ROI of 102%-821% and include annual savings of up to 192 hours for HR, finance and admin teams.
How you save
Time-Off Requests ROI Calculator
Manually managing time-off requests drains your time and your bottom line. But when you automate decisions with GONE, you turn those losses into gains.
Use this calculator to determine the nonproductive hours and costs associated with managing time-off requests without GONE.
Time-Off Management Labor Cost Calculator
How much time and money are you wasting manually managing time off? Use this calculator to determine the nonproductive hours and costs associated with managing time-off requests without Paycom and GONE.*
*Based on Ernst & Young research
How it works
Requesting time off
Time-off requests happen in our single software with seamless flow to payroll upon approval. Requests also feed directly into Direct Data Exchange® to calculate your ROI. Our fully automated time-off software whittles the process to just three easy steps.
Step 1: Submit request
Employee submits a time-off request via desktop or the Paycom mobile app.
Step 2: Approve or deny
When a decision is automated by GONE or made by their manager, the employee is immediately notified.
Step 3: Approval flows on
Approved submissions flow to payroll, scheduling, the employee's timecard, accruals and the manager's time-off calendar of choice, including Outlook or Google Calendar.
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Comprehensive convenience
Time-Off Requests seamlessly connects with
Accurately and efficiently manage when, where and how your employees report hours worked.
Employees do their own payroll through an experience that guides them to fix errors before submission.
Avoid schedule conflicts and easily meet operational and compliance demands.
If anyone tries to submit an expense on their day off, you can easily catch the issue with our expense reports software.
If an employee has already submitted their resignation, GONE automatically catches and can deny last-minute time-off requests.
If an employee is on a performance improvement plan or has a recent write-up, you can use GONE to flag time-off requests for additional review.
Frequently asked questions
Learn more about Time-Off Requests and GONE
GONE, a revolutionary enhancement to Paycom’s Time-Off Requests, allows you to set a variety of time-off decision-making criteria to ensure operations keep moving. This makes it easy to provide prompt responses to time-off requests without compromising schedule coverage. Once GONE is set up, Paycom takes care of the rest, with automated decisions flowing seamlessly and accurately into payroll.
Automating the decision-making process gives employees quicker responses and frees supervisors from time-consuming time-off request reviews. It also saves HR pros from being constant mediators and protects executive leadership from understaffing and noncompliance.
Automated time-off requests help decrease errors and eliminate time-consuming tasks, allowing HR and managers to focus on other things. Data from Paycom’s Time-Off Requests flows directly into payroll upon approval, further decreasing potential mistakes. Plus, Paycom’s Direct Data Exchange automatically assigns a dollar value to the savings achieved when employees enter time-off requests instead of HR, so you get a clearer picture of ROI.
Using GONE, HR pros and admins can set rules for time-off requests, according to their organization’s time-off policies. Managers are also empowered to update time-off requests with their preferred decision, if needed.
GONE allows you to set a variety of time-off decision-making criteria based on your organization’s time-off policies and coverage needs. This eliminates uncertainty for employees about time-off rules and expectations and helps provide quick resolutions to requests without managers or HR being caught in time-off denial disputes.
Yes! Your organization sets the rules and guidelines that inform GONE’s automated decision-making. Create guidelines based on your org’s unique time-off policies, including state requirements, accrual rates, coverage needs and more, and GONE automatically applies those conditions to time-off decisions.
Yes! Managers receive notifications when GONE automatically gives a decision — whether approved or denied — about a time-off request. If a manager disagrees with the automated decision, they can update the request to reflect their preferred decision.
Your organization can add unpaid time off as an accrual type that will appear in employees’ time-off options. Plus, you can add unpaid time-off rules — according to your org’s time-off policy — for automated decision-making with GONE.
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