--- title: How Employees Can Submit A Leave/Unavailability on the Guardhouse App description: This feature needs to be enabled and set up by an Administrator under Organization > Company > Availability and Leave Requests for it to be available to the employees to see on their Guardhouse app. --- [Skip to content](https://university.guardhousehq.com/how-employees-can-submit-a-leave/unavailability-on-the-guardhouse-app#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [![Text\_gradient gold-1-2](https://university.guardhousehq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Text_gradient%20gold-1-2.png?width=225&height=30&name=Text_gradient%20gold-1-2.png)](https://university.guardhousehq.com/?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Contact Support](mailto:support@guardhousehq.com) [Contact Support](mailto:support@guardhousehq.com) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Guardhouse Knowledge Base](https://university.guardhousehq.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Guides for Guards](https://university.guardhousehq.com/guides-for-guards?hsLang=en) # How Employees Can Submit A Leave/Unavailability on the Guardhouse App This feature needs to be enabled and set up by an Administrator under Organization \> Company \> Availability and Leave Requests for it to be available to the employees to see on their Guardhouse app. 1\. Click Submit Unavailability/Leave ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-03-18/ba64e9d0-a7ea-4f2d-864b-b0549db5ff8d/user_cropped_screenshot_e2cd8fad234e41908f61d808c8117431_text_export.jpeg)   2\. Choose the day/s that you will be unavailable or on leave. Chose from the options Unavailable, Partly Unavailable, or Leave ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-03-18/6541f739-76f8-430a-906d-8e8c9a83b502/user_cropped_screenshot_88773c57f1c64128a1c8ddd8ae218248_text_export.jpeg)   3\. For leaves, add **short description** for the leave you're taking ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-03-18/3b915570-c81a-4c8c-8ecf-11c9dc1ecbd4/user_cropped_screenshot_91b1184c21254cee8197a5319be678c4_text_export.jpeg)   4\. Select the **leave type** you're applying for. ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-03-18/4705e746-4ee0-456a-8084-10b4e0d7a923/user_cropped_screenshot_b0101625ce0b4617ac5f3c8860672432_text_export.jpeg)   5\. Select a manager or administrator to approve the leave. NOTE: Leave Balance is available once set up by by administrator or manager. ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-03-18/a773d6ac-efe4-49a5-832e-48993b7b3591/user_cropped_screenshot_3c696d6ae9264c7980750de3573075a0_text_export.jpeg)   6\. Click **Save** ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-03-18/e8389f76-81d7-4086-ad80-d21fab487d6b/user_cropped_screenshot_d2ff8d7a2fd04065a014e5578355a4ad_text_export.jpeg)   7\. 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