thread Re: Enter Approved Time Off in Staff & Payroll

Enter Approved Time Off

Jessica-Gaucher — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:33:58 GMT

The title of this thread has been edited by a Square Moderator from the original: "Request PTO"

Is there a way for managers / owners to put in PTO requests for team members?

I am migrating from another POS and shift management platform. I'd like to be able to import all of the PTO requests that have already been submitted without having to make the employees re-request days off.

Re: Enter Approved Time Off

_Violet — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 17:26:57 GMT

Hi @Jessica-Gaucher - Thanks for reaching out to us here on the Square Seller Community👋

I'm not sure about the answer to this one myself. I wasn't able to locate anything in our resources on this and I didn't see an option to do this when I looked around on the Dashboard 🤔

I'm going to consult with the Shifts Product Team on this one to get the best answer for you. I'll reach back out to you here once I gather more info!

Re: Enter Approved Time Off

_Violet — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 19:50:45 GMT

Hi again, @Jessica-Gaucher - Thanks for your patience here.

Here's what our Product Team let me know, "We don't have a way for an employer to add one-off time off requests in the Dashboard aside from the employer adding the availability in the "availability" tab in the Shifts Dashboard for the day the team member requested to be out. Employees can download the Square Team App and add their time off request there and the employer would approve in Dashboard.

A feature to allow employers to add time off without the team member sending a request through first is currently on our roadmap."

So in short, this feature isn't available yet but it is something our Product Team is working to develop! I hope this information is helpful but please do let me know if you have any additional questions 🙂

Re: Enter Approved Time Off

michellelocals — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:27:06 GMT

Is this available yet? I am in the same boat, transitioning from another platform where the employees have already sent in time off requests well into the future. Id rather not have to ask them to do it again and doing it by weekly availability is not ideal.

thanks

Re: Enter Approved Time Off

BellesIceCream — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 22:26:37 GMT

Checking in to see if this feature is still being planned and where it is on the roadmap.