Accrue Leaves Based on Rules
Updated At: 2025-11-04
- Based on the Date of Employment in Employee's Basic Info, you can automatically accrue employees' leaves.
Note
This article walks through the steps to automatically accrue leaves.
To manually accrue leaves, see Manual Leave Accrual.
Web
Go to Leaves > Leave Accruals from the menu, then click on + Accrue Leaves > Rule-based.
Step 1. Configure Accrual Rule
You can automatically accrue employees' leaves based on different rules. 
- Leave Accrual Rule : Select a leave accrual rule. You can accrue annual leaves based on either fiscal year or the date of employment. You can also add new rules from Manage Leave Accrual Rules.
You can add new rules or adjust existing rules.
Basic Info
① Leave Group : Automatically accrue leaves in the selected leave group.
② Rule Name : Enter the name.
③ Memo : Leave a note about the rule.
Monthly Accruals
① Months of Service : Enter months of service.
② Accrued Days : Days will be accrued based on the months of service and the day of employment.
③ Effective Months : Enter effective months.
Yearly Accruals
① Years : Enter years of service.
② Accrued Days : Days will be accrued based on the years of service and the start/end dates.
③ Start Month Day : Enter the start month and day.
④ End Month Day : Enter the end month and day.
Annual Leave Accrual Rule - Date of Employment : Monthly Accruals
• Configure accrual rule as below. Employees will receive annual leaves at the rate of 1 day for each full month of service.
• Click on Add button to add more rules.
Annual Leave Accrual Rule - Fiscal Year
① Monthly Accruals
• Configure monthly accrual rule as below. Employees will receive annual leaves at the rate of 1 day for each full month of service.
• Click on Add button to add more rules.
② Yearly Accruals
• Configure yearly accrual rule based on the start and end date. Enter your company's fiscal year.
• Turn on Prorate First Yearly Accrual option. If the years of service is not fully fulfilled for the first accrual, accrual will be prorated based on the number of working days.
• Click on Add button to add more rules.
Click Add or Save Changes button after setting the accrual rules.
- Period : You can automatically accrue leaves up to 10 years.
- Employees : Select employees from the list. You can only select employees with the Date of Employment set from the Employee's Basic Info. Right next to employee's name, you can check employee's main team and the amount of accrued leaves during the selected period.
- First Yearly Accrual Decimal Fraction : This option is visible when selecting a leave accrual rule with the ‘prorate first yearly accrual’ setting, and you can set the rounding method, number of decimal places, and unit of accrued days(only available when selecting 1 decimal place) for calculating leave days.
e.g. If you use ‘round up’, ‘to 1 decimal point’, ‘unit of accrued days 0.5 days’, then 5.28 days will be rounded up to ‘5.5’ days. - Accrual Note : Leave a note about the accrual.
Step 2. Review Accrual
Click Next : Review Accruals to review the details. Click on Final Step : Create Accruals to complete the leave accruals. 
- Review the generated leave accruals from the table below. Double click and correct the errors to complete the upload.
- You can download the table in Excel. Click Download Excel and review the file. Click Upload Excel to upload the file and complete the upload.
Note
If the same leave accruals exist in the same leave group, duplicated values will be displayed in red. Please double check the employees' leave accruals.
Accrue Leaves Based on Contractual Working Hours and Clock-In Rate
When accruing leaves based on rules, you can calculate leave days based on employee’s contractual daily working hours and clock-in rate.
💡 Note
This feature is available only on the Enterprise Plan.
1. Accrue Leaves Proportionally Based on Contractual Working Hours
Leave days can be accrued proportionally based on employee’s contractual daily working hours according to the leave accrual rule.
For example, if an employee’s contractual working hours are reduced and their wage information changes mid-year, the leave days will be adjusted proportionally based on the updated contractual working hours.
- Contractual Daily Working Hours: Leave accrual days are calculated proportionally according to employee’s contractual daily working hours, using the set contractual daily working hours (default: 8 hours, adjustable between 6 and 10 hours).
- e.g.) If the contractual daily working hours are set to 8 hours and an employee's contractual daily working hours are 4 hours, 50% of the total leave accrues.
- e.g.) If the contractual daily working hours are set to 8 hours and an employee's contractual daily working hours are 4 hours, 50% of the total leave accrues.
💡 Note
If an employee does not have valid wage information or has zero contractual working hours, leave accrual is calculated based on the set contractual daily working hours.
| Example Case | Calculation Method |
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- (Days in period / total days in year) x (employee’s contractual daily working hours / contractual daily working hours base value) x total leave days under the accrual rule (e.g., 15 days) By wage info period - Jan 1–Jun 30 (Before change): (182 / 366 *Leap year 2024) x (4 / 8) x 15 days - Jul 1–Dec 31 (After change): (184 / 366) x (8 / 8) x 15 days Total accrued leave days - Approximately 11.27 days (before + after change) |
2. Accrue Leaves Based on Clock-In Rate
Days not counted as contractual working days — such as holidays, off days, leaves of absence, suspensions, or absences — are excluded when calculating actual contractual working days. Leaves are automatically accrued based on employee's clock-in rate during these actual working days.
- Employees: Select which employees will have leaves accrued based on clock-in rate. Leaves can be accrued for all selected employees or only for employees who have used specific leave types.
- Accrual Method: Select how leaves will be accrued.
- Proportional Accrual: Total leave days are accrued proportionally based on the employee's clock-in rate threshold.
- At or above the set clock-in rate threshold: Full amount of total leave days is accrued according to the leave accrual rule.
- Below the set clock-in rate threshold: Leave days are accrued proportionally to the clock-in rate, based on the total leave days defined in the leave accrual rule.
- Accrual for Fully Attended Months: Total leave days are accrued based on the number of months with full attendance.
- At or above the set clock-in rate threshold: Full amount of total leave days is accrued according to the leave accrual rule.
- Below the set clock-in rate threshold: Leave days are accrued only for months with full attendance, based on the total leave days defined in the leave accrual rule.
- Proportional Accrual: Total leave days are accrued proportionally based on the employee's clock-in rate threshold.
- Clock-In Rate Threshold: The clock-in rate threshold can be configured according to internal company policies.
- Clock-In Rate Formula: The clock-in rate formula is shown in the screen above. Select which leave types will not be included in contractual working days.
- A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days (e.g., holidays/off days): Select leave types that should be excluded from contractual working days, such as holidays or off days.
- B. Leave days considered as absences (e.g., absences/suspensions): Select leave types that are considered absences and should be excluded from the employee's contractual working days, such as absences or suspensions.
💡 Clock-In Rate Calculation Period
The clock-in rate calculation period is automatically determined as the period immediately preceding the new leave accrual period.
For example, if the new leave accrual period is January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, the attendance rate calculation period will be January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
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Clock-in Rate Calculation - Clock-in rate formula: (Contractual working days - A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days - B. Leave days considered as absences) / (Contractual working days - A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days) x 100 - Clock-in rate: (244 days - 0 - 55 days) / (244 days - 0 days) x 100 = approximately 77.46% Proportional Accrual Determination - Set clock-in rate threshold: 80% - Employee's clock-in rate: 77.46%, which is below 80%, so leaves are accrued proportionally Total Leave Days Accrued - Total leave days according to accrual rule (e.g., 15 days) x 77.46% = approximately 11.62 days |
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Clock-in Rate Calculation - Clock-in rate formula: (Contractual working days - A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days - B. Leave days considered as absences) / (Contractual working days - A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days) x 100 - Clock-in rate: (244 days - 1 day - 20 days) / (244 days - 1 day) x 100 = approximately 91.77% Proportional Accrual Determination - Set clock-in rate threshold: 80% - Employee's clock-in rate: approximately 91.77%, which is at or above 80%, so full leave days are accrued Total Leave Days Accrued - Full amount of total leave days according to accrual rule (e.g., 15 days) is accrued |
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Clock-in Rate Calculation - Clock-in rate formula: (Contractual working days - A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days - B. Leave days considered as absences) / (Contractual working days - A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days) x 100 - Clock-in rate: (244 days - 0 days - 55 days) / (244 days) x 100 = approximately 77.46% Fully Attended Months Accrual Determination - Set clock-in rate threshold: 80% - Employee's clock-in rate: approximately 77.46%, which is below 80%, so leaves are accrued only for fully attended months in the preceding period Total Leave Days Accrued - Number of fully attended months x 1 day Example: If fully attended from January to September, 9 days total are accrued |
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Clock-in Rate Calculation - Clock-in rate formula: (Contractual working days - A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days - B. Leave days considered as absences) / (Contractual working days - A. Leave days to exclude from contractual working days) x 100 - Clock-in rate: (244 days - 0 days - 20 days) / (244 days) x 100 = approximately 91.80% Fully Attended Months Accrual Determination - Set clock-in rate threshold: 80% - Employee's clock-in rate: approximately 91.80%, which is at or above 80%, so full leave days are accrued Total Leave Days Accrued - Full amount of total leave days according to accrual rule (e.g., 15 days) is accrued |
Click the Next: Review Accruals button to review the accrued leaves. Then, click the Final Step: Create Accruals button to complete the accrual process.
- You can double-click a cell to edit its value.
- You can download the current view as an Excel file. After editing the necessary data, upload the updated file using the ‘Upload Excel’ button.


