To set a general leave approver for every of the leave type, you can do so by setting it at the Leave Policy setting page. 


The leave approver workflow setup will apply to all employees assigned to this policy.

If you would like to know how to customise leave approver for a specific employee, please refer to this article =

How to customize leave approver for employees?





1. Once you have logged in to your BrioHR account, click on HR Lounge > Employee Leave.



2. Click on Leave Policies > View leave details.


(Select the leave type that you would like to set up/edit. For example, if you are setting up/editing the approver for Annual Leave, proceed to click on 'View leave details' at the Annual leave type.)



3. Select the policy type under POLICY CONFIGURATIONS.


4. At the APPROVAL column, you will be able to set/edit the First approver and/or Second approver to approve the leave requests. The approver can be set according to :

Position                    :    Equal to the line manager as stated in the employee's Profile.

Specific employee    :    Select any employee as the approver.

None                        :    No approver required. 


*Note : If the 'Second approver' field is enabled, the employee will require both first and second approvals for the leave to be approved. Approval will be done in sequence.





5. Click on Save settings to complete the action.