> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://usepike.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Time off and vacation > How time-off types, part-day leave, public holidays, vacation accrual, carry-over, and time off in lieu balances work for full-time and part-time members. Time off removes hours from a member's capacity and, for types that count toward the norm, fills their norm as if worked. Balances track what each member has earned and used. Every balance is kept in hours, so part-time and full-time members follow the same rules. ## Time-off types Admins and HR manage types under **Log** → **Time-Off** → **Settings**. Each type has these settings: | Setting | What it does | | - | - | | **Paid** | Paid types go to payroll as paid absence. Unpaid types go as unpaid leave. | | **Counts toward norm** | The hours fill the member's [norm](https://usepike.com/docs/members/working-time.md#norm-hours) as if worked. Off for unpaid leave, which reduces the norm instead. | | **Balance** | Requests draw from a balance. Off for types with no limit, such as sick leave. | | **Unit** | Days or hours. The unit requests and balances show in. Pike stores hours either way. | | **Needs approval** | Requests wait for a manager or HR. Off for types that are recorded, such as sick leave. | Pike ships with these types. Rename them or add your own. | Type | Paid | Counts toward norm | Balance | Unit | | - | - | - | - | - | | Vacation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Days | | Extra holidays | Yes | Yes | Yes | Days | | Time off in lieu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hours | | Flex | Yes | Yes | Flex | Hours | | Sick | Yes | Yes | No | Days | | Child sick day | Yes | Yes | No | Days | | Parental | Yes | Yes | No | Days | | Unpaid leave | No | No | No | Days | ## Request time off Members request time off under **Log** → **Time-Off** → **Overview**: pick the type, the dates, and **Full day** or **Part of day**. * **Full day** deducts the member's scheduled hours on each day in the range. A day with no scheduled hours, such as Friday for a four-day part-timer, deducts nothing. * **Part of day** deducts the hours entered, up to the scheduled hours that day. Capacity drops by those hours only. * Public holidays inside the range deduct nothing, since they are already off. Pending and approved requests reduce capacity in planning views. Only approved time off counts toward the norm and goes to payroll. ## Public holidays Each member follows one holiday calendar. Set up calendars under **Log** → **Time-Off** → **Settings** → **Holidays**, either from a country preset or by adding dates. Assign a calendar per team, or override it on the member's contract. A public holiday on a scheduled day removes that day's hours from capacity and from the norm. Work on a public holiday is overtime when the member's working time policy says so. See [Weekend and holiday work](https://usepike.com/docs/members/working-time.md#working-time-policies). ## Balances A balance is earned hours minus used hours. **Log** → **Time-Off** → **Overview** shows each balance in the type's unit, with earned, used, planned, and expiring amounts. ### Days and hours for part-time members For day-based types, Pike converts between days and hours with the member's average scheduled day: `Average day = capacity per week ÷ scheduled days per week` | Member | Average day | 25 vacation days earned | One full day taken | | - | - | - | - | | Full-time, 37 hours, five days | 7.4 hours | 185 hours | 7.4 hours | | Part-time, 30 hours, four days | 7.5 hours | 187.5 hours | 7.5 hours | | Part-time, 25 hours, five days | 5 hours | 125 hours | 5 hours | A week off costs each member exactly one week of their own schedule. The four-day part-timer uses four days for a full week, since Friday is not scheduled. When a contract changes mid-year, earned hours before the change keep their old value and new accrual uses the new average day. ### Accrual Set accrual per balance type on a time-off policy under **Log** → **Time-Off** → **Settings** → **Policies**. Assign a policy per team or on the member's contract. | Setting | Options | | - | - | | **Accrual** | Monthly, yearly grant on a date, or none | | **Amount** | Days or hours per month, or per grant | | **Year start** | The month the accrual year starts | | **Use until** | Months after the accrual year ends that earned time stays usable | | **Carry-over** | Highest amount that moves to the next year | | **Above carry-over** | Expires, or is marked for payout in the next pay period | | **Advance** | Whether members can take time before it is earned, and how much | Monthly accrual is pro-rated for members who join or leave mid-month, by working days in the month. A member on unpaid leave for a full month earns nothing that month. Pike includes a **Danish holiday act** preset: vacation accrues 2.08 days per month from 1 September, stays usable until 31 December the following year, and 5 extra holidays are granted on 1 January. Edit the preset to match a collective agreement. ### Time off in lieu The time off in lieu balance is credited from overtime when the [compensation](https://usepike.com/docs/members/working-time.md#compensation-pay-out-or-time-off-in-lieu) is time off in lieu, including the supplement. It is used when members take time off of the **Time off in lieu** type. It never expires by default and cannot go negative unless the policy allows an advance. ### Adjust a balance HR can add or subtract hours on any balance from the member's profile, with a reason. Adjustments show in the balance history and are included in the next pay period's pay lines where they affect pay. ## Balances owned by a payroll system When a connected payroll system keeps the official vacation balance, Pike reads it back after each pay run and shows it as the member's balance for that type. Requests made in Pike still deduct right away, so members see what they have left before the next pay run. [Danløn](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/danlon.md) works this way for vacation and extra holidays. ## Permissions Members request time off and see their own balances. Managers approve requests for their team. Admins and HR manage types, policies, holiday calendars, and balance adjustments. ## Related * [Working time and overtime](https://usepike.com/docs/members/working-time.md): Norm hours, overtime, and flex time. * [Pay periods and payroll](https://usepike.com/docs/members/payroll.md): How absence goes to payroll. * [Workspace capacity](https://usepike.com/docs/allocation/workspace-capacity.md): How time off reduces available hours. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.