Time away

You ask a connected employer to record time away — a vacation, sick days, parental leave, or another break — from Workforce → Time away in your own account. Your employer confirms or declines each request, and confirmed breaks outside regular benefits are listed on immigration-purpose letters.

Before you start

• The connection must be active and use the current workforce consent. If none of your connections qualifies, the page reads Connect an employer with current workforce consent to request time away. A connection made under an older consent shows a Reconnect with… item under Needs you on the Workforce overview.
• You can have one open request per employer.

The two classes

Class	Types	On an immigration-purpose letter
Regular benefit	Statutory holiday, Paid vacation, Paid sick leave, Regular paid benefit	Never listed as a break
Other than regular	Parental leave, Unpaid leave, Medical leave, Layoff, Other interruption	Listed under Breaks in employment once confirmed

Request time away

1. Go to Workforce → Time away.
2. Choose the Employer.
3. Choose the Class, then the Kind.
4. Enter the From and To dates. The end date can be the same as the start date, but not before it.
5. Add a Note if you want, up to 500 characters. Your employer sees it with the request.
6. Select Request leave.

The request appears in the list under the form with the status requested.

For a regular benefit, a warning appears if the dates run past the yearly policy your employer has on file. You can still send it — your employer can reclassify it when they confirm it.

If a request for that employer is still open, the form shows You already have an open request for this employer. in place of the button. You cannot withdraw a request yourself; your employer confirms or declines it.

Screenshot coming soonWorkforce → Time away, with the days remaining and the request form filled in for other-than-regular time.

Statuses

Status	What it means
requested	Waiting on your employer
confirmed	Your employer confirmed it. When confirming, they can change the class, the type, and whether it was paid
declined	Your employer did not confirm it

Your employer can also record time away for you directly. It appears in your list already confirmed.

Days remaining

Remaining shows your employer’s yearly regular-benefit policy minus the regular-benefit days they have confirmed for you this calendar year, counting both the first and the last day. Requested and declined time does not count. If your employer has no policy on file, the card shows — and company policy not on file.

Each employer’s page under Workforce → Employers shows the same figure for that employer.

How confirmed time away appears on letters

• Immigration-purpose letters have a Breaks in employment section. It lists each confirmed other-than-regular break that overlaps the period the letter covers, with its type, dates, and whether it was paid. With no such break, the section states that there was no break other than statutory holidays and regular paid employment benefits.
• Regular benefits are never listed.
• When an immigration-purpose letter includes Scheduled hours, unpaid time that your employer recorded as reducing your scheduled hours is subtracted in that table.
• Employment confirmation letters do not include breaks.

If the dates or the type are wrong, tell your employer before you request a letter. See Requesting an employment letter.

Lexpoint does not say what leave you are owed

Vacation, parental leave, sick leave, and unpaid time off are matters between you, your employer, and the employment law that applies where you work. Lexpoint records what your employer confirms. For immigration questions about gaps in employment, see immigratic.com or speak to a representative.

Related

• Requesting an employment letter — where confirmed breaks end up
• Your employment record — the employment periods a letter is drafted from
• What your employer can see — your requests and notes are visible to them
• If you work for an employer on Lexpoint — the Workforce pages at a glance