PTO & leave requests portal

A PTO and leave request portal is where employees ask for time off, managers approve or decline each request with a reason, and HR sees everyone's leave on one calendar.

Pattern: Requests

Describe it to Pory

“Our 40-person company needs a place where employees request time off, their manager approves or declines, and HR sees everyone's leave.”

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In plain English

What is a PTO & leave requests portal?

A PTO and leave request portal is where employees ask for time off, managers approve or decline each request with a reason, and HR sees everyone's leave on one calendar. It follows the Requests pattern: someone submits, someone decides, it moves through statuses. Pory generates it from a plain-English description, with a login for each role (employee, manager and HR) that shows only what that role should see, and flat pricing with unlimited employees.

What it does

01

Employees ask for time off in a form, not a Slack message

Leave requests used to arrive as DMs, emails and hallway asks, and someone copied them into a spreadsheet. In Pory an employee picks the type and the dates, adds a reason, and the request lands as Pending. They can see where every request they've made stands, so nobody has to ask twice.

Forms to submit a recordDone by: Employee
02

Managers decide in one click, with the reason kept on the request

A manager opens the request, reads the dates and the reason, and approves or declines. A decline carries a note on the request itself, so the employee knows why and what to try instead. No more "did you see my email about Friday?"

Approve / reject with a reasonDone by: Manager
03

HR sees who's out, when, on one calendar

Planning cover meant cross-checking three people's inboxes. Every request sits on a month view, coloured by leave type, so HR can spot a clash before it's approved. Click any entry to open the request behind it.

CalendarDone by: HR

The parts every portal is built from

Pory generates a portal from these pieces and wires the permissions between them. The same parts run a grant round, a help desk, and a tenant portal — only the names on the pages change.

Collect

Forms

Signed-in or public, with typed fields and file uploads. A form files a record; it doesn't start an email thread.

Public pages

An application page, a notice board, an open directory — pages and forms anyone can use without signing in, on your domain.

Self sign-up

People create their own account and land in the role you chose for them.

File attachments

Upload and view files on the record they belong to — not in a folder named FINAL v2.

Decide

Approve / reject with a reason

Decision buttons for whoever may edit the status. Who decided, when, and why stays on the record.

Status tracker

“Where's my request?” answered as a progress bar on the submitter's own page.

Board by status

Cards in columns. Drag a record to move it along.

Checklists

Task lists ticked off per record, in its detail view, with progress — onboarding runs, inspections, opening duties.

Assign to a person

Name who a record is for and it lands on their list, and nobody else's.

Notes & scores

A reviewer's score, a coach's feedback, a clinician's note — kept on the record it belongs to, never lost in a thread.

Reminders by date

Renewals, expiries and overdue work, in an in-app inbox and by email.

Share

Tables

Search, filters, sorting, inline add and edit — the spreadsheet, minus the sharing accident.

People directory

Portraits, names, and roles from a table, shown only to the roles allowed to see them.

Calendar

Records on a month or week view, by date.

Gallery & image grid

Records as cards or photos.

Detail view with related items

Open a unit, a pet or a listing to see its details and everything tied to it — requests, visits, offers. Share it by link; edit, change the status or add a related item from there.

Notices & info pages

Check-in details, benefits, updates — a page for a role to read.

Counts, totals & averages

Live figures over the records a viewer is allowed to see.

Control

Who sees which records

Each person sees their own records, the ones assigned to them, their team's or the ones they manage. Fields can be hidden per role. Generated from your description, not set up field by field.

No-Password Doors

A sign-in link by email, by default. Password sign-in if you'd rather.

Your brand

Your domain, your colours, your logo. Members see you.

Frequently asked questions

Your PTO & leave requests portal, live today.

Describe it in a sentence and send the invite. Unlimited employees, flat price.