Holiday Request Form
Updated 17 October 2025
This document is a Holiday Request Form designed for employees to formally request time off from their employer. It outlines the requirement for prior authorization before booking holidays and includes sections for detailing requested dates, tracking annual leave allocation, and recording balances. Both employee and employer signatures are required for approval.
HOLIDAY REQUEST FORM
"A Holiday Request Form must be completed and authorised prior to taking holiday leave (and not in retrospect) and therefore holidays should not be booked until this form has been authorised and processed for recording to personnel files."
[name]
[date]
Please detail below the dates and number of days being requested on this form:
First Day and Date of Holiday | Last Day and Date of Holiday | No. of Working Days |
For Example:
First Day of Holiday | Last Day of Holiday | No. of Working Days |
Monday 6 April 2015 | Friday 10 April 2015 | 5 |
Annual Leave allocation for the year: | |
Annual leave previously taken and/or requested: | |
No. of days requested on this form: | |
Balance remaining for this year: |
Employee’s Signature: ______________________ Date: _____________
Employer’s Signature: _______________________ Date: _____________
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