Development of a Mobile and Web-Based Employee Leave Management System for Small to Medium Enterprises

Business owners and HR managers face difficulties in efficiently tracking leave requests and balances through traditional channels such as emails, messaging apps, paper records, or web-based HR systems. Employees lack instant visibility into their leave balances and cannot request time off remotely. Managers need an easy-to-use solution for monitoring overall employee absence to facilitate work planning, including accepting or rejecting leave requests via mobile devices.

A small to medium-sized enterprise seeking streamlined employee leave tracking and management capabilities to replace manual and outdated methods.

• Implement a lightweight, mobile-first app allowing employees to view leave balances and request time off from their smartphones.
• Enable managers to receive instant notifications and approve or reject leave requests via their mobile devices.
• Provide a comprehensive web dashboard for HR and management to manage leave types, holidays, and working days, and view statistical summaries.
• Ensure the system supports configurable leave policies, including hours or days balances, and accommodates different country-specific leave rules.
• Achieve real-time synchronization of leave data and maintain integrity across mobile and web platforms.

• Configurable leave types with country-specific rules
• Employee mobile interface for requesting leave and viewing balances
• Instant notifications via email and push alerts to managers for new requests
• Mobile interface for managers to approve or reject leave requests
• Web-based control panel for managing leave policies, working days, holidays, and viewing leave statistics
• Team management features for organizing employees into groups
• Announcement tools for company-wide communication about leave policies or updates
• Real-time data synchronization across mobile and web platforms

• Email services for notifications
• Push notification services (APNs, Firebase Cloud Messaging)
• Calendar integrations (e.g., Google Calendar) for holiday management
• Authentication services for secure access

• System scalability to support growing employee base without performance degradation
• High availability and uptime (aiming for 99.9%)
• Data security and compliance with relevant data protection standards
• Responsive and user-friendly interfaces on both iOS and Android devices
• Fast response times, with page loads and interactions under 2 seconds

The new leave management platform is expected to significantly improve operational efficiency by streamlining leave requests and approvals, reducing manual administrative effort, and providing instant visibility to employees and managers. It aims to enhance employee satisfaction with easy access to leave balances and requests, leading to better workforce planning and reduced absenteeism. The project targets improved data accuracy, quicker decision-making, and overall more compliant leave tracking, contributing to smoother HR operations.