Leave Policy Types are used as an overview to define the essential types of leaves that are evaluated at each site. Typical leave types might be Vacation, Sick, Jury, or Banked Overtime. Leave types are then further defined into policies in the Leave Policies (IALP) form. Leave Policies must fall into one of the accepted types defined on the Leave Policy Types (IAPT) form.

Leave Policies enable management of leaves with entitlements, payouts and rollovers. Policies allow users to maintain detailed attendance history for absentee tracking analysis and reporting. The Attendance Control program tracks, reports and analyzes types of leaves including associated times and cost.