Simple, BCEA-compliant leave management for South African businesses of any size. Set up in minutes, not months. No HR degree required.
YayLeave gives you a complete leave management system that's genuinely easy to use — for administrators, managers, and employees alike.
Manage one company or many. Organise employees into departments with parent-child hierarchies. Each company gets its own leave configuration.
Start with BCEA defaults — annual, sick, family responsibility, maternity — then add any leave type your business needs: study, special, unpaid, religious observance, and more.
Different job grades can have different leave entitlements. Senior staff or executives often earn more leave — configure it precisely without spreadsheets.
Reward loyalty automatically. Configure extra leave days that kick in after 5, 10, or any number of years of service — per leave type, per job grade.
Each leave type is clearly marked as paid or unpaid. Leave policies can override this at the company level, giving you granular control over payroll impact.
Set carry-over caps in days or percentage. Define how long carried-over leave is valid before it expires. Automatic notifications keep everyone in the loop.
Real-time leave balances per employee. Configure accrual methods — lump sum or monthly accrual. Employees always know exactly where they stand.
Employees submit, managers approve. Full application status tracking — submitted, pending, approved, declined — with an audit trail on every action.
Every change is logged with who did it and when. Compliance-ready audit trails mean you're covered for disputes, audits, and CCMA hearings.
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act sets minimum leave entitlements for every South African employee. YayLeave enforces these by default — so you're compliant before you've even customised anything.
Many South African companies offer more than the BCEA minimum — and YayLeave makes it easy. Add extra leave types, boost entitlements for senior grades, and reward long service automatically.
South African public holidays are built into the leave calendar. Leave spanning a public holiday is correctly calculated — no manual adjustments needed.
Paid vs. unpaid leave is tracked separately per employee. Export clean data your payroll team (or payroll system) can use directly — whether you're on Sage, PaySpace, SimplePay, or anything else.
Admins, managers, and employees each get a tailored experience — on web and mobile. Nobody sees more than they need to. Nobody has to ask IT for help.
Full system control
Team leave at a glance
Self-service, no hassle
YayLeave exposes a clean REST API — so your internal AI agents, chatbots, and automated workflows can query and manage leave data without anyone opening a browser.
"How many leave days do I have left?" — answered instantly by your company's AI, powered by YayLeave's API. No login, no waiting for HR to reply.
Wire up an AI agent to approve routine leave requests automatically — checking balances, team coverage, and policy rules — and escalating edge cases to a human manager.
Pull approved leave data directly into your payroll system on pay-run day. No exports, no manual reconciliation, no mismatches.
Feed leave data to your business intelligence tools or an AI analytics agent to predict staffing shortfalls, spot sick-leave patterns, and plan for peak periods.
Start free. Grow when you're ready. All prices in South African Rand, billed annually.
A Pro tier with advanced analytics, mobile apps, WhatsApp integration, and payroll connectors is coming soon. Notify me →
YayLeave is actively being built. Here's what's already on the way — and a few features we think could make a real difference.
Apply for leave, check balances, and approve requests from your phone. Built for the way South Africans actually work.
A shared visual calendar showing who's on leave when — filterable by department. Spot coverage gaps before they become problems.
Automated alerts for leave expiry, carry-over deadlines, pending approvals, and leave anniversary milestones — via email, push, or WhatsApp.
Apply for leave and get approvals via WhatsApp — without opening an app. Critical for a South African workforce where WhatsApp is king.
Direct integrations with Sage, PaySpace, SimplePay and other South African payroll platforms. Leave data flows automatically on pay-run day.
Sick leave trends, absenteeism patterns, department comparisons, and leave cost reporting. Know your numbers without building spreadsheets.
Employees can attach medical certificates or other supporting documents to leave applications — stored securely and linked to the audit trail.
An AI agent that answers employee questions, flags unusual leave patterns for managers, and suggests optimal leave planning — powered by YayLeave's headless API.
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