Mobile time off, benefits & wage advances

This guide covers: Submit a time-off request, View remaining balance, Browse benefits, and Request a wage advance (if enabled).

Submit a time-off request

What it does: Asks your manager for paid (or unpaid) time off — vacation, sick, personal — and decrements your balance when approved.

Where: Profile tab → Payroll Settings → Time off (/time-off).

Steps:

1. Tap Time off from the Profile menu. The screen shows two sections: Balances at the top and Requests below.
2. Tap the green + New button to the right of the Requests header.
3. The new-request modal slides up. Pick a policy (the first row in Balances is selected by default — tap to change to Sick, Personal, etc.).
4. Fill Start date and End date (YYYY-MM-DD format). Fill Hours (e.g. 8 for a full day, 4 for a half day, 40 for a five-day week).
5. Optionally type a Reason (e.g. Family wedding).
6. Tap Submit. iOS shows Submitted — Your time-off request has been submitted. The request appears in the Requests list with status Pending (orange).

Who: Any employee with at least one PTO policy assigned.

Notes: If you don't have a policy assigned the screen shows No PTO policies assigned. Contact your employer to request a policy and the + New button is hidden. Approved requests automatically populate the PTO column on your timesheet for the days they cover. To cancel a pending request, tap the row and pick Cancel (sends a delete to the leave-requests endpoint).

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View remaining balance

What it does: Shows how many hours you have available, how many you've used year-to-date, and how many you've accrued year-to-date — per policy.

Where: Time off screen → Balances section (top).

Steps:

1. Open Time off from the Profile menu.
2. The Balances section lists one card per policy (e.g. PTO, Sick, Personal). Each card shows:
   • Policy Name (top-left)
   • Used X h · Accrued Y h (under the name, year-to-date)
   • Current balance (large number on the right, in hours)
3. Pull down to refresh — the screen re-fetches /api/employee-portal/time-off-balances and /api/employee-portal/leave-requests.

Who: Any employee with PTO policies.

Notes: Current balance = beginning balance + accruals + manual adjustments − used. Pending (un-approved) requests are not subtracted from the displayed balance until they're approved — but the + New modal will warn you if you try to request more than you have.

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Browse benefits

What it does: Lists the pre-tax and post-tax deductions currently coming out of your paycheck (health insurance, 401(k), HSA, garnishments, union dues, etc.) pulled from your most recent paystub.

Where: Profile tab → Payroll Settings → Benefits (/benefits).

Steps:

1. Tap Benefits. The screen header reads Benefits & deductions.
2. The subtitle tells you which paystub the values came from: Pulled from your paystub dated MMM d, yyyy. Talk to your employer to add, remove, or change a deduction.
3. Two sections: Pre-tax (401(k) traditional, Section 125 health/dental, HSA, FSA) and Post-tax (Roth 401(k), garnishments, union dues, etc.).
4. Each row shows the deduction name (capitalized) and the dollar amount that came out of the last paystub.
5. Pull down to refresh.

Who: Any employee.

Notes: This is read-only on mobile — to change a deduction (enroll, drop, change contribution rate), contact your HR / payroll admin. A first-class "my benefits" enrollment screen is on the roadmap; today the screen parses the deduction columns from your last paystub.

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Request a wage advance (if enabled)

What it does: Pulls a portion of your already-earned wages before payday, with no fee. Settles to your linked debit card or pay card within minutes via Moov push-to-card.

Where: Pay tab → On-Demand Pay shortcut (/wage-advances).

Steps:

1. From the Pay tab, tap the On-Demand Pay shortcut (cash icon).
2. If your employer hasn't enabled the feature, the screen shows Not enabled by your employer — Reach out to your HR team if you'd like access to a portion of your wages between paydays. Stop here.
3. The Available right now hero shows your maximum pull amount, the current pay period (e.g. Pay period: Jun 16 – Jun 29, 2026), a usage progress bar, and the cap (e.g. $120 of $400 (50% cap)).
4. If you have no linked card, an orange warning card says Add a debit card to receive advances instantly with a Set up payment method → link to Payment Methods. Add one before requesting.
5. Type a dollar amount into the input under the hero (must be > $0 and ≤ available).
6. Tap Get money. iOS shows Advance sent — Your money is on the way and typically arrives within minutes.
7. The history list below shows your Requested / Sent / Repaid advances with timestamps.

Who: Hourly employees whose employer has turned on Earned Wage Access (EWA).

Notes: Fee-free on Payrollix — no instant-pay fee, no monthly cost. The advance is automatically deducted from your next paycheck (you see it as Wage Advance Repayment in the Deductions section of your next paystub). If the requested amount exceeds the cap, the app refuses with Over the limit — Maximum you can pull right now is $X. Push-to-card requires a linked debit card or pay card — bank-account ACH is too slow for "within minutes" delivery and is not used for EWA.

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Related: Time off requests (web) · Time off policies (web) · Mobile direct deposit & card payment methods · Deductions & earnings (web).