By Default, staff can request leave into negative balances.

If you want to prevent this, this can be done in the leave type settings:

Go to compliance > Leave Types and select the chosen leave type.

At the bottom of the leave type settings, there is a section for this:

In this section, you will have the option to prevent negative balances and determine the protocol for addressing situations where employees request more hours than they have available.

Also to note: These rules only apply to employees requesting leave.