Cancelling leave in HORUS

This user guide will step employees through the process of cancelling future leave requests in HORUS.

An employee may wish to cancel leave for a number of reasons, including;

  • Changing the dates 
  • Changing the leave type originally selected 
  • No longer requiring the leave, or 
  • Other

Cancelling leave 

Leave requests that have been approved may be cancelled via HORUS. This includes future dated leave and leave up to 3 months in the past.

If the leave request is not available for cancellation, you will need to request cancellation from your local HR team

Local HR area contacts can be found at https://services.anu.edu.au/business-units/human-resources-division/local-area-hr-contacts  

Leave that has been manually entered by a local HR administrator

Currently, where an absence event has been manually added into the system by a local HR administrator, and not via HORUS Self-Service, requests for leave cancellation will need to be made directly to your local HR team. 

To proceed with the cancellation, you will need to request cancellation from your local HR team.

Local HR area contacts can be found at https://services.anu.edu.au/business-units/human-resources-division/local-area-hr-contacts  

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Steps

Step 1

1. Login to HORUS

2. Select the Absences tile from the Employee Self Service Menu.

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Step 2

1. Navigate to the Cancel Absences page.

2. Select the absence request you wish to cancel from the list. 

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Step 3

1. In order to cancel an absence, you will need to select a reason from the drop-down list. If you do not select an option, you will be prompted to do so.

2. Select Cancel Absence option.

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Step 4

You will be asked to confirm the action.  If you wish to proceed with the cancellation, select Yes, otherwise select No.

  • If youselect yes, the request will go to your manager to approve the cancellation. If your leave had not yet been approved by your manager, the cancellation will be processed without manager approval. The submitted, original leave request will no longer be available for your manager to approve.
  • If no is selected, you will be taken back to the request page. 
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Step 5

The absence request will reside on the View Requests page with a status of Cancel in Progress until your supervisor has approved the request. 

Once approved, the leave event will disappear. Leave that was not yet approved will disappear as soon as the cancel request is submitted.

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