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title: "Process Changes to Absence Requests"
slug: "process-changes-to-absence-requests"
description: "Employees can make changes to the absences with the future date. Learn how to approve absences changed by employee and modify the past absences."
updated: 2023-08-15T08:42:34Z
published: 2023-08-15T08:42:34Z
canonical: "help.lanteria.com/process-changes-to-absence-requests"
---

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# Process Changes to Absence Requests

The employees can request changes to the absence requests of any type (vacation, sickness, business trip, etc.) if their start date is in the future. The past absences can be edited by HR only.

## Approve Employee's Changed Absence Request

After employee [makes changes](/v1/docs/change-vacationsicknessany-other-absence) to the absence record, it is sent for approval and becomes available from **Core HR** > **Approval Requests**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img678.png)

Click **View Item** to review the changes and click **Approve/Reject** to approve or reject the modified absence request.

## Edit Absence Record as HR

HR can make changes to the employee absence records, including those in the past. This can be done from **Time and Attendance** > **Absence Lists**. Select the corresponding list (**Vacations**, **Sicknesses**, **Business Trips**, **Other Absences**), select the absence record and on the **Items** tab, click **Edit Item**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img679.png)