How To Request Time Off As An Independent Contractor

This article explains how independent contractors can request time-off from their clients.

Time-off can be requested for Fixed contracts and Pay As You Go contracts.

You can not submit a time-off request with a Milestone contract. This is because you get paid only once work is completed, and regular invoice cycles do not apply.

For Fixed contracts:

✅ Step 1 – Select the Time Off tab

✅ Step 3 – Add Time Off

Fill out the dates for your request and add additional details. 

You will receive an email when the request has been accepted or rejected.

Clients can choose if time-off will be paid or unpaid. If the days off are unpaid, the client will have to manually input how much they are deducting from the next invoice.

You can check the status of your request from the Time Off tab. You can cancel your request by clicking the blue garbage bin.

For Pay As You Go Contracts

For this type of contract, you can only include time-off as an invoice adjustment for your client to review and approve.

While you do not have a paid time-off option with this contract type, you may request 0.01 as the minimum amount to be deducted.

✅ Step 1 – Click Adjust in the Invoice Details section

✅ Step 2 – Select Time Off from the dropdown menu

✅ Step 3 – Add time off details 

Add the amount to be deducted from the invoice, and provide additional details.

The minimum amount you must put as a deduction adjustment is 0.01.

Click Submit

You can check the status of your adjustment from your contract Invoice Details section. You can cancel your adjustment by clicking the blue garbage bin.