Because different leave behaves differently and a single policy forces compromises. Sick leave may not accrue, parental leave may need evidence, unpaid leave changes the pay run.
Separate leave types, each with its own accrual rule, approval path, evidence requirement and payroll treatment.
Each type is defined independently: whether it accrues, whether it needs approval, whether it requires a document, and how payroll should treat it.
Sick leave is configured without accrual, with self-certification for the first three days and evidence after. Annual leave accrues monthly with a carry-over cap. Neither compromises for the other.
It does not ship with your jurisdiction's statutory types pre-configured. They are set up by you or your advisor.
Payroll reads the treatment. Attendance reads whether the day counts as worked. Capacity in Loop removes it either way.
As many as your policies require.
Yes, by team, contract type or location.
Yes, per type and after a threshold you set.
Fourteen days, every module, no card. Or half an hour with someone who will run it on your own records and tell you where it does not help.