# Temporary deputy: rights for holidays and sick leave

The workshop foreman is on holiday for two weeks and someone has to approve inspections, create tools and trigger orders: with a **temporary deputy** an employee gets the rights of another role for a limited time. On the end date their own role applies again automatically – nobody has to remember to take the rights back.

![Edit user → Temporary deputy](https://tulz.work/hilfe/bild/vertretung.webp?l=en&v=b3daf86f)

### Step 1: Set up the deputy

1. *Administration → Users*, open the deputy (**Edit**).
2. In the **Temporary deputy** section choose the **role** they are to stand in for (e.g. workshop foreman), set the **end date** (at most 92 days) and add a **note** if needed ("holiday cover foreman").
3. **Save**.

Only administrators set up deputies – and never for their own account. A head-office employee (without a site) can only stand in for administrator, workshop foreman or accounting.

### What applies then

- In Tulz the deputy immediately sees all functions of the deputy role; at the bottom of the sidebar "· Deputy" is shown next to their role.
- They receive a notification (bell, push if wanted): until when the rights apply and who set them up.
- In the user list a note **Deputy: Workshop foreman until 28/03** shows the running deputyship.
- Notifications to a role (e.g. "inspection due" to foremen) also reach the deputy.
- Every booking appears under their name in the history as usual; start and end of the deputyship are in the activity log.

### Ending or extending

- **End early:** set the role to "– no deputy –" for the user and save. The rights stop immediately.
- **Extend:** enter a new end date (again at most 92 days from today).
- **Permanently:** for longer than three months change the user's actual role – a deputyship is meant for holidays, sick leave and projects.

After the end date the rights no longer apply; the nightly run removes the deputyship and notifies the employee. The end date itself still counts.

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Source: https://tulz.work/en/help/article/temporary-deputy · As of 2026-10-15 · Tulz