Give a date of at least two days latter on which you are going to rejoin.

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If you need to take a few days off and you have to give a date to your senior on which you will rejoin give a date of at least two days latter on which you are going to rejoin. (you start taking leave on 1st of November and you think you can rejoin on 7th so tell them that you will rejoin on 9th) It is possible that you may have to take one or two more days off.

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"Latter" is not the word you need.
 

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The whole thing doesn't make sense to me.
 

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Can I use "After"?

The word you need is very similar to "latter" but has only five letters. What do you think that word is?
 

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"Delay" is a noun and a verb. The word you need is an adverb/adjective.

Third time lucky (I hope!) Remove one letter from the word "latter" and you will have the correct word. Have you looked up "latter" in a dictionary?
 

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Okay the word is "Later".

If you need to take a few days off and you have to give a date to your senior on which you will rejoin give a date of at least two days later from the date you are going to rejoin. (you start taking leave on 1st of November and you think you can rejoin on 7th so tell them that you will rejoin on 9th) It is possible that you may have to take one or two more days off.
 

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When booking leave with your manager, we recommend you request one or two extra days' leave.

That's what I would say. It's much shorter and to the point than your original. It's a bit of a waste of your annual leave though. In the UK, if you say you'll be back on November 9th, you go back on November 9th. If you actually could have gone back to work on November 7th but you go back two days later, you've just wasted two days' leave.

Here are the issues with your original:
We don't say "your senior" in this context.
You needed a comma between "rejoin" and "give".
You don't "rejoin" your company after being on leave. You just "go back to work" or "return to work". "Rejoin" suggests that you resigned and have been rehired.
You needed an article before "1st November", before "7th", and before "9th".

So before you ask the standard "So are my sentences correct?", the answer is "No".
 

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When you book a few days leave with your manager then you should book one or two extra days leave. (you start taking leave on the 1st of November and you think you can come back to work on the 7th so tell them that you will return to work on the 9th) It is possible that you may have to take one or two more days off.
 

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Can we also say "Take few days leave" or "Take few days off"?

You have to give a date to the manager on which you will come back on work. Give a date of at least two days later from the date on which you are going to come back to work.

Can we say like this using "Date"?
 
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