diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/App/AppState.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/App/AppState.swift
index 4708f06..9ccd024 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/App/AppState.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/App/AppState.swift
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import SwiftUI
 @MainActor
 final class AppState: ObservableObject {
     @Published private(set) var language: Language
+    /// Lives here because a language change rebuilds the tab view.
+    @Published var tab: AppTab = .work
 
     private static let key = "worktrack.language"
 
@@ -22,3 +24,7 @@ final class AppState: ObservableObject {
         UserDefaults.standard.set(next.rawValue, forKey: Self.key)
     }
 }
+
+enum AppTab: Hashable {
+    case work, attendance, leave, pay, profile
+}
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/App/WorkTrackApp.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/App/WorkTrackApp.swift
index 8938f8e..33d5c44 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/App/WorkTrackApp.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/App/WorkTrackApp.swift
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct WorkTrackApp: App {
 
 struct RootView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject private var auth: AuthStore
+    @EnvironmentObject private var app: AppState
     @ObservedObject var lock: AppLock
 
     var body: some View {
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ struct RootView: View {
             case .loading:
                 ProgressView()
             case .signedOut:
-                SignInView()
+                // The next person starts on Work, not the last one's tab.
+                SignInView().onAppear { app.tab = .work }
             case .signedIn:
                 // The lock sits OVER a live session. It gates who may look,
                 // not whether the session survives — signing out instead would
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ struct RootView: View {
 /// "everything sent" while a punch sat in the other one.
 struct SignedInTabs: View {
     let client: ApiClient
+    @EnvironmentObject private var app: AppState
     @ObservedObject var lock: AppLock
 
     @StateObject private var location = LocationProvider()
@@ -94,20 +97,25 @@ struct SignedInTabs: View {
     }
 
     var body: some View {
-        TabView {
+        TabView(selection: $app.tab) {
             MyWorkView(client: client, attendance: attendance, cache: cache)
                 // A checklist, not a hammer. This is an office product that
                 // happens to be used on sites; a tool icon narrows it to
                 // manual trades and reads wrong to every other customer.
                 .tabItem { Label(L.t("tab_work"), systemImage: "checklist") }
+                .tag(AppTab.work)
             AttendanceHistoryView(client: client)
                 .tabItem { Label(L.t("tab_history"), systemImage: "clock.fill") }
+                .tag(AppTab.attendance)
             LeaveView(client: client)
                 .tabItem { Label(L.t("tab_leave"), systemImage: "calendar") }
+                .tag(AppTab.leave)
             PayslipsView(client: client)
                 .tabItem { Label(L.t("tab_pay"), systemImage: "doc.text.fill") }
+                .tag(AppTab.pay)
             ProfileView(attendance: attendance, lock: lock)
                 .tabItem { Label(L.t("tab_profile"), systemImage: "person.crop.circle.fill") }
+                .tag(AppTab.profile)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/Auth/AuthStore.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/Auth/AuthStore.swift
index 935ed10..1770ac2 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/Auth/AuthStore.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/Auth/AuthStore.swift
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ final class AuthStore: ObservableObject {
 
     /// Restores a session from the Keychain, or reports signed out.
     func start() async {
+        // A language change re-fires this; re-restoring a live session could sign the worker out.
+        guard state == .loading else { return }
         guard let refresh = Keychain.get(Self.refreshKey) else {
             state = .signedOut
             return
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/Core/Localization.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/Core/Localization.swift
index 527e272..52367e8 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/Core/Localization.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/Core/Localization.swift
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ enum L {
             "pay_earnings": "عواید",
             "pay_deductions": "کسرات",
             "pay_income_tax": "مالیهٔ معاش",
+            "pay_basic": "معاش اساسی",
+            "pay_absence": "کسر غیرحاضری",
+            "leave_type_annual": "رخصتی سالانه",
+            "leave_type_sick": "رخصتی مریضی",
             "pay_total_deductions": "مجموع کسرات",
             "pay_days": "روزها",
             "pay_worked_days": "روزهای کاری",
@@ -284,6 +288,10 @@ enum L {
             "pay_earnings": "عواید",
             "pay_deductions": "کسرونه",
             "pay_income_tax": "د معاش مالیه",
+            "pay_basic": "اساسي معاش",
+            "pay_absence": "د غیرحاضرۍ کسر",
+            "leave_type_annual": "کلنۍ رخصتي",
+            "leave_type_sick": "د ناروغۍ رخصتي",
             "pay_total_deductions": "د کسرونو ټولګه",
             "pay_days": "ورځې",
             "pay_worked_days": "کاري ورځې",
@@ -437,6 +445,10 @@ enum L {
             "pay_earnings": "Earnings",
             "pay_deductions": "Deductions",
             "pay_income_tax": "Income tax",
+            "pay_basic": "Basic salary",
+            "pay_absence": "Absence deduction",
+            "leave_type_annual": "Annual leave",
+            "leave_type_sick": "Sick leave",
             "pay_total_deductions": "Total deductions",
             "pay_days": "Days",
             "pay_worked_days": "Days worked",
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveApplyView.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveApplyView.swift
index 728fce9..fd4079e 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveApplyView.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveApplyView.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct LeaveApplyView: View {
             Form {
                 Section {
                     Picker(L.t("leave_type"), selection: $typeId) {
-                        ForEach(types) { type in Text(type.name).tag(type.id) }
+                        ForEach(types) { type in Text(type.displayName).tag(type.id) }
                     }
                     DatePicker(
                         L.t("leave_from"), selection: $from, displayedComponents: .date
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveModels.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveModels.swift
index 4b18f5d..481dd23 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveModels.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveModels.swift
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ struct LeaveType: Codable, Identifiable, Equatable {
     let code: String
     let colorHex: String?
     let isPaid: Bool?
+
+    /// Only the untouched Dari names signup seeds are translated; a company's own name stays as typed.
+    var displayName: String {
+        switch (code, name) {
+        case ("ANNUAL", "رخصتی سالانه"): return L.t("leave_type_annual")
+        case ("SICK", "رخصتی مریضی"): return L.t("leave_type_sick")
+        default: return name
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// One person's balance for one leave type, for one year.
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveViewModel.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveViewModel.swift
index 2f7e20c..f8f8ff9 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveViewModel.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/Leave/LeaveViewModel.swift
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ final class LeaveViewModel: ObservableObject {
         let types: [LeaveType]
 
         func typeName(_ id: String) -> String {
-            types.first { $0.id == id }?.name ?? id
+            types.first { $0.id == id }?.displayName ?? id
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/Payslips/PayslipModels.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/Payslips/PayslipModels.swift
index 4c3ff69..b326330 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/Payslips/PayslipModels.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/Payslips/PayslipModels.swift
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ struct PayslipLine: Codable, Identifiable, Equatable {
 
     var id: String { componentCode }
     var isEarning: Bool { type == .earning }
+
+    /// Payroll names these three lines in Dari itself; company components keep their own names.
+    var displayName: String {
+        switch componentCode {
+        case "BASIC": return L.t("pay_basic")
+        case "LOP": return L.t("pay_absence")
+        case "TAX": return L.t("pay_income_tax")
+        default: return componentName
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// One month's pay.
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrack/Payslips/PayslipsView.swift b/ios/WorkTrack/Payslips/PayslipsView.swift
index 838e6fc..c3545ec 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrack/Payslips/PayslipsView.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrack/Payslips/PayslipsView.swift
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct PayslipDetailView: View {
 
             Section(L.t("pay_earnings")) {
                 ForEach(slip.earnings) { line in
-                    amount(line.componentName, line.amount)
+                    amount(line.displayName, line.amount)
                 }
                 amount(L.t("pay_gross"), slip.gross, emphasised: true)
             }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct PayslipDetailView: View {
                 // adding it again from `incomeTax` listed it twice and made the
                 // column stop adding up.
                 ForEach(slip.deductions) { line in
-                    amount(line.componentName, line.amount)
+                    amount(line.displayName, line.amount)
                 }
                 amount(L.t("pay_total_deductions"), slip.totalDeductions, emphasised: true)
             }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct PayslipDetailView: View {
             if !slip.employerCosts.isEmpty {
                 Section {
                     ForEach(slip.employerCosts) { line in
-                        amount(line.componentName, line.amount)
+                        amount(line.displayName, line.amount)
                     }
                 } header: {
                     Text(L.t("pay_employer_cost"))
diff --git a/ios/WorkTrackTests/LeaveAndPayTests.swift b/ios/WorkTrackTests/LeaveAndPayTests.swift
index e9a53eb..bd037a4 100644
--- a/ios/WorkTrackTests/LeaveAndPayTests.swift
+++ b/ios/WorkTrackTests/LeaveAndPayTests.swift
@@ -154,6 +154,40 @@ final class LeaveAndPayTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(slip.earnings.isEmpty)
     }
 
+    // MARK: names in the chosen language
+
+    override func tearDown() {
+        L.language = .dari
+        super.tearDown()
+    }
+
+    func testBuiltInLeaveTypesFollowTheLanguage() {
+        L.language = .english
+        let annual = LeaveType(id: "annual", name: "رخصتی سالانه", code: "ANNUAL", colorHex: nil, isPaid: true)
+        let sick = LeaveType(id: "sick", name: "رخصتی مریضی", code: "SICK", colorHex: nil, isPaid: true)
+        XCTAssertEqual(annual.displayName, "Annual leave")
+        XCTAssertEqual(sick.displayName, "Sick leave")
+    }
+
+    func testALeaveTypeTheCompanyNamedKeepsItsName() {
+        L.language = .english
+        let renamed = LeaveType(id: "annual", name: "رخصتی تفریحی", code: "ANNUAL", colorHex: nil, isPaid: true)
+        let custom = LeaveType(id: "hajj", name: "رخصتی حج", code: "HAJJ", colorHex: nil, isPaid: true)
+        XCTAssertEqual(renamed.displayName, "رخصتی تفریحی")
+        XCTAssertEqual(custom.displayName, "رخصتی حج")
+    }
+
+    func testPayrollLinesFollowTheLanguageButCompanyComponentsDoNot() {
+        L.language = .english
+        func line(_ code: String, _ name: String) -> PayslipLine {
+            PayslipLine(componentCode: code, componentName: name, type: .earning, amount: 1)
+        }
+        XCTAssertEqual(line("BASIC", "معاش اساسی").displayName, "Basic salary")
+        XCTAssertEqual(line("LOP", "کسر غیرحاضری").displayName, "Absence deduction")
+        XCTAssertEqual(line("TAX", "مالیهٔ معاش").displayName, "Income tax")
+        XCTAssertEqual(line("TRANSPORT", "کمک ترانسپورت").displayName, "کمک ترانسپورت")
+    }
+
     // MARK: money
 
     func testMoneyIsLocalisedAndNamed() {
diff --git a/ios/project.yml b/ios/project.yml
index cc75319..a757f35 100644
--- a/ios/project.yml
+++ b/ios/project.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ options:
 settings:
   base:
     MARKETING_VERSION: "1.0"
-    CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION: "2"
+    CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION: "3"
     SWIFT_VERSION: "5.9"
     # Simulator builds are signed ad-hoc ("-"). That is not cosmetic: the
     # Keychain refuses an app with no entitlements and SecItemAdd fails with