When you first log in to your employee portal, you’ll be taken to your portal dashboard:
The functions shown on an employee's dashboard will vary as this depends on the features switched on by the employer.
Entering your leave request
To apply for leave you can either click the ‘Apply for Leave’ link or at the top in the menu section click ‘Leave’. The below dialogue box will appear:
Select your leave category, choose the first and last day you wish to take leave. The system will then estimate the amount of leave you need to take, which is done using your standard work week settings. You can add an attachment if required. Click Submit Request.
Status of your leave request
The status of your leave request will immediately show as ‘Pending’. If you’ve attached a document, a paper clip will show, if you’ve added notes to your leave request, a talk bubble will also show.
Your manager, or person required to authorise your leave request will receive an email notifying them of the outstanding leave request awaiting their approval. Once the authorised person has actioned your leave request, you will receive an email notifying you of its status.
Your leave balances
The leave page will show you a summary of the leave balances available to you, any leave requests and their status - ‘Approved’ , ‘Pending’ or ‘Declined’. You can also see a record of your leave history:
Editing your leave request
NOTE - you can only edit a leave request if it has not yet been applied or only part applied in a pay run. Fully applied leave can not be amended.
You can edit a leave request by clicking on the pencil icon to the right of the request. You will be able to edit all fields if the leave request has not yet been applied, and edit the last day of leave, work hours, notes and attachments on a part applied leave request.
Cancelling a leave request
NOTE - you can only cancel a leave request if it has not yet been applied. Partially and fully applied leave can not be cancelled.
In order to cancel a leave request, you can click the trash can icon to the right of the request that the want to cancel. Once a leave request is cancelled, it will no longer show for managers to view.