Submitting an Absence Request on Behalf of an Employee as a Supervisor

   Overview   

The OneUSG Connect system allows supervisors and time approvers to submit an absence request on behalf of an employee.

View the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Regular Absences for additional information.

In this article, you will learn the steps to submit an absence request on behalf of an employee in OneUSG Connect as a supervisor.

1. Step 1

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From the Manager Self Service homepage in OneUSG Connect, click the Team Time tile.

2. Step 2

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The Team Time page is displayed.

Click the Request Absence link.

3. Step 3

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A list of your employees is displayed.

Select the appropriate employee.

For this article, select Glenn Hadley

4. Step 4

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The Request Absence page is displayed.

Note: The Absence Type field is not a required field. You can use this field to filter the options in the Absence Name list.

Click the Absence Typ e drop-down list.

5. Step 5

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Select the appropriate absence type from the displayed list.

For this article, select Sick.

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Click the Absence Name drop-down list.

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Absence Name is required. The list is filtered by the Absence Type.

Choose the appropriate absence name from the list.

For this article, click the  Sick Leave  option.

8. Step 8

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Enter the appropriate information in the *Start Date, End Date and Original Start date fields or select the Calendar icon.

Press [Enter] to continue.

9. Step 9

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To confirm the employee's available hours for the selected absence type, c lick the  Check Leave Balance  button.

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A message is displayed providing the eligibility status of the requested absence. 

Click the  OK  button.

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To view the employee's future leave balance, cl ick the Forecast Details  link.

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The employee's eligibility for the absence request is displayed.

After reviewing the eligible leave balance, click the  Close button.

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Note: You can use the Add Attachment function to include any related documents. 

You will need to select the appropriate requested by option under Workflow. 

Click the  Request As  list.

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Note: As the employee's supervisor you should submit any requests on their behalf using the Employee option.

Click the  Employee option.

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When you are ready to submit the absence request, click the  Submit  button.

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A confirmation pop-up is displayed.

Click the  Yes  button.

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The absence request has been submitted and approved successfully. By submitting as the employee, the system auto-approves the request.

Press [Enter] to continue

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You have completed the steps to submit an absence request on behalf of an employee in OneUSG Connect.