Request Absence for Employee (Manager)

Updated on Feb 17, 2025

Request absence for an employee

This job aid shows managers how to request an absence for an employee.

Step 1: Open the Manager Self Service Homepage. If you have access to multiple Homepages, select Manager Self Service from the Homepage menu.

Step 2: Select the Team Time tile.

Team Time opens.

Step 3: From Team Time, click Request Absence.

Step 4: Select the employee to request the absence for. You can select multiple employees.

Step 5: Click Continue.

Step 6: Select the Absence Name.

Step 7: Complete the request fields:

Partial Days: To enter a partial day, select the Partial Days section.

Expand only if you need to request partial days off

For hourly employees who are eligible for absence management and faculty might you can use partial days to calculate the number of hours requested.

Step 1: Click Partial Days.

Step 2: Select which days are partial days.

Step 3: Enter the number of hours that you are requesting off on the partial days.

Step 4: Click Done.

Step 8: If the Check Eligibility button is visible, click it. Otherwise, skip this step.

If eligible, you can submit.
If not eligible, you cannot submit. , Check Eligibility: If this button is visible, you must select Check Eligibility before you submit.

Guidelines

Important: Do not edit the Workflow area.
The Check Eligibility button is displayed only if the employee must accrue the absence type.
Your employee’s accrued hours are displayed in the Balance Information section.
Open View Balances to view your employee’s sick leave, personal holiday, and vacation balances.
You can reduce the requested absence, then re-check eligibility.