From the course: Human Resources: Understanding HR Systems Features and Benefits

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Leave and time off management

Leave and time off management

From the course: Human Resources: Understanding HR Systems Features and Benefits

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Leave and time off management

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- Employees ask for time off for all sorts of reasons. They request time off for their vacations, sick days, PTO, injuries, disability leave, school meetings, bereavement leave, family and medical leave, and even sabbaticals. Most companies have a process designed for employees to request time off. An HRAS system makes sure your process works. Understand this, HRAS programs provide a framework for managing leave. When it comes to HR strategy around compensation, leave, or training, you have to make sure these programs work for you. The leave process begins with an employee request. Before making the request, the employee is aware of what time off they have available for sick pay, vacation, comp time, FMLA, and even bereavement leave. They identify the scope of their request and the type of time off they want. As noted, they can also do this from a mobile phone. Then, the manager must approve it or otherwise respond. The dashboard will show who else might be out, as well as different…

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