Approve Vacation & Sick Leave to Vacation Conversion
Resources
- Vacation Policy
- Sick Leave to Vacation Conversion Policy
- Approving Web-time Entry
- Approving Monthly Leave
Role of Supervisor
- Review Vacation policy
- Review Sick Leave to Vacation Conversion policy
- Review web time entry & monthly leave Payroll policy above – particularly the section on approving time/leave
- Review departmental vacation policies & practices
- Review with employee expectations for leave requests – how to request, how much advance notice, etc.
- Ensure employee understands all policies and knows how to enter time
- To ensure employees have personal leave balance prior to approving leave the supervisor would have to go to the individual’s leave report or timesheet for WTE.
- Ensure you are approving all Absence requests in a timely manner – this is extremely important and could have a detrimental effect on the employee if not approved timely. Unapproved leave reports could inflate the amount of leave an employee actually has, causing them to go into a deficit once old leave reports are finally approved.
- Set up a reminder on outlook each month
- Ask employee to email you once they have submitted their leave report
Role of Human Resources
- Answer questions regarding vacation balances & policies
- Convert sick leave to vacation upon request – form online
- Any outstanding leave reports must be completed before an employee is eligible for leave conversion to vacation.
Process Steps
- Ensure employees understand how to request leave
- If advance notice is required
- If emergency, who do they contact and when
- Ensure employee completes leave report/time sheet appropriately and in timely manner
- Approve leave report/time sheet in a timely manner
FAQ
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Can my supervisor deny my request for vacation time? It’s my time to take when I want, right?
No, vacation requests do need to be approved by the supervisor. While the employee has accrued the time the request must be at a time the department can still function while the employee is away.