Applying for leave or setting unavailability
APPLYING FOR LEAVE IS NOT APPLICABLE FOR CASUAL EMPLOYEES.
Notify your employer you wish to take holiday, sick or other leave. Your manager will approve or decline any leave that you apply for. Once approved, your manager will not be able to schedule you on to shifts for that approved period.
ALL CASUAL STAFF SET UNAVAILAIBLITY ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS.
You can also set unavailability for particular dates or times along with a reason such as university classes or football practice. The manager will be informed that you have indicated you are unavailable during this time but may still choose to schedule you on to shifts if required.
Applying via web browser
On the 'Me' page, click on Request Time off and you will be taken to the Profile menu. Here you can Add New to apply for leave or enter unavailability.
Unavailability
Under Unavailability, you can Add New to choose a specific date or date range.
Turn off "All day" to indicate unavailability during a portion of the day.
If it is a recurring date that you will be unavailable to work, for example, on a Friday every week, you can set this to occur Weekly.
You can also enter a reason for setting unavailability. While this does not guarantee that you cannot work, it means that the time/date you’ve applied for will be placed under consideration when they work out the next schedule.
Leave
NOT APPLICABLE FOR CASUAL EMPLOYEES. The Leave page looks much like the Unavailability page with a few important differences. When applying for leave you cannot have it repeat, as you can for Unavailability.
You need to enter a leave type and also enter the manager’s names whom you wish to notify. This is because the leave request can be Approved or Declined by this manager. The manager can also leave a ‘note’ in your request once it’s approved or denied to explain why it was or wasn’t granted.
Your leave requests and approval status can be viewed on your profile. It will look like the following:
Applying via mobile app
Applying for leave and setting unavailability on your smartphone app works the same as the web browser.
On the Home tab scroll down to the ‘Time Off’ section.
To submit a leave request, tap on Leave. On the next page, tap the ‘+’ icon in the top
right corner, enter the leave details then tap Done to submit the request.
To let your manager know you are unavailable to work, tap on Leave. On the next page, tap the ‘+’ icon in the top right corner, enter the details then tap Add unavailability.
