What's new to Human resources

You can use the Leave Date of Return is Last Day of Leave field on the Payroll tab of Synergetic Financial Maintenance to configure whether employees return to work on their last day of leave or the first day of work after leave.

Leave-related tabs and windows display the last day of leave as the

• End Date when this field is selected
• Return Date when this field is deselected.

Staff member can use the My Leave tab of the Staff Kiosk to maintain their leave by:

• viewing leave entitlement balances
• viewing records of leave taken
• applying, editing or cancelling existing leave applications.

Staff members can cancel a pending leave application request by clicking on the My Leave tab of the Staff Kiosk.

Note: You cannot cancel approved or rejected leave application requests. 

Staff members can use the updated Leave Application window to apply for leave. Using this window, staff members can submit a complete leave application including:

• leave dates
• leave type requested
• relief notes and attachments for the staff member managing your role while you are on leave
• additional relevant comments.

Staff members can use the new Duration field to view the duration of their leave application. This field displays the number of units followed by the type of unit. In the image below, the number of units is 50.00 and the type of unit is hours.

Note: You can select the unit type for each leave type using the Unit field on the Leave Awards tab of the Payroll Configuration window. See Payroll Configuration - Leave Awards tab.

Managers can use the Staff Leave tab of the Staff Kiosk to:

• process leave application requests
• view leave application requests.

Leave applications are submitted using the My Leave tab of the Staff Kiosk. See Submitting leave application requests.

When a staff member submits a leave application, Synergetic automatically generates the Manager receiving a leave application Action Centre message to notify the manager with leave approval authority.

Note: Leave approval authority is determined using a leave approval hierarchy defined using the General tab of Job Position Maintenance. For more information, see /wiki/spaces/SYNMAIN/pages/2294745836.

Leave applications are submitted using the My Leave tab of the Staff Kiosk. See Submitting leave application requests.

When a manager processes a leave application, Synergetic automatically generates the Outcome of a leave application Action Centre message to notify the staff member applying for leave that their leave application request has been processed.