Approve and Monitor a Faculty Leave Request

Purpose

To approve any of these faculty leaves:

• Administrative
• Research
• Parental

Start

Do this task at BOTH of these times:

• When the faculty leave is requested
• When the faculty member is ready to return from the leave

Important: The faculty member must also approve BOTH the request to take the leave AND the request to return from the leave. See the following diagrams for an overview of the required approvals.

Approvals and Notifications to Initiate a Faculty Leave

A request for faculty leave includes these approvals and notifications:

Approvals and Notification to Return From a Faculty Leave

A request to return from a faculty leave includes these approvals and notifications:

References

For additional information on how to navigate the Human Resources and Payroll Services system, use these how-to guides:

Actions

This guide is organized into the following procedures:
A. Go to Your Pending Approvals
B. Open the Request You Want to Approve
C. Review the Details of the Request
D. Approve a Request with Comments
E. Push Back a Request with Comments

A. Go to Your Pending Approvals

1. Log into your MySlice home page.
   
2. Click Human Resources and Payroll Services.
   
3. Click the Approvals tile.

B. Open the Request You Want to Approve

1. On the menu on the left of the page, click the type of request you want to approve.
   
2. On the list on the right of the page, click the request.

Example: Here's an example of a request for a research leave:

C. Review the Details of the Request

If you want to see the details of the request:

1. Click View Details. 
   Example: Here's a partial example of the details for a research leave:
   
2. Review the details of the request.
3. To see who is next in line to approve the request, scroll to the bottom of the page.
   
4. You are the Pending approver.
5. Once you approve the request, it will go to the next approver to the right in the chain.
6. If other people have already approved the request, click the arrow next to Comments to see any comments they may have added.
   

7. What do you want to do next?

   If you want to	Then
   Approve the request without adding any comments	Continue with step 6.
   Approve the request and add comments for other approvers	Go to D. Approve a Request with Comments.
   Push back the request so the person making it can change it	Go to E. Push Back a Request with Comments.

8. To approve the request without adding any comments:
9. Click Approve.
   Result: If you successfully approved the request, a Save Successful message will briefly show at the top of the page.
   
10. Click the Pending Approvals button in the upper left of the page to review other pending approvals.

D. Approve a Request with Comments

1. If you are still at the details of the request from the previous section, click the Pending Approvals button in the upper left of the page.
   
2. Open the request again.
3. Click Approve.
   
4. Add any comments and then click Submit.
5. Look for these changes to confirm that you correctly approved the request:

• • A message indicating that you approved the request briefly shows at the top of the page.
    

• • The request is no longer in your list of pending approvals.

E. Push Back a Request with Comments

To push back a request so the person making the request can change it:

1. If you are still at the details of the request from the previous section, click the Pending Approvals button in the upper left of the page.
   
2. Open the request again.
3. Click Pushback.
   
4. In the Comment box, describe the changes the person making the request needs to make.
5. Click Submit.
6. Look for these changes to confirm that you correctly pushed back the request:

• • A message indicating that you approved the request briefly shows at the top of the page.
    

• • The request is no longer in your list of pending approvals.