Time Entry (Manager)

Introduction

The following document has been provided as a step-by-step guide for manager's to review, approve, and report absences for an employee. Managers must approve all absence and "No Leave Taken" entries for their direct report employees. It is important to recognize that the approvals must be done prior to the Payroll Office running their processing for the month. Please adhere to any deadlines to ensure timely processing for all employees.

Contents

Process Summary

Review and Approve Employees' Reported Absences

Approve Direct Reports Employee Absences

View and Enter Reported Absences for an Employee

Report Absences

Reporting "No Leave Taken"

Delete Reported Absences for an Employee

Appendix A- Absence Take

Appendix B- Absence Status

Process Summary

Manager:

  • Managers must approve all absences for their direct report employees.
  • Manager may enter time on behalf of the employee.
  • Time entered by employee must be approved by Manager.
  • Manager can change the review status to "Needs Correction" so the employee can delete and re-enter the absence as needed.
  • Manager change the review status to "REVIEWED" to keep the entries on the screen for the month in preparation for approving as a group.

Dates and Deadlines:

Timekeeper must approve time by the 5th of each month prior to the Payroll Office running their processing for the month.

Employee:

  • Employee must certify absences/time entered (NO LEAVE TAKEN)
  • Employee cannot enter absences/time which his/her has not yet earned – NO NEGATIVE BALANCES ALLOWED
  • Employee cannot approve his/her absences/time.
  • Employee may modify/delete absences/time submitted PRIOR to it being reviewed and/or approved by his/her manager.
  • Employee entry has a status of SUBMITTED.
  • Employee can only report absences/time for which they are eligible in the dropdown

Absences process

Notifications automatically sent to the employee via e-mail:

  • When absences/time is submitted on his/her behalf.
  • When absences/time is deleted.
  • When absences/time is marked as "Needs Correction."

* Employees must enter their own time into the Absence Management system. The only exception is when the employee is unable to access the web for an extended period of time in which case the manager (only) may enter the time for him/her.

Review and Approve Employees' Reported Absences

Managers must approve all absence and "No Leave Taken" entries for their direct report employees. It is important to recognize that the approvals must be done prior to the Payroll Office running their processing for the month. Please adhere to any deadlines to ensure timely processing for all employees.

Step Action Screenshot
1 Manager will login to CSULB Single Sign-On (SSO) and select "Time Approval" chiclets Time Approval
2a At the employee selection page: Check individual boxes in the "Select" column for the employee(s) to review and approve OR Employees for review
2b Click on the "Select All" button to check all employees listed. Select All
3 Select "Continue". Continue
4a If appropriate, select the "Reviewed" checkbox to select the row for approval
OR
Existing Absence Events- Reviewed
4b Click on the "Select All" button to select all shown absence entries. Select All
5 If an absence reported is in error, the "Review Status" of "Needs Corr" can be selected.
Selecting "Needs Corr" will notify the employee via e-mail that the entry needs to be corrected.
Use the "Add Comment" link to open a page where the problem with the time can be explained. Notes will be included in the email communication to the employee.
The "Entry Comments" link will open a page showing comments entered by the employee when the absence report was entered.
Needs Corr option
Add Comments option
6 To Submit Approvals or Status Changes, click "Submit". Submit
7a An approval confirmation will appear, select OK. Approval Confirmation
7b1 If all pending absences have been approved, the confirmation will look a little different with a message indicating all absence events have been approved. Click OK to proceed. Approval Confirmation when pending absences have been approved
7b2 A final message is now displayed indicating, again, that there is no time to approve. Click OK to continue. Final message of approval

Approve Direct Reports Employee Absences

In a manager's absence, entries still need to approved and/or made for their direct reports.

  • If a manager has a direct report that has employees reporting to them, the manager will be able to see the employees that report to their direct report.
  • If a manager is out and cannot manage their direct reports absences, their manager can approve and enter absences on their behalf.
  • In order for a manager to access one of their direct reports, at the employee list select the direct reports iconicon to drill down to a managers direct reports.
Step Action Screenshot
1 Manager will login to CSULB Single Sign-On (SSO) and select "Time Approval" chiclets. Time and Absences This icon will be replaced later with the correct chiclets.
2 On the list of direct reports, all direct reports who have employees reporting to them will have a direct reports icon icon in the last column to the right. Select the direct reports icon icon to drill down to the employee's direct reports. direct reports icon who have employees reporting
3 The selected employee's direct reports list now displays. Manage approving these employees absences exactly as directed in Section 1 above. Managing employees absences

View and Enter Reported Absences for an Employee

Managers can enter and view reported absences for their direct reports and direct reports of managers reporting to them. Absences submitted on behalf of an employee by a Manager are entered with an "Approved" absence status.

On the Absence Entry page, a manager can:

  1. Add new absence transaction.
  2. Delete existing absence transaction.

Absence reporting consists of entering new absence transaction or deleting existing absence transaction. Once a transaction has been accepted by the system, updates can only be performed by deleting the row and submitting a new transaction.

Report Absences

Step Action Screenshot
1 Navigate to: Manager Self Service> Time Management> Report Time> Manager Absence Entry Manager Absence Entry
2 At the employee selection page, select an employee by clicking on the Employee ID.
Note: Employees that report to a managers direct reports can be accessed via the direct reports icon icon.
List of employees
3 The "Report and View Absences" page is displayed.
"From" and "Through" dates are defaulted to the current month.
To view historical or future data, change the From and/or Through date(s).
Existing Absence Events
4 Select the appropriate Absence Name from the pull down menu.
The Begin and End Dates are both set to the first day of the current period.
If applicable (i.e. vacation, sick), the available hours balance is displayed in the Balance column.
Confirm the Balance covers the absence you are recording.
Enter New Absence Events
Note
Only the "Absence Name" that the employee is eligibe for will appear for selection. Check with your collective bargaining agreement or the CSU policy provisions.
5 After selecting the absence, then enter the Begin and End dates for the absence event and Tab out of the field.
System updates end date for one day only. If more than one day reported enter the correct end date.
Use the default Partial Days "NONE" only is a standard shift is appicable (M-F 8 hours)
Absence Events
Note: If full day taken- leave as "none"
6 If only part of a workday was taken off, select Partial Hours from the Partial Days pull down and enter the number of hours in the "Hours Per Day" field. Absence Events- PArtial days
7 Click on the "Calculate Duration" button and validate that the correct number of taken hours are displayed in the "Absence Duration" field. Calculate Duration
8 When an absence requiring a comment is select, the "Add Comments" link will turn red.
Click the "Add Comments" link to open the comments page. Enter the appropriate comments.
Click "Save Comments" when all information is entered and click on "Return to Entry Page".
Absence Events Comments
9 To enter another absence, click on the plus plus button to add a row and continue as instructed above until al absences have been entered. Add more absences
10 If you enter a plus plus row in error, click on the minus minus button on the row you want deleted (prior to submitting). Delete extra row
11 Review the information carefully and click on the "Submit" button to submit an absence for approval. Submit for review
12 Click "OK" on the confirmation page. Submit confirmation
13 The submissions show as an existing absence event. Since the absence was reported by a Manager, the absence is reported as "Approved" and no further approval is necessary. Approved Status

Reporting "No Leave Taken"

Managers are able to enter employee absences using the Manager Self Service page. All employees are required to report "No Leave Taken" if they have no absences to report for the pay period.

Note:

  • "No Leave Taken" should only be reported if there was no time taken away from work during the month.
  • "No Leave Taken" cannot be reported with any other absence event in the month.
Step Action Screenshot
1 Navigate to: Manager Self Service> Time Management> Report Time> Manager Absence Entry Manager Absence Entry
2 At the employee selection page select an employee by clicking on the Employee ID.
Note: Employees that report to a managers direct reports can be accessed via the direct reports icon icon.
List of employees
3 At the page entry, the Absence Name defaults to "No Leave Taken". The Begin and End Dates default to the current Absence period. No Leave taken
4 Review the information carefully and click on the
"Submit" button to submit the absence.
Submit for review
5 Click "OK" on the confirmation page. Submit confirmation
6 Since the transaction was reported by a manager, the time is reported as "Approved" and no further approval is necessary. Existing Absence Events
7 An e-mail is automatically sent to the employee
letting them know if an absence has been entered on their behalf.
Delete absence event

Delete Reported Absences for an Employee

Absence reporting consists of entering new absence transaction or deleting existing absence transaction. Once a transaction has been accepted by the system, updates can only be performed by deleting the row and submitting a new transaction. Reported absences may only be deleted under certain statuses. See Appendix B for additional Status and Deletion information.

Step Action Screenshot
1 Navigate to: Manager Self Service>Time Management >Report Time>Manager Absence Entry  
2 At the employee selection page select an employee by clicking on the Employee ID Timekeeper Absence Entry
3 Select\enter the From and Through dates. Tabbing out of the date field will cause the page to refresh. To and from dates
4 Absences that have not been finalized can be deleted by clicking on the trash icon icon. Existing Absences Events
5 Click "Yes" to confirm deletion or "No" to cancel deletion. confirm delete
6 An e-mail is automatically sent to the employee letting them know if an absence has been deleted on their behalf. Delete absence event
7 To select another employee, select either "Return to Employee List", "Previous Employee in List" or "Next Employee in List". Employee List

Appendix A- Absence Take

Absence Takes available through Self-Service. Eligibility to report time to a particular take is based upon the employee's collective bargaining unit.

Note: Not all takes in the below list will appear depending upon CBID, etc.

Absence Name Description
Dock Time that has been taken after all accruals have been exhausted.
Report this as appropriate as a take but note that a departmental dock form signed by the supervisor still must be turned in to payroll.
Bereavement / Funeral Includes eligible immediate family members. Specify the family member in the Comments.
CTO Premium Earn Compensatory time banked at a premium. Since this is time banked at a premium the employee must have worked over 40 hours in the workweek to enter time for this.
CTO Straight Earn Compensatory time banked at straight time. Straight Time Overtime is for employees that work less than 40 hours in a workweek.
CTO Take Usage of banked compensatory time.
Funeral Includes eligible immediate family members. Specify the family member in the Comments.
Holiday ADO Expiring Take Alternate Day Off Taken.
Holiday ADO Expiring Earn Alternate Day Off when the holiday falls on the employee's regular day off.
Holiday CTO Take CTO paid/taken at the straight time hourly rate of pay.
Holiday CTO Straight Earn CTO earned as a result of an employee working on the day a holiday is officially observed.
Jury Duty Jury Duty when called to serve at a Superior, Municipal or District Court. Must turn into Payroll the official Jury Duty proof of service.
Military Leave Paid and unpaid leave time extended to employees who are members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the National Guard or Naval Militia. CSU compensation and leave duration are contingent upon the nature of the military leave type.
Military Spouse/ Domestic Partner An unpaid leave of absence up to 10 days to an employee who works at least an average of (20) hours per week and also is the spouse or domestic partner of a qualified member of the military on leave from deployment.
Maternity/Paternity Leave 30 day paid leave for the birth of the employee's child or the placement of a child with the employee through adoption or foster care.
MPP Paid Admin Leave Paid leave for which a MPP employee is granted or placed by the President at a campus or the Chancellor at the Chancellor's office pursuant to Title 5 Section 42729.
MPP Paid  
No Leave Taken No leave taken for the pay period. If no other absence events have been reported for the month, this event must be submitted to indicate full time attendance.
Organ Donor/Bone Marrow Paid leave provisions for employees who are organ or bone marrow donors.
Personal Holiday One day off that is granted as of January 1st each calendar year. Usage is at the employees discretion with supervisor approval.
Professional Development Leave Time off for employees to participate in programs and activities intended to better the employee's skills and abilities, pursuant to the respective collective bargaining unit or CSU policy.
Sick- Bereavement Upon request, bereavement/funeral leave may be supplemented with an employee's own sick leave credits. Specify the family member in the Comments.
Sick- Family Care Family care, meaning illness or injury in the immediate family up to 10 days of accrued sick leave may be used in one calendar year. Specify the family member in the Comments.
Sick- Self Sick leave chargeable to employee sick leave balance, physician statement required when absent 5 or more consecutive days.
Union non-reimbursed Time used not reimbursed by an employee represented under a collective bargaining agreement for union related business.
Union Reimbursed Time used by an employee represented under a collective bargaining agreement for union related business.
Vacation Vacation time chargeable to vacation balance when approved by the appropriate administrator.

Appendix B- Absence Status

Absence status represents the transaction as it relates to the open absence reporting cycle. Below is a description of each status and the roles that are allowed to delete transaction with the given status. As the transaction is being moved through the approval and processing cycle, only certain roles have the ability to delete the transaction.

Absence Status Description Deletion
Submitted Absence transaction has been submitted and accepted by an employee.
Employee reported successfully.
Employee, Timekeeper, Manager
Reviewed Timekeeper/Manager has reviewed the absence transaction. Timekeeper, Manager
Needs Correction Absence transactions need to be corrected.
An e-mail notification will be sent to the individual that entered the absences/time.
Employee, Timekeeper, Manager
Approved Manager has approved the absence transaction. Manager
In Process Approved transaction is being processed by Payroll. Manager
Finalized Absence transactions has been recorded and processed by Payroll.
Absence calendar closed.
N/A
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