Leave

Leave that you can almost just leave. Sound too good to be true? Well, get excited.

As much as it might surprise non-payroll people, leave is messy and noisy and quite often very very important to staff.

That’s why elementTIME does more than allow staff to view their balances, forecast leave, and integrate leave requests directly into timesheets, schedules, team calendars, and even Outlook. elementTIME understands the noise and tries to quiet it down.

From allowing custom content so staff are reminded of what leave types are for what (no more of the, “Oh, I didn’t know I shouldn’t take carer’s leave because the surf was pumping” excuse), to the ability to assign ownership of leave evidence to the person applying, or the person approving the leave, or… well anyone.

We get that it’s the noise around leave that makes leave management noisy and it’s a huge cost to local government, from inefficiency to impacting staff engagement and trust. That’s why we work so hard with our payroll officers and staff to understand what causes noise and design the software equivalent of earplugs for leave issues.

With elementTIME managing your leave, you might even find your payroll officers can take some themselves.

elementTIME provides flexible leave management built for the complexity of council staff entitlements.

elementTIME leave calendar manager
  • As many leave types as you need
  • Custom leave accruals
  • Balance forecasting
  • Infinite workflow options and the ability to reassign as relevant
  • Leave that shows anywhere it is needed from timesheets to schedules to shared calendars
  • Custom content
  • Instance vs evidence tracking
  • Leave balance alerts
  • Full flexi, RDO, and TOIL management

Staff leave, easy and visible

Leave, schedules, and timesheets: you can’t have one without the other two.

We’ve made leave a key part of the timesheets (and scheduling, and everything else) so it’s easy for staff and easy for payroll.

elementTIME is built specifically to manage the actual complexities of local government leave so that staff and managers understand what’s going on and can stay compliant.

How much leave have I got?

Current and predicted leave balances in real-time for users and managers, with alerts for balance caps and other requirements. Yep, payroll won’t ever get the question, “How much leave do I have?” ever again.

Everyone on the same page

Approved leave is visible on dashboards and calendars (such as Outlook) so staff, managers, and teams know who is going to be away well in advance.

For those managers who still don’t love real-time dashboards, there are even daily digests, liability alerts, and notifications.

Process

Multi-step approval workflows and reminders ensure the right leave request gets approved by the right people. Not to mention built-in reminders to arrange cover if leave is approved for people with direct reports.  

Ticking the boxes

Fully conditional task management allows the triggering of requirements when conditions are met including the need for attachments, comments, and even just notifications.

Leave features

Leave banks and balances

Create multiple leave types with different rules and add them to leave banks, or allow them to share the same balance. Every accrual, adjustment and use is linked and auditable.

Flexi

Manage flexi the way you want to manage flexi. You can even set balance rules and cap what staff can accrue.

Balance forecasting

Give the gift of future planning. Staff and managers can see current leave balances and as well as predicted balances at dates in the future, based on what they would have accrued by that date.

Approval workflows

Flexible leave approval workflows for all different leave types and governance scenarios.

Apply from timesheet

Staff can apply for leave directly from their timesheets to ensure a record of work includes leave as well. 

Synced to calendars

Approved leave syncs straight through to your internal calendar system such as Outlook.

EDRMS integrated

Leave requests and supporting documentation pushes straight through to personal and payroll containers according to your specific records rules.

RDO accruals

Got staff on RDO setups? We have ideas but if you need RDO accruals after paid hours but before excess-time kicks in, we’ve got you covered.

Free up your people to focus on the important stuff

Automate and streamline your payroll process so your staff can focus on doing great things that matter for your community.

We make it easy

Support

In-app support for your users and payroll.

Anywhere on any device

Modern technology, designed for council users, available on any device.

Evolving technology

Fresh features and enhancements dropping frequently, inspired by our users.

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