Managing Leaves & Absences

Find out how to manage your employees’ leaves and absences. 

Both supervisors and employees are accountable for managing leaves.

Supervisors sign off on leaves and expenses and are to

• Determine if the employee is eligible for pay while on the requested leave
• Review employee leave requests and approve or deny them
• Consider operational requirements before approving a leave request
• Ensure leave taken is recorded on a timely basis
• Confirm leave banks before approving leave and/or authorizing leave banks to be paid out
• Ensure sufficient funds exist within their respective budgets to provide for costs associated with leave
• Advise the employee of the leave and pay decisions and provide an explanation

Employees must ensure that

• Leave is requested when absence from work is necessary
• Leave is authorized
• Leave taken is recorded in a timely basis
• Leave balance records are correct
• Leave banks are not exceeded
• Eligibility for paid leave is demonstrated

Click links below for more on specific types of leave:

• Managing Sick Leave
  • Early Intervention and Return to Work for supervisors
  • Early Intervention and Return to Work e-learning series
  • Short term sick leave overview (STIIP)
  • Long term disability plan overview for supervisors
  • Report of Injury or Occupational Disease (Form 7)
  • Sample letters for sick leave
  • Medical assessments for safety sensitive work
• Managing Requests for Special Leave or General Leave
• Managing Flexible Work Options