Sydney Smalley
Created Nov 07, 2024Supervisor Guide: How to Review and Approve Absence Certification
Upon login to MyPack Portal, most users land on the Employee Self Service (ESS) homepage.
Supervisors performing the absence certification will need to navigate to the Manager Self Service Homepage
Click on the drop-down menu on the top left of the banner and select the Manager Self Service (MSS) landing page option

From the WolfTime Manager page click on the Apprv/Review Abs Certification tab.
Note: If a Supervisor gets an HTTP 400 error when they try to Approve an employee's certification, they should try clearing their cache (or using a different browser) and then try again.

From the Approve Absence Certification page, certifications can be searched by Status and at least one other criteria from Employee ID, Department ID, and Year.
Note: Update the "Year" criteria field to isolate search results to a specific yearStatus may be In Progress, Complete, or Cancelled.
In Progress - requires Supervisor Approval
Complete - allows a Supervisor to review previous Approved Certifications
Cancelled - allows a Supervisor to review previous Cancelled Certifications

This page allows Supervisors to review their employee’s balances for the year being certified as well as any comments the employee left during certification
For each leave type, the table shows the amount of leave rolled over from the previous year, the amount earned, the amount taken, the amount adjusted, and the ending balance
Supervisors can click any red value in the table for a month-by-month breakdown of that value

Leave a Comment as necessary
Click the Approve button to agree with the Absence Certification submitted
Click the Deny button to reject an Absence Certification submitted by a direct report
Denying an absence certification always requires a comment indicating the reason
The employee will be able to recertify absence balances again after reviewing the supervisor comments and making any necessary adjustments

The status on the Absence Certification will update to Complete
Leave Coordinator Approval is not required if the Supervisor Approves the Absence Certification
The employee will receive email confirmation when Absence Certification has been Approved
Comments will be recorded in Comment History
