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How do I submit a leave request as an employee?

Start your leave request from your Tilt homepage and send it to HR for review

Quick answer
As an employee, you can submit a leave request yourself from your Tilt homepage. Tilt collects information about your employment, your pay, the type of leave you're taking, and your contact preferences to build an accurate leave plan.

Who this applies to / Prerequisites

  • You are an employee at a Tilt customer.
  • You have an active account on the Tilt platform and have completed the account setup process. If you don't have a Tilt account, reach out to your company's HR team.
  • You're starting the leave request yourself. - If your HR team already initiated a leave request for you, see How do I complete a leave request initiated by my HR team?

Steps

  1. Log into Tilt.
  2. On your homepage, click the Request A Leave Online button on the right side.
  3. Complete the leave survey:
    • Type of Leave - Select the type of leave you need to request (caregiver, medical, military, parental, or other). Depending on the leave type selected, the request will trigger additional questions.
    • Job Title
    • How many hours are you scheduled to work per day? — outline the hours for each applicable day of the week.
    • How many hours a week do you usually work? — total across all days.
    • Where are you located? — country, state of residence, state where you physically work, city where you physically work.
    • Do you have more than one job?
    • Expected due date or date of adoption (parental leaves only).
    • Leave Plan Duration - Continuous (all at once) or Intermittent (in blocks at a time). If Intermittent, an additional text field asks for details about your anticipated leave schedule.
    • Leave Range — expected date of leave and expected return to work date.
    • Personal email — ensures continued communication if your work email access is limited during leave.
    • Preferred method of communication pre-leave — Email or Text, with details.
    • Preferred method of communication during leave — Email or Text, with details.
    • Any additional information about your leave request (open text field).
  4. Click Submit to send the request to your HR team for review.

A message will appear on your Dashboard to confirm your leave request has been sent for review.

What if it doesn't work

  • If you need to edit your leave request after submitting, click the link on your dashboard to update the form. See How do I update the details on my pending leave request?
  • If the status of your leave is Under Review, you can't make changes until Tilt publishes your leave plan.
  • If you don't have a Tilt account, contact your company's HR team to get you added.

Limits and exceptions

  • Your leave plan status will show as Waiting on HR until your HR team has reviewed the request and entered additional information about your employment.
    • If HR cancels the request, you'll receive an email notifying you of the decision with suggested next steps.
    • If HR approves the request, you'll receive an email letting you know Tilt is creating your custom leave plan.
  • After HR approves, the request is assigned to a Leave Specialist who creates your custom leave plan. Status shows as Under Review during this time.
  • Please allow 5-7 business days for the Tilt review process. You'll be notified when your leave plan is ready.

Related questions

  • How do I complete a leave request started by my HR team?
  • How do I update the details on my pending leave request?