{"id":636,"date":"2012-10-11T19:05:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T23:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/?post_type=question&#038;p=636"},"modified":"2012-10-11T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T23:05:12","slug":"how-do-i-send-a-request-for-time-off-through-my-butler","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/question\/how-do-i-send-a-request-for-time-off-through-my-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I send a request for time off through My.Butler?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>In <em>My.Butler<\/em>, navigate to <strong>Self Service <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/arrow.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/arrow.gif\" alt=\"arrow\" width=\"10\" height=\"13\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Time Reporting <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/arrow.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/arrow.gif\" alt=\"arrow\" width=\"10\" height=\"13\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Report Time &gt; Absence Request<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select a start and end date; click on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/calendar_icon.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/calendar_icon.gif\" alt=\"calendar icon\" width=\"15\" height=\"17\" \/><\/a>\u00a0to select a date from a calendar view.\n<ul>\n<li>For single-day absences, the start and end dates should be the same.<\/li>\n<li>For multiple-day absences, a single request should only include regularly scheduled workdays, not weekends or rest days. Because you don&#8217;t want to include rest days in your request, you may have to submit multiple requests for absences that extend beyond a single work week. For example, if you are taking a vacation Wednesday, January 5, 2011 through Tuesday, January 11, 2011 (and your normal work schedule does not include Saturday and Sunday), you would create two separate vacation requests&#8211;as depicted below&#8211;corresponding to the two work weeks during which you will take vacation time.\n<ul>\n<li>Vacation Request #1: Start: 01\/05\/11 (Wednesday) &#8211; End: 01\/07\/11 (Friday)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/absence_req_example1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/absence_req_example1.gif\" alt=\"An absence request form with details filled in for a total of 22.5 hours.\" width=\"308\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/absence_req_example1.gif 308w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/absence_req_example1-300x212.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vacation Request #2: Start: 01\/10\/11 (Monday) &#8211; End: 01\/11\/11 (Tuesday)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/absence_req_example2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/absence_req_example2.gif\" alt=\"An absence request form in process showing a request for a total of 15 hours.\" width=\"304\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/absence_req_example2.gif 304w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/absence_req_example2-300x212.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select the type of absence you are requesting from the <em>Absence Type<\/em> dropdown.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the number of hours in your standard work day in the <em>Hours Off Per Day<\/em> box. Note that most employees work 7.5 hours per day. If you are requesting a half day off and you usually work 7.5 hours per day, please enter 3.75 in the <em>Hours Off Per Day<\/em> box.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/calculate_duration.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/calculate_duration.gif\" alt=\"Calculate duration button\" width=\"180\" height=\"23\" \/><\/a>\u00a0button. The duration of your absence is calculated automatically.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/submit_butt.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-277\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/submit_butt.gif\" alt=\"Submit button\" width=\"74\" height=\"23\" \/><\/a>\u00a0button. Your absence request is routed to your supervisor (or his\/her delegate) for approval.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"faq-topic":[114261,114259],"faq-tags":[],"class_list":["post-636","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","faq-topic-for-faculty-and-staff","faq-topic-time-reporting","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=636"},{"taxonomy":"faq-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-tags?post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}