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This page provides step-by-step answers to the FAQs related to the Leave menu in the ESS portal
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This page provides step-by-step answers to the FAQs related to the Leave menu in the ESS portal
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal and click on the 'Leave’ menu and then on the ’Request’ submenu.
Step 2: Select the ‘Leave’ tab.
Step 3: Enter the relevant information in the fields and click on the ‘Add’ button. Verify the details and click on the 'Confirm Leave' button.
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Path: ESS Portal > Leave > Request > Leave
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveRequest?Menu=leave
Step 1: Log into the ESS portal and click on the 'Leave’ menu and then on the ’Request’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the 'Attendance Regularization' tab and enter the range of dates and click on the 'Search' button. Click the 'Update' button against the entry you want to regularize.
Step 3: Update the time in the 'Attendance Regularization Update' pop-up window along with 'Remark' and click the 'Save' button to submit the request.
Note: If you are unable to make changes in the Leave module, kindly contact us at support@pockethrms.com
Path : ESS Portal > Leave > Request > Attendance Regularization
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveRequest?Menu=attendanceregularization
Step 1: Log into the ESS portal click on the ‘Leave’ menu and then the ‘Employee Report ’submenu.
Step 2: You have to click on the ‘More’ to reveal undisplayed tabs. Once you view additional tabs click on the ‘Punch App Location’ tab.
Step 3: Select the required date range, click on the ‘Search’ button and the results will be visible. Click on the ‘Download Excel’ button and the geo-fencing report will be downloaded.
Step 4: If you want to download geo-fencing for a single employee, use ‘Select Employee’ field to select the employee and click on the search button to view the results. Click on the download button and the geo-fencing report will be downloaded for a single employee.
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Path: ESS Portal >Leave > Employee Report > More > Punch App Location
Link: ttps://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/TeamReport/MyTeamLeaveReport?Menu=PunchInOutReport
You can cancel your previous leave application through the ESS mobile app if the payroll for that month hasn't been processed yet. Even if your leave request has been approved, you can still cancel it. Your leave balance will be restored, and the leave request will be removed.
Step 1: Log into the ESS mobile app and go to the menu. Under the ‘Leave’ menu, click on the ‘Request’ submenu.
Step 2: Go to the ‘Leave’ tab and scroll down and click on the ‘Previous Leaves’ button.
Step 3: Find the leave you want to cancel and swipe left to delete this leave request.
Step 4: A notification will appear asking for confirmation to cancel the leave. Click on ‘Ok’, and the leave will be cancelled.
Note: You cannot cancel the leave if the payroll is processed for the month.
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Path: ESS Mobile App > Leave > Request > Leave > Previous Leaves
Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘My Report’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘In Out Details’ tab enter the ‘Report Type’ as the ‘Detailed Report’, date range and click on the ‘Search’ button.
Step 3: The attendance data will appear and you can see the location details for punch in and punch out in the ‘Location In’ and the ‘Location Out’ column respectively.
Click on the ‘Export Excel’ button and attendance in out details along with the location details will be downloaded.
Note: In the columns ‘In Geolocation’ and ‘Out Geo location’, the location that you have geo tagged for the employee through geo tagging or geo fencing will appear.
Path: ESS Portal>Leave>My Report>IN OUT Details>Detailed Report>Date Range>Search>Export Excel
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/MyReport/MyLeaveReport?Menu=InOutDetails
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You can check leave data from
A. ESS portal
B. Cloud portal
Follow the steps below to download leave details from the respective portal.
Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘My Report’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Leave Details’ tab, select required details such as Leave Status, Leave Type, From Date, To Date and click on the ‘Search’ button.
Step 3: The Leave data will appear along with details such as status, from date, to date, half/full day, number of days of leave and the leave type. You can click on the ‘Download’ button and the leave data/details report will be downloaded.
Note: You can click on the ‘Leave Balance’ tab to check your leave balance.
Path: ESS>Leave>My Report>Leave Details>select details>Search>Download
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/MyReport/MyLeaveReport?Menu=leavedetails
Step 1: Log into the cloud portal, go to the ‘Analytics’ menu and click on the ‘Reports’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Leave’ tab and under the leave tab you can click on the various subtab such as, Muster Roll, Leave History, Absenteeism, Report Wizard, Leave Carry Forward Balance, Leave Encash and Leave Tracker to get required leave data.
Path: Cloud>Analytics>Report>Leave
Link: https://cloud.pockethrms.com/Reports/Report/Index?module=leave&submodule=MusterRoll
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Request’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Leave’ tab from the top bar, select the ‘Leave Type’ as compensatory off or Comp-off. Fill in other details such as date range, reason and more and click on the ‘ADD’ button.
The compensatory off (comp-off) leave request will be submitted.
Path: ESS>Leave>Request>Leave Type-Compensatory Off>fill in details>Add
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveRequest?Menu=leave
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, select ‘Leave’ menu and then click on the ‘Request’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Leave’ tab at the top. Select the required details in the respective fields such as type of leave, reliever employee, date range and more.
Step 3: From the dropdown field under the ‘From Date’ and ‘To Date’ fields select the option as ‘First Half Day’ or ‘Second Half Day’ as required and click on the ‘Add’ button and the half day leave will be applied accordingly.
Path: ESS portal>Leave>Request>select required the details>select First Half Day or Second Half Day>ADD
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveRequest?Menu=leave
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with manager login, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Approval’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Leave’ tab, here you will see all the pending leaves from your employees. You can select radio button from the ‘Accept’ or ‘Reject’ columns and click on the ‘Save’ button. The requests will be approved or rejected respectively.
Note: Similarly, you can click on the ‘Attendance Regularization’, ‘On Duty/Work From Home’ to view respective pending requests from the employees.
Step 3: You can enter the employee name in the ‘Search field’ at the upper right-hand corner of the screen to view pending requests from a particular employee.
Path: Manager ESS Login>Leave>Approval>Leave>you will get the details under the pending request>Approve/Reject>Save
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveApproval?Menu=leaveapprove
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You can’t check employee’s pending requests from the cloud portal. You can check employee’s pending requests from the ESS portal.
Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with HR login, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Approval’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘More’ and select the ‘HR Approval’ option.
Step 3: You can select radio button from the ‘Accept’ or ‘Reject’ columns and click on the ‘Save’ button. The requests will be approved or rejected respectively.
Note 1: You can enter ‘Employee Code’ in the respective field and click on the ‘Search’ button to find the requests from a particular employee.
Note 2: You can enter ‘Manager Code’ in the respective field and click on the ‘Search’ button to find the requests that are pending for approval for a particular manager.
Note 3: You can check pending requests for Leave/On Duty/Attendance Regularisation by going to respective tabs.
Path: HR ESS Login>Leave>Approval>More>HR Approval>Approve/Reject>Save
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveApproval?Menu=AttendanceRegularizationAdmin
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with manager credentials, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Employee Report’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the leave tab and the you will view a list of your employees. Click on the ‘Check Balance’ button for the employee whose leave balance you want to check.
Step 3: A pop-up will open with details of leave for various types of leaves. You can click on the respective ‘View Used’ or ‘View Debited’ button to view the number of leaves used or debited for particular leave of an employee.
Note: You can also use the Search field at the upper corner of the screen to view leave balance of a particular employee.
Path: ESS Manager Login> Leave>Employee Report>Leave Balance>Check Balance
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/EmployeeReport/EmployeeLeaveReport?Menu=leavebalance
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with manager credentials. Go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Approval’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘More’ and select the ‘Shift Approval’ option.
Step 3: Enter the ‘Employee Code’ for whom you want to approve shift and click on the ‘Search’ button. The employee’s shift request will appear.
Step 4: Select the respective checkboxes in the ‘Approve’ and ‘Cancel Shift’ columns and click on the ‘Save’ button. The shift schedule will be saved accordingly.
Path: ESS portal manager credentials>Leave>Approval>More>Shift Approval>Employee Code>Search>Approve/Cancel Shift>Save
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveApproval?Menu=ShiftApproval
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with HR or admin credentials. Go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the 'Employee Report’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘On Duty Report’ tab and from the ‘Report Type’ dropdown select the status as Approved, Pending, Rejected or all as required. Select date range and click on the ‘Search’ button, the results will appear.
Step 3: You will see the details of the On duty requests along with the ‘Status’ and ‘Manager Remark’. Click on the ‘Export Excel’ button to download the report.
Note: if you want to view requests from particular employee, select that employee from the ‘Employee Code’ field at the top of the page.
Path: Admin/HR ESS Login>Leave>Employee Report>On Duty Report>Report Type>.Date Range>Search>Export to Excel
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/EmployeeReport/EmployeeLeaveReport?Menu=OnDutyReport
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The first priority manager receives the email notification only when an employee applies for leave or requests leave.
The manager won’t get any notification when they approve the leave request.
The 2nd priority manager will get a notification when the first priority manager approves the request.
After the action of the both 1st and 2nd priority manager, whether it’s an approval or rejected, employee will get email notification along with the status of their leave.
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Employee Report’ submenu.
Step 2: Go to ‘In Out Details’ tab, enter the date range in the respective fields and click on the ‘Search’ button.
Step 3: In the ‘In IP Address’ and ‘Out IP address’ columns you can see the IP address of the machine or mode of the employee punch attendance. You can click on the ‘Export Excel’ button to download the in out details details
Path: ESS Login>Leave>Employee Report>check details in the ‘In IP Address’ and ‘Out IP address’ columns>Export Excel Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/EmployeeReport/EmployeeLeaveReport?Menu=InOutDetails
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with admin or HR credentials, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Employee Report’ submenu.
Step 2: Go to the ‘Leave Details’ and fill in the details such as, ‘Leave Status’ such as approved, rejected, pending or more as required. Also select Leave Type, date range and click on the ‘Search’ button. The leave entries will appear and you can click on the ‘Download Excel’ button to download the report.
Note: To download leave detail report for a particular employee, select the employee from the ‘Employee’ field.
Path: Admin/HR ESS Login>Leave>Employee Report>Leave Details>fill in details>Search>Download
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/EmployeeReport/EmployeeLeaveReport?Menu=leavedetails
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The permission entry or permission request allows employees to take short leave or breaks for a few hours. It is as a short-term time off. This could be used for purposes such as attending personal appointments, running errands, or dealing with emergencies that require an employee to step out during their working hours without taking a full leave.
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The ‘Leave bucket is Empty’ is likely shown because you are checking your leave balance but you have already used all your leaves. That your leave balance is exhausted.
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Request’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘On Duty/Work From Home’ tab, select required details such as date range, Date Type, time, Type and remarks in the respective fields and click on the ‘Save’ button. The On Duty/Work From Home request will be sent for approval to respective manager
Path: ESS portal> Leave>Request>On Duty/Work From Home>fill in required details>Save
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveRequest?Menu=onduty
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A manager can not cancel an approved leave and leave doesn’t get cancelled automatically.
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Request’ subtab.
Step 2: Click on the respective leave type you want to cancel such as, leave, attendance regularization, on duty/work from home and more.
Step 3: Scroll down to the ‘Previous’ leaves section. Click on the ‘Cancel’ button for the respective pending leave request. The leave request will be cancelled.
Path: ESS portal with Employee login>Leave>Request>select respective leave type tab>scroll down to previous leaves section>Cancel
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveRequest
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Step 1: Log into the cloud portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Request’ subtab.
Step 2: Click on the respective leave type you want to cancel such as, leave, attendance regularization, on duty/work from home and more.
Step 3: Scroll down to the ‘Previous’ leaves section. Click on the ‘Cancel’ button for the respective approved leave request. The leave request will be sent to the respective manager for cancellation and once a manager approves the leave balance will be revoked accordingly.
Path: ESS portal with Employee login>Leave>Request>select respective leave type tab>scroll down to previous leaves section>Cancel
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveRequest
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Request’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Shift’ tab, fill in the details such as Month, Year, date range and select your current shift from the ‘Shift Name’ dropdown. Click on the process button and the shift schedule will appear accordingly.
Step 3: In the ‘SHIFT NAME’ column select the required shift for the respective date and click on the ‘Save’ button. The shift change request will be sent to the concerned manager.
Note:
You can select the same date in the ‘to and from days’ if you want to request a shift change for a single day.
As the shift change request is sent to manager for approval ensure that you have set a manager for the ‘Shift Schedule Entry’ in the employee’s approval matrix.
Path: ESS portal>Leave>Request>Shift>select details> Shift Name (Current Shift Name)>Process>select required shift for the respective date>Save
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveRequest?Menu=shift
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘My Team Report’.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Monthly Attendance Summary’ tab.
Step 3: Scroll down and you will find the list of your team mate along with their Code and Names.
Path: ESS Portal>Leave>My Team Report>Monthly Attendance Summary>scroll down to the employee list under you.
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/TeamReport/MyTeamLeaveReport?Menu=monthlyattendancesummary
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You can regularize attendance or modify punch details for an employee by following ways.
Regularize from the cloud portal
Regularize from the Employee’s ESS log in
Regularize from the Employee’s ESS mobile app
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Step 1: Log into the ESS app, click on the ‘3 line-menu’ icon at the top left-hand corner of the screen. Click on the ‘Leave’ menu followed by the ‘Request’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Attendance Regularization’ tab at the top bar, click on the ‘Update’ button for the particular date for which you want to regularize your attendance.
Step 3: Here you can change/modify your In Time, Out Date, Out Time, enter the Remark and click on the ‘Save’ button and your attendance regularization request will be submitted.
Step 4: You can also use the ‘Filter’ button at the lower right-hand corner of the page select the date range.
Step 5: Enter ‘From Date’ and ‘To Date’ and click on the ‘Search’ button and you will be able to view your attendance entries for selected date range.
Path: ESS Mobile app>’3 Line menu’>Leave:>Request>attendance regularization>find the entry to be regulated>Update>fill in details>Save
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You can download attached files with employee's leave application from,
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with manager login, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Approval’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Leave’ tab, here you will see all the pending leaves from your employees. From the ‘Attachment’ column you can download the medical certificate or any other file that employee attached with their leave request.
Path: ESS manager log in>Leave>Approval>Leave>Download file from the Attachment column
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveApproval?Menu=leaveapprove
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with HR login, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Approval’ submenu.
Step 2: Go to the ‘More’ tab and click on the ‘HR Approval’ option. All the pending leaves from employees will appear.
Step 3: You can download the medical certificate or any other file that employee attached with their leave request from the ‘Attachment’ column.
Note: To download attachment from the leave request for a particular employee or for the employee from the team of the manager select them from the ‘Employee Code’ or ‘Manager Code’ fields respectively and click on the ‘Search’ button, the leaver requests will appear accordingly.
Path: ESS HR log in>Leave>Approval>More>HR Approval>Download file from the Attachment column
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/Transaction/LeaveApproval?Menu=hrapproval
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CL – stands for ‘Causal Leave’
SH – Stands for ‘Second Half’
So, the CL-SH means, that employee has taken casual leave on for the second off.
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Ask employee to cancel the approved leave, the request will be sent to Manager or the Admin/HR ESS and the manager can approve employee’s cancel leave request as well as Admin/HR can approve employee’s cancel leave request from their ESS portal.
For detailed guide you may visit the links below
Ask employee to submit revoke request or cancel their leave from ESS desktop portal & they can also cancel leave from ESS mobile app.
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with HR or Admin credentials, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Face Recognition’ submenu.
Step 2: Go to the ‘Face Deletion’ tab, then ‘Select Employee’ from the respective field and click on the ‘Delete’ button. Employee selfie will be deleted.
Path: ESS portal HR/admin credentials> Leave >Face Recognition >Face Deletion >Select Employee>Delete
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/EmployeeFace/FaceRecognition?Menu=SaveDocument
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal with the Admin or HR portal, go to the ‘Leave’ menu and click on the ‘Employee Report’ submenu.
Step 2: Click on the ‘More’ tab and click on the ‘On Duty Report’ tab.
Step 3: Select the ‘Report Type’ (Approved/Pending/Rejected/All), Date Range (up to 31 Days) and click on the ‘Search’ button.
Step 4: Results will appear, click on the ‘Export to Excel’ button and the report will be downloaded accordingly.
Path: Log in to ESS with Admin/HR credentials> Leave > Employee Report > On Duty Report > Report Type > Date range between 31 days > Search > Export to Excel
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/EmployeeReport/EmployeeLeaveReport?Menu=OnDutyReport
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Step 1: Log into the ESS portal, go to the leave menu and click on the ‘My Team Report’ or ‘Employee report’, depending on your role.
Step 2: Go to the ‘Monthly Attendance Summary’ tab, enter Date range in the respective fields and click on the ‘Search’ button the attendance will appear.
Step 3: Click on the ‘Export to Excel’ button and the report will be downloaded accordingly.
Path: Leave > My Team Report / Employee Report (depending on your role) > Monthly Attendance Summary > select the date range > Search > Export to Excel
Link: https://ess.pockethrms.com/Leave/EmployeeReport/EmployeeLeaveReport?Menu=monthlyattendancesummary
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