How to Approve a Leave Request

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Step 1: Login in MVConnect. 

Step 2: Click on Employee Self-Service, in the Self-Service for Employees menu. 

Step 3: Click on Leave Balances and Approval for Supervisors. 

Step 4: Check Leave Request in the Filter options window then click the Apply Filters button. 

Step 5: Select the Leave request you need to approve by clicking the View option. Outstanding requests are listed under each employee’s leave request list. You can click an employee name to expand or collapse that employee’s list from view.  Requests awaiting approval have a Submitted status. Requests that have already been approved have an Approved status.  Requests that have been previously denied have a Rejected status. To view details about a particular request, click the View option. 
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​​​​​​​Step 6: Review the details of the request.  The left column of the page (not pictured below) displays previously approved/denied requests. The middle of the page displays the A) leave type being requested, the B) start and end dates for this request and the C) breakdown of hours per day that are being requested. The right side of the page displays the D) current and pending balance of this leave type for this employee based on this current request. 

​​​​​​​Step 7: If needed, use the gray left and right arrows to see additional days/hours being requested in another week. Edits can be made as necessary. 

Step 8: Once your review is complete, use the buttons in the top right to submit your approval. 

Note the following: 

• If you make a change to the request, click Save. You will be prompted to enter and save a comment. This does not approve the request. This just saves your changes. 

• To approve the request, click Approve. This will send an email to the requestor letting them know the request has been approved. 

• To deny the request, click Reject. You will be prompted to enter and save a comment.  This will send an email to the requestor letting them know the request has been denied. This will also change the status of the request to Rejected. Once the request is rejected, it can be edited by the requestor and resubmitted. 

• Approvers cannot Delete a requestor submission. However, approvers can Delete a submission that they created on behalf of the employee (once it is saved).  

• Approvers will receive an email if the requestor withdraws a request that was previously approved or unsubmits a request that hasn’t yet been approved. 

• Comments entered are not included in the automated emails, but they can be seen by the requestor when they view the details of the request.  

• If requested changes or new leave requests made by an employee are not appearing, approvers can refresh the list of requests by pressing the F5 button on their keyboard. 

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