There’s a greater than 0% probability that you read this blog title and thought to yourself, “Managing a single leave of absence is a frustrating cluster[bad word], let alone at scale…I’ll have a double dose of whatever it is Tilt’s blog writer is on.” Well, fortunately you’ll only need to down a double dose of truth juice, because it’s not a fantasy. There is an effortless way to manage your leaves, whether you have to support a single leave of absence that pops up unannounced or 20.
The reality of the situation is that today, a majority of HR and People Ops teams are stuck supporting leaves of absence with a lack of automation, coordination, and sophistication in their systems and processes.
And that’s no fault of your own. The antiquated systems put in place for you to navigate this complicated and time-consuming task haven’t been designed with what it’s really like for you to manage leaves of absence in mind.
But times, they are a-changin’, and with Tilt’s dedicated leave of absence management software, you can make effortless leave management at scale your reality.
How Tilt Makes Managing Leaves at Scale Easy
With magic! Okay, it’s not really magic, but TIlt’s ability to automate your most complicated to-do gives off some very strong magical vibes. Tilt’s software works directly with real-time information from your HRIS to deliver lightning-quick, personalized, leave plans for your employees in need of leave.
They can request a leave of absence right within the platform where our technology automatically determines eligibility, provides them with their rights and responsibilities, and sets them up with a personal, 1-1 Leave Success Manager (AKA Empathy Warrior).
In one fell swoop, your employees have their roadmap to a successful leave of absence laid out before them, and their human guide placed beside them to help them should they need anything along the way. Tilt makes this magic happen for every type of leave (even intermittent leave), for any state in the country (talk to us about Canada leaves…) without you having to lift a finger.
So what does an employee leave plan in Tilt actually look like? We’re so glad you asked:
Tilt provides a step-by-step guide to your employee’s leave of absence. Our software can be customized to include any of your leave policies, and we educate your people on everything they need to know. We even send reminders of important upcoming deadlines they need to be aware of (and we’ll reach out to them for you if those deadlines are approaching).
One of the biggest concerns your employees have on a leave of absence, aside from making sure they’re being covered by the benefits they’re eligible for, is clarity around pay. Well, Tilt automates that as well (your payroll team will LOVE this too).
Not only does Tilt automate pay calculations, but we also incorporate state benefits so your employees know exactly how much they can expect to be paid, from what sources, and should there be any changes (say a change in pay rate or leave dates change) we automatically adjust the pay calculations so your payroll team and employee are always in the know about cash flow.
Step-by-step leave plans and automated pay calculations are great (if we do say so ourselves), but Tilt understands the power of visuals when it comes to a leave of absence, and with our Leave Maps you’ll see why.
With Tilt’s leave map technology, you, your employee on leave, AND the employee’s manager (yes, they get Tilt access as well) can see precisely what benefits and programs are in effect at any moment in time along the leave journey.
This transparency empowers managers to optimize workforce planning when a leave occurs because they’ll know the exact status of their employee’s journey, including any shifts to leave start and stop dates that may occur in real-time. Tilt even breaks down what each program entails as you can see for New York PFL above.
Automation, transparency, and an educated workforce are your best friends when it comes to leave of absence efficacy at scale, and Tilt does this for you automatically, in one platform, for all stakeholders of a leave of absence.
Care to walk around the platform yourself? Be our guest.
Why Being Able to Manage Leaves at Scale is Critical to Your Business
Being able to effortlessly manage leaves at scale has obvious benefits to your People Ops operations and to your employees needing support. Leave requests are on the rise, and as such, eliminating the manual tasks currently associated with your leave of absence process is a must in order to consistently and compliantly oversee your leave program.
The benefits extend well beyond just being able to take this massive administrative burden off your plate. As alluded to above, effective and transparent leave of absence management allows for better workforce planning, minimizing gaps in your workforce’s output when an employee goes on leave.
The ripple effects of this can’t be overstated. When an employee goes on leave and there isn’t clarity and coordination across all stakeholders you run the risk of employee burnout, a drop off in production, and dissatisfied customers. These can lead to employee turnover, further drop off in production, more dissatisfied customers, and then the snowball effect is on.
Outside of productivity impacts, the lack of process consistency when manually managing leaves at scale exposes your organization to serious compliance risks, that depending on the transgression and size of your organization, might be significant enough that your organization can’t recover from it. If you’re interested in some light reading, here’s an example that cost an organization over $100k for a single FMLA violation.
With Tilt’s automated leave management software, employees return to work more engaged, more supported, and with the business firing on all cylinders like it was when they left. Tilt’s solution was built to scale as your leaves increase so that you can focus on what matters most to you.
No matter how many employees need leave support at any one time, you can rest assured that your employees are getting the support they need consistently and compliantly every step of the way.
About Tilt
Tilt is leading the charge in all things leave of absence management through easy-to-use tech and human touch. Since 2017, our proprietary platform and Empathy Warriors have been helping customers make leave not suck by eliminating administrative burdens, keeping companies compliant, and providing a truly positive and supportive leave of absence experience for their people.
