HR is unlike any other function in the business. You own elements of your organization’s culture, credibility, care, and you’re often the team employees turn to when they need help.
That responsibility is especially visible during leave. These moments shape how employees feel supported, how managers stay aligned, and how leadership builds trust across the organization. Delivering an enjoyable leave experience matters far beyond the leave itself. It touches retention and the confidence people have in the business as a whole.
Leave Experience Management (LXM) supports HR in delivering that experience with intention and consistency. It brings together the tools HR teams rely on to guide employees through leave, stay aligned with managers, and keep leadership informed. Through three purpose-built tools, LXM helps create a leave experience that feels steady, thoughtful, and well supported from start to finish.
Leave Planner: Supporting Employees With Clarity and Confidence
For many employees, leave begins well before a request is ever submitted. They’re thinking through personal questions quietly, often on their own. What types of leave apply to my situation? What benefits am I eligible for? How will pay work? When should I talk to my manager?
Tilt’s Leave Planner supports employees at this early stage, when clarity matters most. It offers a private, self-serve way for employees to explore their leave options. Employees can review potential benefits, understand paid leave details, and start planning before taking the next step.
For HR teams, the Leave Planner helps set the tone for everything that follows. Employees enter conversations with clearer expectations and a stronger understanding of their options. That preparation leads to smoother coordination, fewer clarifying questions later, and more productive conversations when leave officially begins.
Leave Summary: A Real-Time, Central View of Employee Leave Progress
Once leave is in motion, HR teams need a clear view of what is happening without having to hunt for information. Employees are completing steps, documents move through review, and timelines shift along the way. Having accurate insight makes it easier to respond with confidence.
Leave Summary brings that visibility into one place. From the employee profile, HR teams can see the leave type, current status, leave taken so far, incomplete or overdue employee steps, and whether documents are ready for review. This at-a-glance view reduces manual follow-up and keeps information easy to access.
For teams managing multiple leaves at the same time, this clarity supports more thoughtful follow-up. HR can stay ahead of what needs attention and respond with accuracy when employees or managers reach out. The result is a steadier experience that feels organized and supportive throughout the leave process.
HR Reporting Dashboard: Organization-Wide Visibility Into Leave Activity
A strong leave experience also depends on what HR leaders can see across the organization. Individual cases matter, but understanding what is happening at a broader level supports better planning and communication.
The HR Reporting Dashboard provides real-time visibility into leave activity across the organization. With visual reports on leave types, stages, duration, and pay, HR teams can quickly understand volume, movement, and where attention is needed. Filters by time horizon and leave type support both day-to-day prioritization and longer-term planning. A status card highlights pending actions so important details stay visible.
For HR leaders reporting into executives, this insight supports clearer, more data-informed conversations about leave activity and trends. Planning feels grounded and steady. For smaller teams, the dashboard simplifies reporting by removing manual reconciliations and spreadsheets, while still providing reliable insight without added complexity.
How These Tools Help Create a Better Leave Experience
Each of these tools supports a different stage of the leave journey, and their value becomes clearer when they work together. Employees can plan with confidence, HR stays aligned as leave unfolds, and leadership gains visibility across the organization.
As Tilt CMO Brandon Salisbury explains, “LXM breaks down that false choice [outsource the work and lose control and communication, or manage it in-house and absorb the operational burden]… you’re more aware of what’s happening with an employee’s leave, so you know how to show up for the human critical moments… it is a simple, intuitive approach to leave that centers both the employee and HR.”
HR doesn’t have to trade clarity for care. Teams can stay close to the details without being buried by them and show up for employees with confidence. With LXM and the tools behind it, HR leaders can guide leave with intention — knowing what’s happening, what’s needed next, and how to show up when it matters — while giving the business clarity it can rely on.
