1. Task: LOA (Leave of Absence)
Task Definition: Record a leave of absence.
In this task – Update the employee’s record to indicate a LOA
In PennWorks, once you have completed the ‘Find/Add a Person’ search, you can record a LOA for an ‘Active’ employee
If a person is returning from LOA, you update the ‘Status’ to show ‘Active’ and enter the ‘Effective Date’ (i.e. actual return to work date – this date can be back-dated if necessary)
Steps – From the Task drop-down list:
Select LOA
Select the Status
On Leave With Pay
On Leave Without Pay
Enter the Effective Date
Enter the Return Date
Enter the LOA Reason
From the LOA task, you can also view/update Roles/Distributions.
To see this in PennWorks...click here

2. Task: LOA (Leave of Absence) (cont’d)
From the Task drop-down list, select LOA and advance to the next screen

3. Task: LOA (Leave of Absence) (cont’d)
Enter Effective and Return dates and LOA Reason and click [Submit]
From the Employee Status section of the BIO screen, select LOA status
Work Address information appears under Employee Status as of July 2015