Systems and methods for absentee management

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for absentee management. Absentee management includes obtaining a corresponding supervisor status notification for a corresponding supervisor at an entity without further human intervention. The corresponding supervisor status notification provides an aggregated listing of each supervisee that reports to the corresponding supervisor and having an absentee status category in an enumerated list of absentee status categories together with a current absentee status of the supervisee and an approval status of an absence of a respective supervisee. The aggregated listing is configured responsive to a continuous rolling period of time that encompasses a contiguous present portion. Displaying on a graphical user interface, an absentee calendar, based on the corresponding supervisor status notification. The absentee calendar is configured to present a representation of a number of supervisees that directly or indirectly report to the corresponding supervisor that are absent some or all of the contiguous present portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 at a computer system comprising a display, one or more processors, and a memory, the memory storing one or more programs, the one or more programs singularly or collectively comprising instructions for:   obtaining, in electronic format, a corresponding supervisor status notification for a corresponding supervisor in a set of supervisors at an entity without further human intervention by the corresponding supervisor, wherein the corresponding supervisor status notification provides an aggregated listing of each supervisee in a set of supervisees in a plurality of employees at the entity that directly or indirectly reports to the corresponding supervisor having an absentee status category that is in an enumerated list of absentee status categories together with a current absentee status of the supervisee and an approval status of an absence of a respective supervisee, and wherein the aggregated listing is configured responsive to a continuous rolling period of time that encompasses a contiguous present portion; and   displaying, on the display, on a graphical user interface, an absentee calendar, based on the corresponding supervisor status notification, wherein the absentee calendar is configured to present a representation of a number of supervisees that directly or indirectly report to the corresponding supervisor that are absent some or all of the contiguous present portion.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the number of supervisees that directly or indirectly report to the corresponding supervisor that are absent some or all of the contiguous present portion comprises a first supervisee that is absent on a given day. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the continuous rolling period of the absentee calendar that further encompasses a contiguous past portion and a contiguous future portion. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the absentee calendar further provides instructions for receiving a supervisor selection of a first day depicted in the absentee calendar and, responsive to supervisor selection of the first day, providing an accounting of the number of supervisees that directly or indirectly report to the corresponding supervisor that are absent on the first day, wherein the accounting provides:
 the names of supervisees that are absent on the first day and an indication that it is the first day they are absent,   the names of supervisees whose absence on the first day is part of a continuation of an absence from contiguous prior days and an indication that it a continued absence, the names of the supervisees whose return to work day is on the first day, and   the names of supervisees whose absence on the first day is a partial absence, and for each supervisee whose absence on the first day is a partial absence, a start time,   duration, and reason for the partial absence.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs singularly or collectively further comprise instructions for receiving, through the absentee calendar, a selection by the corresponding supervisor that is from among all direct reports of the corresponding supervisor, all employees of the entity, or a reporting hierarchy of the corresponding supervisor. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs singularly or collectively further comprise instructions for receiving, through the absentee calendar, a filtering criterion from the corresponding supervisor that filters the representation of the number of supervisees that directly or indirectly report to the corresponding supervisor that are absent on a given day by whether such absences are new for that given day, whether such absences are partial for that given day, whether the supervisee is returning to work on that given day, or whether such absences are recurring for that given day. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs singularly or collectively further comprise instructions for receiving, through the absentee calendar a selection of respective one click report option from among one or more available one click report options wherein, when the selection is received, a corresponding report regarding absenteeism of the supervisees that directly or indirectly report to the corresponding supervisor is provided. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs singularly or collectively further comprise instructions for receiving a query through the absentee calendar responsive to a search prompt afforded by the absentee calendar that allows the corresponding supervisor to search for an employee within the entity, and wherein when the corresponding supervisor runs a search for an employee within the entity and a matching employee is also a supervisor, the one or more programs further comprise instructions to prompt the corresponding supervisor as to whether the corresponding supervisor wants to review an absenteeism record of the matching employee or an absenteeism of the supervisees of the matching employee. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the absentee calendar further comprises an indication of one or more events associated with the entity. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the absentee calendar further comprises an indication of a total number of supervisees that report to the corresponding supervisor. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the set of supervisees is derived from an organizational tree of the entity based on a demographic feed comprising a plurality of data elements associated with a plurality of employee records. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs singularly or collectively further comprise instructions for receiving a query through a search prompt provided by the absentee calendar that allows the corresponding supervisor to search for an employee within the entity, and wherein, responsive to receiving the query, the one or more programs singularly or collectively further comprise instructions for running a search for an employee within the entity and displaying an absentee calendar for the employee. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each supervisee in the set of supervisees is vetted by a person other than the respective employee before inclusion in the set of employees. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each supervisee in the set of supervisees is vetted by a person other than the corresponding supervisor before inclusion in the set of employees. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for receiving a supervisor selection of a first employee in the plurality of employees and, responsive to receiving the supervisor selection of the first employee in the plurality of employees, communicating a different supervisor status notification to the first employee in the plurality of employees selected by the corresponding supervisor without further intervention by either the corresponding supervisor or the first employee. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the corresponding supervisor status notification further comprising obtaining a corresponding account associated with the corresponding supervisor, wherein the corresponding account provides a portal for presenting the absentee calendar. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the obtaining is performed on a recurring basis. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the recurring basis is each working day. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stored on a computing device, the computing device comprising, a display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, wherein the one or more programs singularly or collectively comprise instructions for running an application on the computing device that executes a method comprising:
 obtaining, in electronic format, a corresponding supervisor status notification for a corresponding supervisor in a set of supervisors at an entity without further human intervention by the corresponding supervisor, wherein the corresponding supervisor status notification provides an aggregated listing of each supervisee in a set of supervisees in a plurality of employees at the entity that directly or indirectly reports to the corresponding supervisor having an absentee status category that is in an enumerated list of absentee status categories together with a current absentee status of the supervisee and an approval status of an absence of a respective supervisee, and wherein the aggregated listing is configured responsive to a continuous rolling period of time that encompasses a contiguous present portion; and   displaying, on the display, on a graphical user interface, an absentee calendar, based on the corresponding supervisor status notification, wherein the absentee calendar is configured to present a representation of a number of supervisees that directly or indirectly report to the corresponding supervisor that are absent some or all of the contiguous present portion.   
     
     
         20 . A computing system comprising:
 a display;   one or more processors; and   memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs singularly or collectively comprising instructions for:   obtaining, in electronic format, a corresponding supervisor status notification for a corresponding supervisor in a set of supervisors at an entity without further human intervention by the corresponding supervisor, wherein the corresponding supervisor status notification provides an aggregated listing of each supervisee in a set of supervisees in a plurality of employees at the entity that directly or indirectly reports to the corresponding supervisor having an absentee status category that is in an enumerated list of absentee status categories together with a current absentee status of the supervisee and an approval status of an absence of a respective supervisee, and wherein the aggregated listing is configured responsive to a continuous rolling period of time that encompasses a contiguous present portion; and   displaying, on the display, on a graphical user interface, an absentee calendar, based on the corresponding supervisor status notification, wherein the absentee calendar is configured to present a representation of a number of supervisees that directly or indirectly report to the corresponding supervisor that are absent some or all of the contiguous present portion.