In the Leave Management screen, you can create a period of linked leave where there is a direct association between separate leave periods. Use this functionality to link an existing neonatal care leave period to a subsequent neonatal care leave period. A neonatal care leave period is one in which an employee must take time off for a newborn who has been hospitalized.
You can create a linked record for neonatal care leaves only in the Leave Management screen, and not in the Request Leave Of Absence form. However, employees can request non-linked neonatal care leave through the form.
You can add a linked leave record by first selecting the existing neonatal care leave record (a record with Neonatal Care Leave selected as a reason) that you want to link to. When you select a record, the Add button in the toolstrip becomes expandable with the following options:
- Add Linked To Neonatal Care Leave <start date of existing leave>: Creates a leave record that links to the existing neonatal care leave.
- Add With New Inactive Status: Creates a leave record that doesn't link to the existing neonatal care leave.
When you select Add Linked To Neonatal Care Leave <start date of existing leave>, the process for creating the linked record is the same as for a non-linked record, except that the Reason drop-down list in the Leave Details section contains only the Neonatal Care Leave option.
When you fill out the required fields and click Save, Dayforce adds a link icon to the Reason column of the linked records. You can hover over an icon to expand a tooltip indicating which record it’s linked to along with the start and end date of the leave:
If you delete a linked record, Dayforce also deletes its linked periods.