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Blackout Dates consist of a period of time or specific date where leave requests are typically restricted (i.e. holidays, etc). Refer to district policy and/or USPS Job Calendars on what leave types and dates in conjunction with employees/positions or pay groups and departments are considered blackout periods on the district calendar.Roles: Users with Admin and District Manager roles.
Create a Blackout Date
From Blackout Dates,
Click ‘Create’
Provide a label for the blackout period.
Check the escalate flag if you want the leave request to bypass the normal workflow and go directly to the Leave Manager for approval. ESS-846 If set, when a LR is created on that blackout date, an email will be sent to all leave managers.
Check ‘Enabled’ to activate the blackout date.
Check ‘Entire Day’ if it applies to the entire day or leave unchecked to select a start/ending time (i.e. 2 hour delay)
Select start and end dates and start/ending times (if ‘entire day’ is unchecked) for your blackout period.
If specific leave types should be included in the blackout date, select all that apply.
You can filter by employee and their position. (or leave blank to include all positions for an employee).
If specific employees aren’t selected, you can filter by Pay Group and/or Department Codes.
Click ‘Create’ to save your Blackout date or ‘Cancel' to exit without saving changes.
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