Report an absence

You may occasionally need to report intermittent absences for time off work due to illness or an appointment related to an existing intermittent absence claim. For example, you may need to take two hours off of work to attend a scheduled appointment relating to your claim. These brief absences are easy to report to your claim specialist via mySedgwick.

Note: You must already have an open intermittent leave claim to report a new absence.

It is easy to report an intermittent absence for intermittent leave of absence claims in mySedgwick.

Step 1: Accessing the reporting form

There are many ways to start reporting your own absence:

  • From the My claims page:
    • Click Report a new claim: If you already have open intermittent leave claims, a message asks if you are reporting an absence related to one of them. If so, click the Report Absence icon beside the applicable claim.
    • Click Report an absence: If you have more than one open intermittent leave claim, you will be prompted to click the Report Absence icon beside the applicable claim.
  • From the Claim page: Click Report an absence from the Actions menu.

The Report an absence page opens.

Step 2: Reporting Intermittent Absences

Follow the steps below to add an absence to an intermittent leave of absence claim:

  1. Enter the Date of Absence or click the calendar to pick a date.
  2. Enter the absence’s Duration in Hours and Minutes.
  3. Select your absence Reason from the dropdown menu. Options vary by leave type.
  4. Click Add Absence.

Your absence is added to the list at the bottom of the pane.

  1. If needed, add additional absences by following steps 1-4 above.
  2. If needed, click an Action icon beside an absence to edit Pencil icon (update/edit) or delete Trashcan icon (delete) it.
  3. When done, click Submit at the bottom of the pane.

A confirmation message lets you know your absences have been reported to your specialist.