How to Request Time Off in BambooHR

The BambooHR Web-Version is accessed by getting onto the internet. 

Each employee can login to BambooHR. Your username is your email address and you should have received an email from HR, with a link to resist your password, on the day you were hired. If you did not receive the link - contact HR.

To login to BambooHR:

1. Go to https://zoefacilityservices.bamboohr.com/login.php
2. Your domain is zoefacilityservices
   • All one word, no spaces
3. Your username is your email address
4. You should have already chosen your password from the initial link to reset your password email
5. Click "Login"

There are 4 types of Time Off that you may request.  

• Bereavement: is only for individuals who are requesting time off for a death in the family. You are given 5 days (without pay) for an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent, sibling) and 2 days (without pay) for an extended family member (grandparent, aunt, uncle, parent-in-law, child-in-law)
• Emergency: is to be used when you are unable to make it into your shift because of an emergency that just popped up (family member issue, car trouble, accident, etc.). 
• PTO: Paid Time Off (PTO) is only for full-time team members after they are employed for 180 days. PTO must be scheduled two weeks prior to the scheduled shift, otherwise it will not be approved. 
• Personal: is to be used when their is something going on that you will not be in attendance for work. For example, it can be used for children's sporting events, taking parents to doctor's appointments, vacation (when you are not eligible for PTO), etc. Personal time off should generally be scheduled in advance and not on the day of the event, as you should know ahead of time about the event. 

Once you select the type of Time Off that applies to your situation you can move onto the next step. 

Once you select the date(s), the system will automatically populate 8 hours per day. If you do not work 8 hours per day, you will need to change this. 

Just click on the "8", delete it, and enter in the correct amount. 

It is recommended that you add in a "Note" as to why you are requesting this time off. We ask you to do this so that if we get another Time Off request for the same day, that we can compare why each person is taking Time Off and decide which person should be off. 

A lot of the time, we are able to approve multiple Time Off requests, even for the same day, but there are occasions when we can't, so having a note accompanying why makes it easier for us to decide if we have to. 

Viola! All done. The request has been sent in and will be attended to very soon!

Go to the App Store or the Google Play store and search fro "BambooHR". Download the app.

Enter in your email address and password. You can also login with Google if you like by clicking the "Login with Google" text on the right side. 

Your domain name is zoefacilityservices if it asks for it.

• zoefacilityservices is all one word, no spaces

Once you are logged in, you will be brought to your home screen. Your home screen may look a little different as I am logged in from an administrator account. 

Click "Request Time Off" at the top of the screen in blue.

There are 4 types of Time Off that you may request.  

• Bereavement: is only for individuals who are requesting time off for a death in the family. You are given 5 days (without pay) for an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent, sibling) and 2 days (without pay) for an extended family member (grandparent, aunt, uncle, parent-in-law, child-in-law)
• Emergency: is to be used when you are unable to make it into your shift because of an emergency that just popped up (family member issue, car trouble, accident, etc.). 
• PTO: Paid Time Off (PTO) is only for full-time team members after they are employed for 180 days. PTO must be scheduled two weeks prior to the scheduled shift, otherwise it will not be approved. 
• Personal: is to be used when their is something going on that you will not be in attendance for work. For example, it can be used for children's sporting events, taking parents to doctor's appointments, vacation (when you are not eligible for PTO), etc. Personal time off should generally be scheduled in advance and not on the day of the event, as you should know ahead of time about the event. 

Once you select the type of Time Off that applies to your situation you can move onto the next step. 

It is recommended that you add in a "Note" as to why you are requesting this time off. We ask you to do this so that if we get another Time Off request for the same day, that we can compare why each person is taking Time Off and decide which person should be off. 

A lot of the time, we are able to approve multiple Time Off requests, even for the same day, but there are occasions when we can't, so having a note accompanying why makes it easier for us to decide if we have to. 

Once you are finished with our request, click "Send" and the Time Off Request will be sent in!

All done!