Creating your online account & portal features

Creating your online account

Registering for the self-service portal with AbsencePlus can be completed within a few steps:

• Navigate to AbsencePlus’s registration portal
• Click the sign up link
• Enter in your personal email address on the registration page – Use the personal email that you have on file with Macalester. If the system does not recognize the email this means that HR does not have a personal email on file for you. You will need to call to initiate the claim via phone at 877-797-8417.
• You will then receive a verification email
• Click on the link in the email to setup your password and login to the portal
• Once your account has been created, log back into AbsencePlus’s online portal, enter in your username and password you created and click the login button to complete the registration process.

Portal Features

Within the AbsencePlus portal, you will be able to:

• Create new requests for leave of absence
• Review real-time case status
• Track all absences
• Upload documentation
• Request extensions and report return to work
• View leave balances
• Direct message with your leave administrator