{"id":9209,"date":"2025-08-19T15:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=9209"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:27:52","slug":"creating-your-online-account-portal-features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/absenceplus\/creating-your-online-account-portal-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating your online account &amp; portal features"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating your online account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Registering for the self-service portal with AbsencePlus can be completed within a few steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <a href=\"https:\/\/componeadministrators.my.site.com\/absenceplus\/s\/login\/SelfRegister?locale=us\">AbsencePlus&#8217;s registration portal<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the sign up link<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter in your personal email address on the registration page &#8211; 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will then receive a verification email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the link in the email to setup your password and login to the portal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once your account has been created, log back into <a href=\"https:\/\/componeadministrators.my.site.com\/absenceplus\/login?ec=302&amp;startURL=%2Fabsenceplus%2Fs%2F\">AbsencePlus&#8217;s online portal<\/a>, enter in your username and password you created and click the login button to complete the registration process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Portal Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the <a href=\"https:\/\/componeadministrators.my.site.com\/absenceplus\/login?ec=302&amp;startURL=%2Fabsenceplus%2Fs%2F\">AbsencePlus portal<\/a>, you will be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create new requests for leave of absence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review real-time case status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Track all absences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload documentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request extensions and report return to work <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>View leave balances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct message with your leave administrator <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating your online account Registering for the self-service portal with AbsencePlus can be completed within a few steps: Portal Features Within the AbsencePlus portal, you will be able to:<\/p>","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"parent":8759,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9209","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9209"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9691,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9209\/revisions\/9691"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}