Time Off Overview

Plan time off, check your balance and find the leave that fits your situation.

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Time off and leave at Northstar

For every employee and manager across Northstar’s office and frontline locations.

This fictional example hub covers company holidays, PTO, sick leave, and leaves of absence. Your work location and circumstances matter: this site does not set amounts, eligibility, pay, benefits, deadlines, or approval outcomes. Check the applicable published guidance in Policy Hub.

Use Leave Management to submit or check a request when the relevant process is configured there. A request is not approved until the appropriate process confirms its outcome.

Choose the topic you need

Open a guide for the next step; local policy remains authoritative for terms and eligibility.

Holidays and regular time off
  • Company Holiday Calendar — check the schedule relevant to your work location and plan coverage.
  • PTO & Sick Leave — find applicable amounts, accrual rules, and request instructions in published guidance.
A leave of absence
  • Leave of Absence Guide — find where medical, family, or personal leave questions belong.
  • Becoming a Parent — plan work coverage and a return conversation.
  • Caregiving — prepare a work-focused conversation about care commitments.
Other time away
  • Jury Duty & Public Service — notify your manager and find local civic-service guidance.
  • Military Leave — plan work handoffs and contact preferences.
  • Sabbaticals — prepare a proposal for discussion; do not treat it as an approval.
Returning to work
  • Coming Back from Leave — agree priorities, identify access needs, and plan a check-in.

Submit or check a request

Use Leave Management when the applicable request process is set up there.

  • Open Leave Management to follow the configured request steps or check the status of a submitted request.
  • If the leave type or next step is not available there, check the applicable Policy Hub guidance or ask People Operations how to proceed through the established channel.

This hub explains where to look; it does not approve a request.

When guidance is unclear

Start with Policy Hub

In this fictional Northstar setup, Policy Hub is the intended home for approved, location-specific policy. Check the policy’s scope and follow its stated process.

Ask People Operations

If you cannot locate the right guidance, ask People Operations through your organization’s established channel.

Protect sensitive details

Do not send sensitive personal details or records through a general channel unless you are directed to an appropriate confidential route.

Before publication

Before publication, complete these steps:
  • Connect Calendar to the authoritative holiday source
  • Configure location coverage
  • Confirm Leave Management’s supported request types and help route