Patent ID: 8639634

Claim:
A computer system for employee leave management, comprising: a leave management system processor; a memory storage device in communication with the leave management system processor; and a communications device in communication with the leave management system processor, the memory storage device and a computer communications network; wherein the leave management system processor is configured to: receive, from a user-accessible device, via the computer communications network, data in the nature of a request to initiate a claim for one of a plurality of types of employee leave; responsive to receiving the data, determine the type of leave from at least a first leave type and a second leave type, and cause the user-accessible device to prompt the user for data specific to the determined type of leave; in accordance with the determination, provide an output signal to transmit data relating to the leave to one of a first computer system for processing leaves determined to be of the first leave type, the first computer system being a workers compensation administration computer system and the first leave type being workers compensation leave and a second computer system for processing leaves determined to be of the second leave type, the second computer system being a short term disability administration computer system and the second leave type being short term disability leave, receive and store leave claim data in the memory storage device; and receive from the workers compensation administration computer system data indicative of a denial of a claim for workers compensation leave for an injury and, responsive to receipt of the data indicating the denial of the claim for workers compensation leave for the injury, provide an output signal to the short term disability administration computer system providing data for initiating a short term disability claim for the injury.