Approving Timecards for Line Managers
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This job aid explains how to approve a single timecard and multiple timecards at a time, as well as verifying your approval.
Approve a Timecard
At the end of the pay period, by the designated deadline, you need to submit a timecard approval on your employee’s timecards.
Reminder, before you approve your employee’s timecards, you should:
- Review a Pay Period Close summary Dataview in the Timekeeping category.
- Update employees schedule as needed to reflect changes in shifts worked.
- Resolve unexcused absence exceptions (if no punches or pay codes are reflected no hours will be paid).
To approve a timecard:
- Select the Main Menu > Time > Employee Timecards. You will be directed to the Employee Timecards summary page.
- Open a timecard by right clicking on their name and using the Go To Icon, choose Timecard, the Timecard view will display. Select the appropriate timeframe.
- Make sure the timecard is accurate.
- Click Approve.
Approve Multiple Timecards at a Time
You can also approve multiple timecards at the same time from the Main Menu > Time > Employee Timecards or from any of your available Dataviews.
- Select the appropriate timeframe and search criteria that you wish to approve.
- Select the one or more check boxes next to the employee’s names. To select all the employees, click Select All.
- If you have more than 40 employees, scroll down to the bottom of your employee list to be sure that you selected all the employees before submitting approval.
- Click Approve.
Verify your Approval in the Table View
The background color of the timecard changes, depending on who has approved it:
Yellow background | Timecard approved by employee but not by manager. |
Light purple background | Timecard approved by manager but not by employee. |
Green background | Timecard approved by both employee and manager. |
Gray crosshatch | Timecard has been signed off. ("Sign Off" is the final step in the process and performed by the Payroll Team) |