Time Entry Procedure - Approving Time Cards

Time Entry Procedure - Approving Time Cards

To approve your time card, do the following:

  1. Log on to Time Entry.
  2. From the Time Period field, select the period for which you want to approve your time card.
  3. After transactions are saved for the entire pay period, click Approve. The Approve Time Card popup window displays, warning that you cannot enter new transactions after you have approved the time card.

The Approve button does not display if the pay period has been signed off by your manager. You cannot approve a time card for a selected date range unless the boundaries of the date range represent a pay period.

  1. If your organization requires that you attest to the accuracy of your time card, an attestation statement displays. Select the check box next to I Agree to the above statement. If you try to approve your time card without agreeing tot he attestation statement, a message will ask if you want to continue.
  2. Click OK to approve your time card. After you approve your time card, the approval date and time are noted in the status area at the lower left of the Time Entry page.

Approving a pay period also approves all previous unapproved pay periods. Reversing approval for a pay period does the same for the approved pay periods that follow it.

  1. If TimeSaver is set up for this feature, you may be able to approve or decline your time card at any time, even after manager signoff and pay period closure. If this feature is activated, you can do the following:
    1. Notice the Approval Alert: Your time card for pay period < > is ready for approval banner when you log in to Time Entry.
    2. In the banner, click the link that contains the begin and end date of the affected pay period.
    3. Review the changes, make any edits you wish to make, and approve or decline the time card.
    4. The Time Card Action Required dialog displays when the time period for an approval has expired. This feature restricts your Time Entry activities to the affected tabs and pay period until you approve or decline the time card. Do the following:
      1. Click Go to Approval to approve or decline the time card. If you decline, confirm the decline and enter comments, if required. (If you are set up for email notifications, the manager is notified of the decline and you receive a message when the manager acknowledges the decline.)
      2. Click Done.

After reviewing a declined time card a manager will acknowledge it to indicate that a resolution is reached. If there is further disagreement on the resolution of the declined time card, you should communicate directly with your manager and follow any of your organization's applicable processes to reach a resolution.