Time Registration Approval

I can relate to our 25R1 version. 

First of all, for the PMs, we've setup a lobby page with a lobby element specifically for this. That helps.

Having said that, timesheets are typically approved by the employee's supervisor, project manager, or another designated approver before becoming available for payroll, project reporting, or invoicing. Finance is usually not the first approver in the process. You can configure a workflow so that submitted timesheets go directly to a Finance role or Finance manager. Please keep in mind that PMs might lose control over validating hours charged to their projects. Hence I highly recommend enforcing the PMs to do it [Have a knowledge sharing session. Setup a lobby. Make it a weekly task for them] 

 

A common best practice is:

1. Employee submits.
2. PM has X days to approve.
3. If not approved within X days, workflow escalates automatically to Finance or a higher-level manager.

This usually balances control and timeliness. 

Usually isn't it the following way the time registrations are approved? 

 

Employee

↓

Project Manager

↓

HR

↓

Finance

Even if the PMs/Supervisors are set to approve the Time Reported by Employees, when the employee confirm the Time reported it automatically changes the status to Approved. Is there a way to stop this?

Hi ​@FPayab,

You need to enable certain properties in Company Details. Please refer to the screenshot below.