How does the approval rule determine the worker's current and proposed, and the requester's representative?

The approval rule determines the representative based on some rules.

This table lists the rules that determine the representative.

Option	How Representative Is Determined
Worker's Current Representative	Worker's start date is today or in the past - The current application date is considered Worker's start date is in the future - The worker's future start date is considered to determine the current representative. If the person record already exists in the application as a contact of an existing worker, then the current application start date is used to determine the worker's current representative,
Worker's Proposed Representative	Worker's start date is today or in the past - The current application date is considered Worker's start date is in the future - The worker's future start date is considered to determine the current representative.
Requester's Representative	The current application date is always considered for workers irrespective of the transaction start date.