Approving Hours in Enhanced Timesheets Using WFM

This topic explains how managers, administrators, and other configured roles can approve time entries that employees submitted.

Using SuitePeople U.S. Payroll and Workforce Management, approved time entries are used to process payroll for employees.

Approved entries can only be edited by employees with the Administrator role. Regular employee roles can edit entries only if they’re not yet approved.

Approved time entries for employees included in the next payroll batch are considered paid. Administrators can no longer edit or delete these entries.

Keep best practices in mind when approving hours. For more information, see Best Practices and Limitations of Enhanced Timesheets Using WFM.

You can approve time through the following options:

Use the Approve Time page – For more information, see Approving or Rejecting a Time Transaction.
Use the Weekly Timesheets page – You should approve time on this page because doing so shows you the visual breakdown of regular and overtime hours for the submitted timesheet. Refer to the procedure that follows.

To approve payroll hours using weekly timesheets:

Open the Approve Timesheets page.
- With an Administrator role, go to Transactions > Employees > Weekly Time Tracking.
- On the Employee Center, go to the Home Links portlet. Under Time Tracking, click Approve Time.
On the Approve Timesheets page, locate the name of the employee whose time you want to approve.
From the Period column, click the specific pay period you want to review.

The submitted timesheet opens.
Review the Hours Breakdown section. This section automatically displays time entries color-coded to distinguish between regular and overtime hours.
On the Current Week section, review the total hours for regular and overtime work.
On the Enter Time section, choose to approve time entries one at a time or all at once.
- To approve all pending work hours, click Approve All Pending.
- To approve individual time entries, click the entry for the day. Click Approve.

To approve payroll hours using weekly timesheets:

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