When you approve your time card, you are verifying that the hours you worked and leave you took for the pay period are correct and properly entered on the time card. (Note that you are not verifying that your vacation/sick leave balances are correct.) If you believe that any leave balances are incorrect, please let your supervisor know. Your supervisor can contact your unit’s timekeeper to check on this for you.
That depends on whether you record your hours and leave on a real-time basis, or at anytime during the biweekly pay cycle.
“Anytime” basis: Employees who record their hours at any time during the biweekly pay cycle are required to take the additional step of approving their time cards. Approval of your time card signifies you are finished with time card entry for the pay period. If you don’t approve your time card, your supervisor will not know that you have completed your time card and will have to follow up with you. “Real-time” basis: Employees who record their hours on a real-time...
Clicking Save will record any entries or edits you have made to your timecard after you logged in. Make sure to click Save before logging out to record any new entries.
By clicking Approve, you are verifying that your entire timecard accurately reflects the time you work and the leave you take for the pay period.
When supervisors approve time cards, they are not verifying leave balances. They are only verifying that the time worked and leave taken by the employee are correctly entered on the time card. This includes confirming the type and the amount of leave taken. If an employee or supervisor believes that any leave balances are incorrect, the supervisor should contact the unit’s timekeeper.
No. Once the unit’s timekeeper signs off on a time card, it is locked to all changes, including employee approval. For this reason, supervisors should be sure to review and approve employees’ timecards by the deadline. If a supervisor needs to edit a timecard from a previous pay period, please contact the unit’s timekeeper to request a “historical edit.”
No. Once your timekeeper signs off on a timecard, the timecard is locked to all changes, including employee approval. For this reason, be sure to complete and approve your timecard by the end of the pay period. If you need to edit a timecard from a previous pay period, ask your supervisor. He/she will contact your unit’s timekeeper to request a historical edit.
No. Once your timekeeper signs off on a timecard, the timecard is locked to all changes, including employee approval. For this reason, be sure to complete and approve your timecard by the due date. If you need to edit a timecard from a previous pay period, contact your unit’s timekeeper to request a historical edit.
You can approve your timecard if your unit’s timekeeper has not signed off on it, even if your supervisor has already approved it. However, if you need to make edits to your timecard, you will have to ask your supervisor to remove their approval. Once you’ve made your edits, saved and approved your timecard again, your supervisor needs to approve it again.