Approving Employee Timesheets - Payroll Portal

Timesheets are approved within the Payroll Portal. This article shows you how.

Updated: July 2024

Once you have reviewed an employee's timesheet and all entries are correct, you can approve this timesheet within the Payroll Portal. 

Timesheets can be approved by:

The Team Leader of this team
Any Admin User
Another employee

Let's look at an example timesheet submitted in the Payroll Portal:

In the Employee’s Timesheet, scroll down to the approval buttons at the bottom of the screen:

Portal Employeer Approve Timesheet Prompt

  1. You can use the ‘Approval Notes’ area to enter notes you want the employee to see. This will show up with the status update in the Employee’s Payroll Portal
  2. Click on the ‘Approve’ button to approve this timesheet.
  3. A pop-up message will ask you to confirm your approval.
    1. Click ‘Approve’ to approve the timesheet.
    2. Click ‘Cancel’ to return to the timesheet. You did not decline the timesheet. It is still there in the submitted state as before. You can select to approve or decline the timesheet as usual.
  4. In the Team Timesheets page, this timesheet’s status will show as ‘Approved’. The employee will also see the status change in their Portal.

Approving timesheets in the Payroll Portal is that easy!
Next step: Importing this timesheet into Thankyou Payroll.