How do supervisors approve timesheets in Workday?

Instructions and tips for supervisors for approving timesheets in Workday.

Question

How do supervisors approve timesheets in Workday?

Answer

According to Minnesota State: All non-faculty employees including Administrators will be required to submit timesheets each payroll period, MSCF and IFO are the only excluded employees. For IFO/MSCF faculty, only time-off/absence requests are submitted in Workday as work assignment (duty days) and payroll are calculated based on the assignment and the 9- or 12-month option.

Supervisors will need to approve timesheets for employees required to submit timesheets. Job Aids/FAQs are available online:

• Managing Time and Absence Job Aid 
• Approving Leave of Absence and Work Schedule 
• Timesheet Factsheet/FAQs

Tips: 

• Before approving an employee's timesheet, be sure to verify that the number of hours and the amount/type of leave submitted is correct for both weeks of the pay period.
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• Use the Review Time report to look at your team's submitted, unsubmitted and approved time. 
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• Set up delegations so that someone else can review/approve your employees' timesheets in the event you are out of town, ill, etc.