Automatic approval – without losing control
Approving clean, expected hours one by one is wasted time. Let the system handle the obvious cases automatically – and only bring forward what actually needs human attention.
Most registered hours are completely uneventful: the employee clocked in and out roughly when their shift started, and everything matches. Still, it’s easy to end up clicking “approve” on hundreds of such rows every period, while the few that actually need a closer look drown in the noise. Automatic approval flips this: the system handles the obvious ones, and you focus your attention on the exceptions.
Three levels – you choose the pace
Automatic approval of hours has three settings, so you can start cautiously and tighten the reins when you’re confident:
- Off. Everything is approved manually. Full control, most work.
- Matched. Only hours that match the scheduled shift – within a tolerance you define – are approved automatically. Clocked in ten minutes early? Within tolerance, fine. Two hours of unplanned overtime? That’s flagged for you.
- All. The system relies solely on the grace period and built-in cleanliness checks – useful for businesses that don’t plan fixed shifts at all.
A grace period allows for corrections
The automation isn’t in a hurry. It waits a configurable number of hours before reviewing a registration, so forgotten clock-outs and minor errors have time to be fixed first. What it ultimately approves is therefore hours that have settled – not fresh registrations that could change in an hour.
Control it per employee
Automatic approval doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing for the entire staff. You can enable it for experienced employees you trust, while keeping new hires or special roles under manual approval. The setting is available for each individual employee.
Holidays, shift swaps, and self-certification too
It’s not just hours that can be handled automatically. You can let holiday requests, shift swaps, and self-certifications be approved automatically when they’re straightforward – so employees get quick responses, and you avoid being the bottleneck for the obvious. Anything you still want to review can remain manual.
Silence doesn’t mean broken
The danger with automation is losing sight of what’s happening. That’s why the system shows you what it’s done on your behalf: how many hours it approved, how many shifts it created, and how many holiday requests it processed last week. A quiet dashboard then means everything is running smoothly – not that something has ground to a halt. And if an inconsistency in the actual hours emerges later, it will still be flagged: automatic approval doesn’t hide problems, it just removes the noise around them.
In short
Start on “matched,” set a grace period, and enable automation for the employees you trust. Let the system handle the clean hours, holidays, and swaps – and use your time for what actually requires judgment. The overview of what the automation did gives you the peace of mind to let it work.
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