U-M Health Timekeepers & Approvers Weekly Update: Thursday, June 2, 2022

Updates to Time Reporting Pages Starting June 8, 2022

Time Summary Page

  • View by drop down to view different time periods
    • Summary grid at the bottom of the page will reflect the period being viewed
      • Period (pay period)
      • Week
      • Biweek
      • Month

Enter Time Page

  • Elapsed/Punch toggle
    • This allows operational users to view time either in the Elapsed view or the Punch view
      • This is useful in managing reported time for staff using punch and web clock time collection
      • It allows you to navigate to the Elapsed view in order to enter in a full week of PTO rather than adding rows for each day on the Punch view
      • Punch totals will not show up on the Elapsed view

There are plans to add this in a near future enhancement

Time Reporting Tip: How to see who can approve time or who did approve time

When viewing timesheets that require approvals in the Enter Time page, there is an option to see who approved the time or who can approve the time if it hasn’t been approved yet. This is done by clicking on the link in the Reported Status column (see images below).

There are three different options that may show up in the Reported Status Column: 

  • Approval in Process: You cannot approve the time on this day. Click on the link to see who can approve it. You may need to click another link if there are multiple approvers listed.
  • Needs Approval: You can approve the time on this day. Click on the link to see who else can approve it.
  • Approved: Click on ‘Approved’ to see who approved the time reported on this day. This can be helpful when investigating why something didn’t pay, or some other reason.

Here’s an example of ‘Needs Approval’ Reported Status on a self-service timesheet:

Here’s an example of ‘Needs Approval’ Reported Status on a self-service timesheet:

Here’s an example of ‘Approval in Process’ on a punch timesheet:

 Here’s what it looks like when there are Multiple Approvers:

Payroll Team Office Hours

Amanda Louks, Payroll Manager (or designee) will be available for “Office Hours” to meet with Timekeepers & Approvers once a week.

Office Hours Schedule:

  • Thursday June 2, 2022 2-3 p.m. (Topic: How to Plan Training for New Timekeepers & Approvers)
  • Week of June 6-10, 2022 No Office Hours
  • Thursday June 16, 2022 2-3 p.m. (Topic: Time Reporting and Mid-Period Appointment Changes) Bring your example!

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