Why approvals matter
Unapproved timesheets can't be trusted for billing or payroll. A clean approval flow catches missing hours, wrong project charges and non-billable time before invoices go out.
Single-level approvals
The simplest case: every employee has one approver (usually their reporting manager). Approver gets a weekly reminder, reviews the timesheet, approves or sends back with a note.
Multi-level approvals
Common for consulting and services firms: first the project manager approves the project hours, then the reporting manager approves the timesheet as a whole. JTMS supports both sequential and parallel multi-level flows.
Project-wise vs employee-wise
Project-wise = each project's PM approves that project's hours. Employee-wise = one manager approves everything for their team. JTMS lets you combine both — a common setup is PM-first, then reporting manager.
Weekly lock & reopen
Once a week is approved, timesheets lock automatically. Admins can reopen a specific week for a specific employee with a full audit trail of who reopened and why.
Reminders, escalations and audit trail
Automated reminders to employees who haven't filled, and to approvers sitting on pending approvals. Every action (submit, approve, reject, reopen) is logged and exportable.
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