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Approval rights for requests

These user types have the following rights to approve requests:

  Employee Supervisor Admin
Own requests      
Vacation requests
Absence requests, overtime, and compensatory time off
Change requests for time entries
Requests from own employees      
Vacation requests ✅ / ✏️ (1)
Absence requests, overtime, and compensatory time off ✅ / ✏️ (1)
Change requests for time entries ✅ / ✏️ (1)
Requests from employees of other supervisors      
Vacation requests
Absence requests, overtime, and compensatory time off
Change requests for time entries
Requests as a delegate during the supervisor’s absence      
Vacation requests ✅ / ✏️ (2)
Absence requests, overtime, and compensatory time off ✅ / ✏️ (2)
Change requests for time entries

Legend

✅ Approval rights ❌ No approval rights ✅ / ✏️ Approval rights by default / approval rights can be restricted

(1) An admin can restrict supervisors’ approval of requests:

  • Forbid supervisors from approving requests (the Supervisors may approve requests option in the Global settings).
  • Set a time restriction for deleting vacation requests (the Supervisor may delete / cancel past vacation requests and Supervisor may delete / cancel future vacation requests options in the Global settings).

(2) An admin can disable a delegate’s approval of requests (the Delegates may approve requests option in the Global settings).