Workflow library
Time & attendance workflow

Manager approval queue

Consolidate the approvals managers owe the business: time edits, exceptions, schedule changes, worker requests, and urgent operational decisions.

1 queue
for manager decisions
Best for

Site managers, payroll teams, operations managers

Teambridge workflow builder
Preview
Trigger
Approval needed
Time edit, exception, shift change, or request
Decision
Route owner
Manager, site, client, urgency, cutoff
AI assist
Priority summary
Explain what is blocked and why it matters
Action
Approve or return
Manager approves, denies, or asks for context
Mobile
Context request
Worker or coordinator supplies missing details
Outcome
Decision closed
Record moves forward with audit trail
Approvals Specialist
Working on it
Live
Blocked approval
Six records need manager decisions before cutoff
Prioritizing payroll-blocking items
Sending manager approval digest
Result
4 approved, 2 returned for context
4/6 tasks

Pain this solves

1

Approvals are scattered across messages, spreadsheets, and verbal follow-up.

2

Managers do not know which approvals block payroll or coverage.

3

Back-office teams chase the same managers repeatedly.

How it runs

1

Collect approvals

The workflow brings manager decisions into one queue instead of scattered follow-up.

2

Route by owner and urgency

Teambridge sends items to the right manager and prioritizes what blocks downstream work.

3

Explain the decision

AI summaries show what happened, what rule is involved, and what action is needed.

4

Close the loop

Approved or returned items move forward with context and an audit trail.

Workflow examples

Common ways this workflow shows up in the field.

Time edit approval

Route worker corrections to the right manager before cutoff.

Schedule exception approval

Escalate risky shift changes with the affected rules attached.

Blocked record digest

Summarize the items preventing clean downstream processing.

Expected outcomes

One manager work queue
Fewer blocked records
Clearer ownership

Designed to reduce operational drag when approvals are the bottleneck.

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