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Activating timesheets for an employee in the app

Applying the timesheet option to your employee while you're on the go

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Written by Jessica McLean
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If the timesheets have been set up (in your company settings) but have not been applied to your employee's settings, it will look like this when you tap the employee’s name in the payroll:

You can tap on the hours/rate area and enter total hours worked, but the timesheets area showing hours for each day is not visible.

Timesheets are set up both at company level and then turned on for each employee who needs them. As long as you've already created your timesheet template in your company settings (this must be done on the web version of PaySauce, on your computer) then you can still update your employee's settings in the app to apply the timesheets.

Follow these steps if the timesheets are already set up in PaySauce (e.g. you already have other employees using timesheets) and just need to be applied to this employee:

  1. Open the PaySauce app and tap on Employees.

  2. Tap the employee’s name that you want to set up timesheets for.

  3. The employee’s Details screen will appear, and display Salary payments and Rules further down.

  4. In the Rules area tap on Payments.

  5. Tap the payment line that is already set up.

  6. The Payment details will open up - Ensure the Frequency for the payment is set to Variable.

  7. The Use Template selection slider must be red or active in order to use Timesheets.

  8. Tap the Use Template slider to activate it.

  9. It should look like this once activated.

  10. If there is more than one Timesheet to select from, you’ll need to touch on the Timesheet name and select the correct one from the list.

  11. Tap Save Payment at the bottom of the Payment Details screen. Then Save Changes on the main Details screen.

  12. Use the Back arrow in the red frame at the top to return to the PaySauce app dashboard.

  13. Tap Payroll and tap the employee’s name.

  14. The screen will display an area that resembles a graph. Each day’s hours will display like a bar graph.

  15. Tap on any day or tap the Edit button to start recording the time for each day. The employee will be able to fill in their own timesheets now too, using their PaySauce phone app.

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