Approve a Request for a Pay Rate or Chartstring Change
Purpose
To approve either of these changes for an employee:
Off-cycle pay rate change
Chartstring change
Start
Do this task at either of these times:
You receive an email indicating that you have a request for an off-cycle pay rate change or chartstring change that needs your approval, or
Your Pending Approvals page shows a pay change or chartstring change waiting for your approval.
References
For additional information on how to navigate the Human Resources and Payroll Services system, use these how-to guides:
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Manager | Navigate the My Team Tile of Your Manager Self Service Home Page How-To Guide |
Department administrator | Navigate the Company Directory from Your Departmental Administrator Home Page How-To Guide |
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This guide is organized into the following procedures:
A. Go to Your Pending Approvals
B. Open the Request You Want to Approve
C. Review the Details of the Request
D. Approve a Request with Comments
E. Push Back a Request with Comments
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Log into your MySlice home page.
Click
Click the Approvals tile.
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On the menu on the left of the page, click the type of request you want to approve.
On the list on the right of the page, click the request.
Example: Here's an example of a request for an off-cycle pay rate change: 
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If you want to see the details of the request:
Click View Details.
Example: Here's an example of the details for an off-cycle pay rate change:
Review the details of the request.
To see who is next in line to approve the request, scroll to the bottom of the page.
You are the Pending approver.
Once you approve the request, it will go to the next approver to the right in the chain.
If other people have already approved the request, click the arrow next to Comments to see any comments they may have added.
What do you want to do next?
If you want to
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Approve the request without adding any comments
Continue with step 6.
Approve the request and add comments for other approvers
Go to D. Approve a Request with Comments.
Push back the request so the person making it can change it
Go to E. Push Back a Request with Comments.
To approve the request without adding any comments:
Click Approve.
Result: If you successfully approved the request, a Save Successful message will briefly show at the top of the page.
Click the Pending Approvals button in the upper left of the page to review other pending approvals.
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If you are still at the details of the request from the previous section, click the Pending Approvals button in the upper left of the page.
Open the request again.
Click Approve.
Add any comments and then click Submit.
Look for these changes to confirm that you correctly approved the request:
A message indicating that you approved the request briefly shows at the top of the page.
The request is no longer in your list of pending approvals.
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To push back a request so the person making the request can change it:
If you are still at the details of the request from the previous section, click the Pending Approvals button in the upper left of the page.
Open the request again.
Click Pushback.
In the Comment box, describe the changes the person making the request needs to make.
Click Submit.
Look for these changes to confirm that you correctly pushed back the request:
A message indicating that you approved the request briefly shows at the top of the page.
The request is no longer in your list of pending approvals.
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