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Approve Pay or Chartstring Request
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  • Approve Pay or Chartstring Request

    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:

    If you are a

    Then use this guide

    If you are a

    Then use this guide

    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

    Actions

    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

    A. Go to Your Pending Approvals

    1. Log into your MySlice home page.

    2. Click the Approvals tile.

      Manager Self Service home page with highlight on Approvals tile

    B. Open the Request You Want to Approve

    1. On the menu on the left of the page, click the type of request you want to approve.

      Pending Approvals page with numbered callouts to menu on left and requests on right
    2. 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:

    C. Review the Details of the Request

    If you want to see the details of the request:

    1. Click View Details.
      Example: Here's an example of the details for an off-cycle pay rate change: 

      Details of a request for a pay rate change with numbered callout to editable area of the request
    2. Review the details of the request.

    3. To see who is next in line to approve the request, scroll to the bottom of the page.

      Cut out of the approval chain for a request with lettered callouts to the Pending block and the next block to the right
      1. You are the Pending approver.

      2. Once you approve the request, it will go to the next approver to the right in the chain.

    4. If other people have already approved the request, click the arrow next to Comments to see any comments they may have added.

      Cut out of the comments section of a request with a numbered callout to the arrow to open the comments
    5. What do you want to do next?



    6. To approve the request without adding any comments:

      1. Click Approve.
        Result: If you successfully approved the request, a Save Successful message will briefly show at the top of the page.

        Save Successful message
      2. Click the Pending Approvals button in the upper left of the page to review other pending approvals.

    D. Approve a Request with Comments

    1. 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.

      Tear-out of the details for a pay rate change with a highlight on the Pending Approvals button
    2. Open the request again.

    3. Click Approve.

      Approve dialog box with comments
    4. Add any comments and then click Submit.

    5. 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.

      Message that says, You have approved the request.
    • The request is no longer in your list of pending approvals.

    E. Push Back a Request with Comments

    To push back a request so the person making the request can change it:

    1. 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.

      Tear-out of the details for a pay rate change with a highlight on the Pending Approvals button
    2. Open the request again.

    3. Click Pushback.

      Pushback dialog box with comments
    4. In the Comment box, describe the changes the person making the request needs to make.

    5. Click Submit.

    6. 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.

      Message that says, You have pushed back the request.
    • The request is no longer in your list of pending approvals.





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