Timesheet Approval Automation
End payroll delays, prevent errors, and ensure complete time records — all without manual spreadsheets, emails, or custom scripts. Nutrient brings speed, compliance, and accuracy to your timesheet approval workflow.
How We help
How we help
Replace spreadsheets with a reliable process
Manual time entry and offline approvals introduce delays and mistakes. Nutrient centralizes timesheet collection and review, streamlining every step with automation.
Align teams with a shared record
Standardize time tracking and approvals so everyone knows what’s submitted, pending, or approved — no more lost or incomplete timesheets.
Automate timesheet routing and validation
Route timesheets by department, project, or supervisor, with built-in validation rules to flag errors or incomplete entries before approval.
Increase visibility and auditability
Managers, payroll, and HR teams get complete, real-time dashboards to monitor status, address issues quickly, and verify compliance — all without extra emails.
Reduce approval cycle time
Automated notifications and streamlined workflows keep approvals moving, so no timesheet gets stuck or overlooked at the end of the pay period.
Scale with total confidence
Easily adapt Nutrient’s system to match your organization’s structure, policies, and integrations — with no coding required.
Key features
Key features
Custom timesheet workflow builder
Design intake, approval, and exception handling with a drag-and-drop interface. Define supervisor chains, auto-approvals, and escalation paths all in one place.
Responsive online forms
Collect time entries with dynamic, user-friendly web forms that validate inputs and support different pay codes, overtime, and project tracking.
Employee & manager portals
Give employees a simple way to submit their hours and managers an at-a-glance dashboard to approve, reject, or request changes instantly.
Full process traceability
Track every timesheet from submission to payout, including all approval steps, comments, and timestamps for bulletproof compliance and reporting.
Automated payroll integration
Push approved timesheets directly to your payroll, HR, and finance systems via Nutrient’s open API or AWS Lambda. Eliminate duplicate entry and manual uploads.
Policy and compliance rules engine
Enforce company, union, or regulatory rules automatically. Flag exceptions for supervisor review and document every action for audit readiness.
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Benefits
Benefits
Collect accurate, complete hours each pay period with a clear, repeatable workflow that ensures nothing falls through the cracks.
Collect accurate, complete hours each pay period with a clear, repeatable workflow that ensures nothing falls through the cracks.
Trigger alerts, auto-approve compliant entries, and escalate exceptions without waiting for manual reviews.
Flow approved time data directly to your payroll, HRIS, or resource management tools to drive seamless pay and reporting.
Lock in approval trails, system-enforced rules, and exception captures so you’re always prepared for audits or inquiries.
Empower your teams with intuitive interfaces for both submitting and approving timesheets — no learning curve needed.
Get started today
See how automated timesheet approval can accelerate payroll and free up hours for your HR team — all while minimizing errors.
Connect to your tools, your way
Workflow Automation integrates with your tech stack — including finance systems, procurement platforms, and approval tools — using APIs, webhooks, or SFTP. No extra middleware required.
Frequently asked questions
Why should HR teams automate timesheet approvals?
To save time, reduce errors, stay on schedule for payroll, and make sure approvals don’t fall through the cracks — especially in fast-moving or remote work environments.
Can this integrate with our HRIS or payroll system?
Yes. Nutrient integrates with tools like ADP, Paychex, BambooHR, Gusto, and others to keep timesheet data flowing cleanly into payroll.
How does this improve compliance and recordkeeping?
Every submission, approval, and edit is time-stamped and tracked, helping you stay audit-ready and compliant with labor laws and internal policies.
What’s the impact on payroll accuracy and timing?
Fewer missed hours, late approvals, or manual errors — which means on-time, accurate payroll and fewer headaches for HR and finance.
What’s the ROI of automating timesheet approvals?
Less admin work, fewer payroll errors, better compliance, and more time for HR to focus on people — not paper trails.
Do employees or managers need tech skills to use it?
Nope. Employees submit and managers approve through a simple, intuitive interface — on desktop or mobile. HR teams manage workflows behind the scenes.
Get started today with a free trial
See how automated timesheet approval can accelerate payroll and free up hours for your HR team — all while minimizing errors.
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