Approve a Travel

Objective

This page shows how HR Managers can approve eligible business travel for employees.

Approval of travel is designed to be completed in two stages:

The first stage is the approval of the travel request itself, this ensures that the employee has the essential information for business travel approved such Dates, Estimated Costs, Whether there is a Relevance for expenses, Travel Destination before departing.

The second stage is Receipt and Expense approval.  Once the Travel Details are approved, the employee is then able to start entering receipts relating to the business travel for approval, ensuring that the employee is reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses as soon as possible.

Process

Employee
Engages in travel event that requires approval
HR Manager
Approves Travel

Click Through

  • Start in HR HUB
  • Under Travel & Expenses, navigate to Travels
  • Open the desired travel record
  • Review information submitted by employee for accuracy
  • Select Submit
  • A dialogue box will appear in the Business Process Flow
  • Enter the details for the person required for 'Reimbursement by'
  • Ensure that the information in the 'Approval by' field is correct
  • Select an appropriate option for 'Decision'
  • Select Next Stage
  • Select an appropriate option for 'Receipts entered'
  • Confirm that the 'Employee' field information is still correct
  • Select Next Stage
  • Make sure all receipts related to the travel have been approved (or rejected), then select Yes for 'All receipts approved'
  • Select Next Stage
  • Make sure all relevant receipts have been processed, then select Yes for 'All receipts processed'
  • Click on Finish

Hint

  • All receipts for the travel record should be processed before finalizing the record.

Result

At the end of the approval process, your Travel looks like this:
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