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Act 4: Payday — Financial Operations

20. Overtime Approval

Story

Before monthly payroll is finalized, Sarah carefully reviews overtime because incorrect overtime payouts can quickly create employee disputes and payroll inconsistencies.

Throughout the month, attendance records have automatically tracked extra working hours from late check-outs, weekends, and holiday shifts. Now those overtime entries must be reviewed and approved before payroll is locked.

Happy Path

Overtime entries are aggregated successfully from attendance records, reviewed by administrators, and approved overtime flows directly into payroll calculations.

  • Generate monthly overtime report from attendance data
  • Review overtime entries employee-by-employee
  • Approve or reject overtime before payroll finalization
  • Approved overtime automatically flows into payroll calculations

Failure Modes

FailureWhat the user seesWhat happens next
Overtime exceeds maximum allowed hoursFlagged for administrative reviewAdmin approves or rejects the overtime entry
Employee is overtime-exemptOvertime is not calculatedNo overtime payout is generated

Edge Cases

ScenarioBehaviorWhy
Partial overtime approvalApproval supported per attendance day or entryAllows granular overtime control

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