Approving Actions

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• Approve
• Disapprove
• View An Action Awaiting Approval and then Return Later to Approve (Cancel)

1. From HR Central, click .

2. Actions waiting to be reviewed for approval/disapproval will be located in the 'Awaiting Approval or Action' section of the HR Inbox.
3. To view one of the actions, click corresponding 'Received' date from first column.

4. Action will be displayed with change fields highlighted in yellow as shown above. However, it's good practice to review all fields before approving an action.
5. Click in the checkbox under your role. In the example shown above there are two available checkboxes indicating the current approver of the action has two roles (EPA HR and EPA Budget). In such instances, both checkboxes can be checked.
6. Review comments can be added but are not required for approvals (only disapprovals require something to be entered in review comments).
7. Click .
8. System will return you to your HR Inbox.

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1. From HR Central, click .

2. Actions waiting to be reviewed for approval/disapproval will be located in the 'Awaiting Approval or Action' section of the HR Inbox.
3. To view one of the actions, click corresponding 'Received' date from first column.

4. Action will be displayed with change fields highlighted in yellow as shown above.
5. Click in the checkbox under your role.
6. Review comments must be entered.
7. Click .
8. System will return you to your HR Inbox.
9. Action will be returned to initiator's HR Inbox where they can edit and resubmit or delete the action. All previous approvers of the action will receive a FYI message in their HR Inbox informing them of the disapproval.

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1. From HR Central, click .

2. Actions waiting to be reviewed for approval/disapproval will be located in the 'Awaiting Approval or Action' section of the HR Inbox.
3. To view one of the actions, click corresponding 'Received' date from first column.

4. Action will be displayed with change fields highlighted in yellow as shown above.
5. If you cannot approve/disapprove the action at this time, you can return the action to your HR Inbox for approval/disapproval at another time by clicking .
6. System will return you to your HR Inbox.

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