Security
Only users with the following permission will be able to approve tip distributions.
Labor → Tip Automation → Approve Distributions
These permissions can be added to custom user roles or individual users. The Permission Access report can be used to determine which user roles or users already have these permissions assigned. For more information, see User Setup and Security.
Approve a Tip Distribution
Test distributions cannot be approved. They can be deleted.
After navigating to the Tip Automation page, follow these steps to approve a tip distribution:
1) Click on the Pending tab.
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2) Click the View button for the desired tip distribution.
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3) Review the tip distribution details
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4) Click Approve in the top right corner of the page
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5) Click 'Approve' to confirm that related tip earnings should be added to the DSS.
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After tip distributions are approved, tips owed will be added to the DSS as 'Tips' earnings. Cash tips already paid to contributing employees will be added as ‘Previously Paid Tips' earnings.
The tip distribution will now be locked and will not recalculate when changes are made to the DSS. To recalculate a tip distribution, it must first be unapproved.
Test distributions cannot be approved. They can be deleted.
Approve a Tip Distribution From Payroll Hub
Payroll Hub checks for unapproved tip distributions for the current pay period as a readiness item. This card appears only when Payroll Hub and Tip Automation are both enabled.
Click the Tip Distributions readiness card.
Click Approve on the distribution
Review and Approve From the Review Dialog
Click the Tip Distributions readiness card.
Click Review on the distribution
Click Approve in the review panel footer.
Optional: click Open distribution
Opens the distribution detail page on the existing Tip Automation page, documented earlier in this article, in a new tab.
