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Delegate Timesheet Approvals to Paychex WISE AI Agents

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What the source describes

This Paychex press release announces WISE as an AI intelligence layer across Paychex Flex, Paycor and SurePayroll that includes agents, assistants and embedded intelligence. Paychex says WISE Agents act within parameters set and controlled by the customer and can schedule shifts and approve timesheets. WISE Assistants provide guidance and task support across chat, voice, email, text and collaboration tools.

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Result or outcome

According to the source, WISE Agents are intended to streamline manager productivity by handling tasks like timesheet approval within customer-defined workflows, with the employer remaining in control of the parameters.

How to run it

  1. Confirm with Paychex which WISE Agent features, such as timesheet approval, are available on the client's Paychex Flex, Paycor or SurePayroll account.
  2. Paste the prompt on this page into an AI chat to draft an approval policy separating auto-approve, manager review and bookkeeper review cases.
  3. Confirm the overtime and break rules in the draft with an employment professional, then agree the final policy with the client.
  4. Set the agent's parameters in the platform to match the agreed policy, keeping overtime, missed punches and edited timesheets with a person.
  5. Review the timesheets the agent approved before each payroll, and tighten the parameters if anything outside the policy was approved.

Try it yourself

Copyable prompt

I want to define safe rules for automatically approving employee timesheets before payroll. The business is a [industry] company with [number] hourly staff in [state or country]. Please draft a short approval policy that lists: which timesheets can be auto-approved (for example, within scheduled hours and no overtime), which must go to a manager (overtime over [hours], missed punches, edits after submission, hours on a holiday), and which must always go to me as the bookkeeper. Also list the local overtime and break rules I should confirm with an employment professional. Do not include any employee names, SSNs or pay details in your answer.

Replace the [bracketed] placeholders. Remove client names, account numbers, and personal data before pasting into any AI tool.

What to review

Paychex describes WISE Agents as acting within parameters the customer sets, so check after each cycle that approved timesheets matched those parameters. Compare a sample against schedules and confirm no overtime, holiday hours or edited punches were auto-approved. Overtime and break rules vary by location, so confirm them with an employment professional, and keep employee names and pay details out of any general AI tool.

Related free download: 50 AI Prompts for Bookkeepers (Prompt pack (PDF))

Source: Paychex Newsroom

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