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Managers: How to Review, Nudge, and Approve Team Time Cards in the Patriot Worker Portal App

Managers: how to review your team's hours, nudge employees who haven't submitted, approve time cards, and send time cards back for changes from the Team tab in the Patriot Worker Portal mobile app.

Available for: Managers with permission to manage team time cards, at companies that use the Patriot Time and Attendance add-on.

The Patriot Worker Portal app is not available for 1099 contractors at this time.

The Patriot Worker Portal app is rolling out. Patriot Worker Portal is a new, separate app that will replace the My Patriot app. To manage team time cards on the web, see Manage Team Time Cards in the Employee Portal.

Download the Patriot Worker Portal app:

Download on the App Store
Get it on Google Play

Managers can use the Team tab in the Patriot Worker Portal app to review their team's hours, nudge employees who are late to submit, and approve time cards from anywhere.


How to Review Team Time Cards in the Patriot Worker Portal App

  1. Open the Patriot Worker Portal app and tap the Team tab.

    • The Team tab only shows for managers.

  2. Open Review Time Cards.

  3. Choose the employee and pay period.

    • Use the arrows to move between employees and pay periods.

  4. Review the employee's hours.

    • The time card shows total time, hours by hour type, such as Regular, the status, such as Not Submitted, and the hours for each day.

Review Time Cards in the Patriot Worker Portal app shows the employee's name, pay period (for example, Oct 18 to Oct 31, 2026), total time, status, daily hours, and Nudge Employee, Send Back, and Approve options.

How to Nudge an Employee to Submit Their Time Card

  1. Open the employee's time card in Review Time Cards.

  2. Tap Nudge Employee.

    • The employee gets a reminder to submit their time card.

How to Approve a Time Card in the Patriot Worker Portal App

  1. Open the employee's time card in Review Time Cards.

  2. Check the hours.

  3. Tap Approve.

    • The time card moves to Approved and is ready for your payroll admin to send to payroll.

How to Send Back a Time Card for Changes in the Patriot Worker Portal App

  1. Open the employee's time card in Review Time Cards.

  2. Tap Send Back.

  3. Tell the employee what to change, then send.

    • The employee updates the time card and submits it again for your approval.

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