Approve overtime with the cost in front of you
A clean self-service overtime request workflow with multi-level approval, a live payroll cost preview at the moment of approval, cash or time-in-lieu compensation, and a compliance-grade audit trail — built natively on Odoo.
The problem
Overtime runs on spreadsheets and email. Managers approve without seeing the payroll cost, requests stall on a single approver, and the extra hours surface only at month-end close — with no defensible audit trail when auditors ask.
The solution
One workspace where employees submit requests in seconds, approvals route through the right levels, the calculated pay or time-in-lieu cost shows on the request before approval, and every decision is timestamped for compliance.
Everything overtime needs
Every capability below is implemented in the module.
Self-Service Requests
Employees submit an overtime request with a date, hour quantity, reason category, and a mandatory justification — each auto-numbered with a sequenced reference.
Payroll Cost Preview
The request shows the calculated compensation — effective hours times base rate times the pay multiplier — so managers see the exact cost before they click approve.
Multi-Level Approval
Approval routes are driven by the reason category — manager only, or manager then HR — so requests never stall on a single absent approver.
Cash or Time in Lieu
Choose whether approved overtime is paid as cash or banked as compensatory time — a common HR policy most apps ignore.
Configurable Rate Tiers
Define pay-rate tiers with multipliers for weekday, weekend, and public-holiday overtime, so approved hours translate into the right compensation value.
Partial Approval
A manager can approve a subset of the requested hours — two of three — matching real negotiation instead of an all-or-nothing decision.
Attendance Auto-Detection
A scheduled action turns attendance extra hours beyond a configurable grace period into draft requests, so unplanned overtime is never missed at month-end.
Dashboard & Analytics
A kanban approval queue, a calendar of overtime by employee, and a pivot analysis of hours and cost by employee and department give HR full oversight.
Audit Trail & Roles
Approved and refused requests are locked for an immutable, timestamped record, with email alerts on every event and Employee, Approver, and HR access tiers. No payroll module required.
How it works
Configure
Set rate tiers, reason categories, the grace period, and a default hourly rate.
Request
An employee submits date, hours, reason, and justification in seconds.
Approve
Managers review the queue, see the cost, and approve, partially approve, or refuse.
Analyze
Track hours and cost by employee and department, with a locked audit trail.
Frequently asked
No sales fog. If your question isn't here, email us and we'll answer it the same way.
No. The payroll cost preview is calculated from configurable rate tiers and a base hourly rate, so the app works standalone. It depends only on Employees and Attendances.
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Employee Overtime Request Management
Self-service overtime requests, multi-level approval, and payroll cost preview — built natively on Odoo.
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