The Rating Official and Reviewing Official can bypass the employee signature in the planning phase. The option to bypass the employee's signature will appear once the rating official's signs the plan in the Part. 1 Employee Input.
- Open the performance plan.
- Click Employee Input or navigate to Part 1. Employee Input section.
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Click Bypass Employee Signature.
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Select the bypass reason from the Signature Bypass Reason dropdown.
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Click Yes, Bypass Employee Signature to confirm your action.
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A confirmation will appear, and the employee signature is documented with the bypass reason.
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To document additional bypass information, click Edit in Part 10. For Agency Use.
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Enter additional documentation in the Agency Use text box. Click Save or Save and Close upon completion.
Part 10. For Agency Use will show the documentation. Click Save on the navigation bar.
What's next:
- If you need to remove your signature, see: → Removing Signatures
- Once the necessary signatures have been added, the plan progresses to the next phase. To add and release progress notes to the plan, see: → Add and Release Progress Review Notes
- To sign in the next phase, see: → Sign a Performance Plan in the Monitoring Phase