What is the difference between a primary supervisor and an alternate supervisor?
All employees should have both a primary and alternate supervisor. The primary supervisor should be their day-to-day supervisor, the one who will generally know when an employee works and the one who will generally approve the timesheet each pay period. The alternate supervisor may be one of many things: 1) a back-up to the primary supervisor in case of the primary supervisor’s absence; 2) an individual responsible for monitoring departmental employment compared to budget; 3) a second supervisor in the case of an employee that reports equally to two supervisors.
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