Control Overtime Before It Happens

Overtime appears on my payroll and I never approved any of it. Build me an overtime app. Set the standard hours per person from their contract, and require a request before any hours beyond that are worked, capturing who, when, how many hours, the reason, and the job or department. Show the cost of the request at the point of approval, including any premium rate, so the decision is informed. Approved overtime is then matched against hours actually worked, and anything worked without approval is flagged rather than quietly paid. Report overtime by person, team, reason and month, with cost. Add an AI agent that reviews overtime patterns and tells me plainly where overtime is persistent enough that hiring or changing the rota would cost less, which reasons come up most, and which teams are consistently over. Automate three things: an approval request to the manager when overtime is requested, an alert when unapproved overtime is recorded, and a scheduled monthly overtime cost report. Two logins: staff who request their own overtime, and a manager who approves and sees the cost.