Employees look forward to receiving their performance bonus as a recognition of their contributions to the company. In a majority of organizations, the criteria for performance bonuses are based on one or all of the factors that include employee performance, team’s success, or the company’s Finance results. Once a bonus amount is decided, it goes through multiple reviews and approvals before communicating it to the employee.The performance metrics, regulatory compliance, and availability of funds are the factors considered while reviewing the performance bonuses. Organizations need to follow a standard and structured approval workflow to ensure fairness and transparency in awarding bonuses. The absence of such an approach to performance bonus approval affects employee morale adversely, and may even lead to legal disputes in extreme cases. The best way to standardize performance bonus approval is to automate the workflow. When the approval workflow is automated, the review and approval steps are carried out in a transparent manner, leaving no scope for employee dissatisfaction. By implementing a robust automation solution lie Cflow, the leadership can review and approve performance bonuses promptly and fairly, more importantly remain aligned with the company’s compensation strategy.