Laravel Timesheet & Payroll Management System with AI Assistant

Job Description - Designed and developed a custom timesheet and payroll platform for Dandy Staffing, a staffing agency managing employees across multiple client companies and houses. The system replaces manual hour tracking with a three-role workflow: • Employees log shifts by company and house, with overnight shifts and 14/15-day pay periods handled automatically. • Supervisors approve, decline or reset hours in bulk, scoped to their own companies only. • Admins close each pay period and download a payroll-ready Excel workbook (regular hours, holiday hours, pay and client billing) generated in the client’s own template. Key features • AI assistant that understands plain-English requests (“who is under 80 hours?”, “approve Jordan’s pending shifts”), with confirmation required before any change • Colour-coded hour totals against the 80-hour pay period to flag shortfalls and overtime instantly • Role-based access control with admin approval for new accounts • Announcements to all staff or a single company, plus an issue system for employees’ hour queries • Full audit trail, with every change recorded Tech: Laravel, MySQL, Excel export, AI/LLM integration, responsive UI Result: Payroll that once took hours of manual checking now closes in minutes, so employees are paid on time, five days after each period ends.