# When an employee declines to sign their evaluation

> In Weplanify, an employee can decline to sign and give a reason; after talking it over, HR asks for the signature again or switches to paper.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Employees
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.evaluations.signature-refusee?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.evaluations.signature-refusee.md
- Last updated: 2026-10-13

In Weplanify, signing an evaluation means having read it, not agreeing. An employee can still decline: they write why, and HR gets the **Evaluation not signed** notification.

![Declining on a phone: Why do you decline?, the reason written by the employee and the Confirm button](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Femployes%2Fmaj-2026-10-13%2Feval-refuser-de-signer-6e402758.webp?alt=media&token=d1991ec0-bff2-4ed3-930f-cdc072c39960)

## Steps

1. On the employee side: under the document, **Decline to sign**, then the reason under **Why do you decline?** and **Confirm**.
2. On the HR side: open the evaluation from the notification or the **Not signed** filter of the **Follow-up**; the panel shows the reason.
3. Talk it over with the employee.
4. Click **Ask to sign again** and confirm: the evaluation goes back to **To sign** and the employee is asked to sign it, with a new comment if they wish.
5. You can also have it signed on paper ([paper signature](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.evaluations.signature-papier?lang=en)).

![The panel of a not signed evaluation: the decision, the answers and the Ask to sign again button](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Femployes%2Fmaj-2026-10-13%2Feval-signature-refusee-23308d2c.webp?alt=media&token=49dde235-f713-4613-9d85-551130b9b758)

## Good to know

- The refusal stays in the document history.
- An evaluation left to sign without an answer: the employee is reminded after 3 days, then HR is told after 7 days.
- What the employee sees: [read and sign your evaluation](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.evaluations.mon-evaluation?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Have an evaluation signed on paper](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.evaluations.signature-papier?lang=en) — In Weplanify, for an employee without an account, print the evaluation, have it signed, then attach the signed copy: it joins their documents.
- [Read and sign your evaluation](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.evaluations.mon-evaluation?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the employee reads their evaluation, adds a comment if they wish, then signs it online, from a computer or from their phone browser.
- [Follow ends of trial and annual reviews](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.evaluations?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Evaluations module follows ends of trial and runs annual reviews and ends of mission, from the manager who evaluates to the employee.
- [Follow a campaign and remind managers](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.evaluations.suivi?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Follow-up tab of a campaign shows each manager’s progress, late ones and signatures, reminds in one click and exports to Excel.