Employee Directory UI Improvement Report

1. Files Changed

Page header used the default PageContainer heading block with larger vertical spacing.
Toolbar showed search plus status only.
Table used a two-level grouped header for training hours.
Row action target area was small.
Pagination text was verbose.

Added a compact feature-specific header with breadcrumb text and responsive action buttons.
Reworked the toolbar into a denser enterprise-style layout with search, company, department, position, status, reset, and column-visibility controls.
Added summary cards between toolbar and table.
Flattened the table header into a single row and reordered visible columns to code, employee, approved, pending, rejected, total, actions.
Standardized the employee info cell to always show email as the secondary line.
Tightened table spacing, increased action hit area, and softened row hover styling.
Localized the column visibility button label and simplified pagination labels.

Desktop: full table layout with compact header, inline filters, summary cards, and sticky table header.
Tablet: filters wrap cleanly, summary cards remain readable in a responsive grid.
Mobile: header actions stack, summary cards render in two columns, and horizontal overflow stays inside the table shell.

Added explicit aria-label support for search, reset filter, column visibility, pagination, and action menu triggers.
Preserved semantic button, menu, table, and select primitives from the existing design system.

No API, query, mutation, sorting, filtering, pagination, or permission logic was changed.
Existing React Query, useDataTable, and server prefetch flow were preserved.
Summary cards are derived from already-fetched table data only.

Sticky first column for employee identity
Optional empty state refinement
Skeleton tuning specific to the new header and summary layout
Export CSV
Saved filters
KPI cards backed by API-level aggregate summaries instead of visible-page data only