How to skip a stage when a approval stage either has an empty Approval Group?

Summary:How to skip a stage when a approval stage either has an empty Approval Group or no role assigned to employee?

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We have setup multiple stages for approval. Each stage would be based on a approval group approving. I some cases the approval group might not have any employees. We want the system to then automatically move to the next stage if the group is empty?

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