Project Server 2013: Remove Task Option Causing Orphaned Timesheet Lines

We are experiencing a major issue with the "Remove Task" option in PS2013 that is leading to orphaned timesheet lines with no related assignment. This can result in actuals in a project with no corresponding timesheet entry. We are
using SEM.
The scenario to reproduce the issue:
PM - Assign the task and publish
Resource - Enter time against the task and submit
Resource - Recall the timesheet (the task update approval is still in the PM’s queue)
Resource - Remove the Task from the timesheet using "Remove Task" button or right-click
PM - Approve the task update and publish, only the task update appears in the PM’s queue, not the delete assignment request
PM – Approve assignment deletion
PM – Go into schedule and actuals show against a task with no assignment.
When you return to the timesheet and recall it, the fields are all disabled. If you click on the task, you will receive an error message as the assignment no longer exists. The workaround is to have the PM reassign the task to the user, publish,
open the timesheet, readd the task and hours, remove the orphaned line, and resubmit.
As many others have reported, the "Remove Task" option is very dangerous. We are exploring the recommendation to configure the screen to remove the button, but I am curious is anybody has experience with modifying the right-click that allows
the same "Remove Task" operation.
Opinion: This feature is awful and extremely unclear. To the lay user, it reads like it will simply remove the line from the timesheet. There is no language or warning to the user about the action they are actually taking.
Thanks,
Nate

Hi Nate,
In PS2010 implantation I already used to remove the "remove task" option and others from the timesheet ribbon.
I guess you already find this documentation but just in case:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/gg549101(v=office.14).aspx
http://epmsource.com/2011/12/07/hiding-disabling-ribbon-items-in-project-server-part-i/
Concerning removing the "remove task" from the right-click context menu, since I'm not a developer and I didn't yet faced this concern, I'll let my colleagues from this forum go further.
Hope this helps.
Guillaume Rouyre - MBA, MCP, MCTS

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[Images below].
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