FAQ-ID：1152
What do I do when new employees are on board?
What settings are tied to new employees?
Well, if all the tools your workplace needs to use are all activated, all you really have to do at this point is to edit their profile information and a few settings in the HR tool to get them hit the ground running!
Before we begin, please make sure that you have the authority to update employee profiles, meaning that your tool role is HR Staff in the HR tool.
HR Settings for New Employees
Plan：Free planPaid plans
Tool Role：EmployeeManagerHR StaffHR Viewer
Interface：AppWeb
Steps：
- Switch to the HR tool.
- Click Employee Profiles on the side menu.
- Click the edit icon next to the employee to begin editing.
- Update the information below.
- Emloyee ID
The Payroll tool requires the Employee IDs to send payslips to corresponding employees. So if your team is using Payroll, you need to assign an employee ID to everyone. - Login Email or Mobile Number
Employee’s login email or mobile number will be displayed upon joining the workplace, please take the time to make sure the information is correct. If some employees are using Apple ID to log in to WorkDo, please refer to this FAQ to bind another email address to their account. - 1st & 2nd Deputy
Set a deputy when an employee is on leave. In Leave Pro, there is an option to check whether the deputy is on leave before you are allowed to apply for leave. Skip if this is mandatory in your workplace. - Work Hour
If your workplace has multiple hours or flexible work hours, assign one to the employee, if not, the default will be used. - On Board Date
In Leave Pro, the system will automatically dole out leave days based on employee tenure or other user-specified conditions, so the on-board date will directly affect this. And employees cannot clock in/out before this date. - Dotted-Line Manager
Can be used in the employee has to report to a second manager. - Process Signing Requests by Dotted-Line Manager
If Yes, then the employee request signing flow will be changed to assigned dotted-line manager, by passing the original department flow. - Designated Approver
If Yes, then this employee can be selected by others to process the requests without being assigned as a manager. - Department
If the dotted-line manager is void, the signing requests will follow the department flow. - Employment Type
This option controls employee’s ability to apply for overtime and leave, so don’t forget! - Gender
Some leaves may be gender specific.
- Emloyee ID
- Click Save and you should see all the changes refelcted and the employee can begin collaborating with the team now!
Reminders
- Before updating the employee profiles, please be sure that you have completed Start WorkDo in 5 Steps and other settings in HR.
- In most instances, when employees are not able to apply for leaves, overtimes or post-clocks are caused by omitted settings in the HR, so please double-check every employees’ HR settings.
- Note that even if the HR Staff has imported employees to the workplace, all the aforementioned information is still required for the employees to use all the advanced tools smoothly.
- Wanna know the HR tool in detail? Check out the HR tool Manual!