Employees

The Employees section within the Human Resources Module includes all the employees entered in the CentralReach through the Contacts Module, along with their employment related information.

Human Resources / Employees / Human Resources / Settings / Time Off Settings Manual Time Off Adjustments

To make manual adjustments to an employee available time off:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. Click the employee name
  3. Click the Time Off Setup tab
  4. The employee’s time off policies will be displayed
  5. Click the Manual Adjustment link underneath the time off policy you want to update
  6. Enter the number of hours to be added or deleted from the employee’s time off balance, and click to select the date when the change is effective.
    • Please note, since the number will be added to the accrual, put a negative amount when deleting hours.
  7. Click Submit
  8. Click Save

Human Resources / Employees Customizing the Employees Table/Grid

The employees table/grid in the Employees section of the Human Resources  module can be customized with employee information.

To customize the employee table/grid:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. The employee table/grid will be displayed
  3. Click the  icon on the right-hand side of the table/grid
  4. Check/uncheck any of the following items, to add/remove their corresponding column from the employee table/grid:
    • Employee name
    • Type
    • Hire Date
    • Position
    • Employee #
    • Payroll Company
    • Workers Comp #
    • Pay Types
    • Pay Codes

Human Resources / Employees Storing Employee Information

You can add and store all of your employee information in the Employees section of the Human Resources  module.

To add information to the employee file:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. Click the employee name you want to enter information for
  3. A new window will appear, giving the option to add payroll settings, time off settings, KPI settings, an address, work history, pay codes, and other information
    • Many of the tabs also provide the option to upload a file. For example, if you wanted to have an actual copy of their driver’s license, you can add that here

Human Resources / Employees Employee Time Off Approval Permission Rights

To view, approve, or deny employee time off requests, the user/employee must have one of the following permission rights:

  • Admin – (Time Off > Administrator): the user can manage time off requests for all of the employees in the organization, whether or not the employee reports directly to them or not
  • Admin – (Time Off > Manage Employees): the user can manage time off requests for the employees that report to the them

When a user has one of the permission rights above, their name will appear in the request time off form, as a manager, or within a list of managers employees can send the request for time off approval to.

Click here to learn more about how to provide permission rights to manage time off.

Click here to learn more how to approve/deny employee time off requests.

Human Resources / Employees Approve/Deny Employee Time Off

To view, approve, deny, or edit employee time off request:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employee Time Off Requests
  2. You will land in the employee time off table/grid

3. View all pending requests, approved requests, and denied requests for each employee on the left-hand side columns of the table/grid:

  • The # icon column represents the number of requests under the respective column
  • The Hrs column represents the total number of hours requested for all the requests under the respective column

4. To view, approve, deny, or edit the request details, click the blue (Pending), green (Approved), or red (Denied) number under the # icon column

5. Click the Approve, Deny, or the pencil  icon to edit the request, as necessary

To manage employee time off, you must have certain permissions. Click here to learn more about permissions to manage employee time off.

Human Resources / Employees Applying Pay Types

Adding pay types is essential to ensure employees get paid for their timesheets. Add as many pay types as needed. For example, if the employee is getting paid for hourly work, drive time, and overtime, they must have all three of these pay types added to their account.

To add a pay type to an employee:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. Click the + icon or the number in the bubble under the “Pay Types” column on the right-hand side of the employee name. 
    • If thePay Types” column does not appear, click here to learn how to add it to the Employees grid.
  3. Click + New Entry
  4. Select a pay type from the Pay Type drop-down
  5. Complete all of the information requested within the form
    • If Valid Dates are requested for the pay type selected, enter:
      • From: enter the start date of when the pay type will begin to apply to the employee. The start date must  proceed the date of the timesheets included on payroll
      • To (optional): enter the end date of the pay type
    • Enter additional information about the pay type under Notes
    • Please note, the following are requirements when entering pay types:
      • The pay type cannot be blank.
      • The pay type amount can only include numbers.
      • Only 13 characters and up to 3 decimal places can be entered in the pay type amount.
  6. Click Save & Add New to add another pay type for the employee
  7. Click Save 

All saved pay types will appear listed under this section once saved and the total number of pay types (active and expired) the employee has (1, 2, 3, etc.) will be shown under the “Pay Types” column in the Employees table/grid.

Human Resources / Employees View, Edit, or Delete Employee Pay Types

To view employee pay types:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. The Employee table/grid will be displayed
  3. Click the number in the bubble under the Pay Types column
    • If the Pay Types column is not in the employees table/grid, click here to learn how to customize the employee table/grid
    • If there is no number under the Pay Type column, click the + icon to add a pay type for the employee. Click here to learn how to apply a new pay type
  4. All the active employee pay types will be displayed:
    • To filter a specific pay type, click All Pay Types to select from the drop-down the pay type you want to view
    • To include deleted and expired pay types, click the x gray to turn it to a green checkmark
    • To edit the pay type, click the pencil  icon next to the pay type
    • To delete the pay type, click the trash can  icon next to the pay type

Human Resources / Employees Filter Employees by Pay Type

To filter and identify active employees who are assigned to a pay type:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. Click the funnel  icon next to the search bar on the top left-hand side of the screen, to expand the Labels and Filters section
  3. Click Pay type
  4. Click Choose  next to Pay Type
  5. Select a pay type to view a list of all employees in the table/grid that have that pay type assigned in their profile

Human Resources / Employees Filter Employees Missing a Pay Type

To filter and identify active employees who are missing pay types:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. Click the funnel icon next to the search bar on the top left-hand side of the screen, to expand the Labels and Filters section
  3. Click Pay type under the Filters section
  4. Click Choose  next to Missing Pay Type
  5. Select a pay type to view a list of all employees in the table/grid that do not have that pay type assigned in their profile

Human Resources / Employees Assigning Pay Codes to Employees

Pay codes are used to classify employees job titles and pay rates.

To assign a pay code to employees:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. Search for a specific employee and click on their name
    • Or, click the number in the bubble, or + icon under the Pay Codes column in the table/grid, and skip step 3 below. Click here to learn how to add this column to the table/grid
  3. Click the + under the Pay Codes column
  4. Click Add New Pay Code, and select a pay code from the drop-down
  5. Enter the pay rate under the Rate column. If this is a salary employee, enter 0
  6. Enter as many pay codes, as necessary
  7. Click Save

This pay rate can be used later to add employees to multiple billing/service codes in bulk.

Human Resources / Employees How to Edit and Delete Employee Pay Codes

To edit or delete an employee pay code:

  1. Navigate to the Human Resources module and select Employees
  2. Search for a specific employee and click on their name
    • Or, click the number in the bubble under the Pay Codes column in the table/grid, and skip step 3 below. Click here to learn how to add this column to the table/grid
  3. Click the + under the Pay Codes column
    • Edit the pay rate of the pay code under the Rate column
    • Delete the pay code by clicking the trash can  icon next to the pay code
  4. Click Save