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Employee

An employee organizational relationship is established when the person who is hired provides services to an organization on a regular basis in exchange for compensation. This person does not provide these services as part of an independent business.

To Add an Employee:

  1. On the EmpowHR Main Menu page, select the Workforce Administration menu group.
  2. Select the Personal Information menu.
  3. Select the Biographical menu item.
  4. Select the Add a Person component. The Add Person tab is displayed.

    Add Person Tab Page

  5. Complete the field as follows:

    Field

    Description/Instruction

    Person ID

    Populated with the system-assigned ID when you are adding a new person. The value will display as New until the record is saved.

  6. Click the Add the Person link. The Add a Person page - Biographical Details tab is displayed.

    Add a Person Page - Biographical Details Tab

  7. Complete the fields as follows:

    Field

    Description/Instruction

    Person ID

    Populated with the system-generated Person ID.

    Name

    Description/Instruction

    *Effective Date

    Required field. Enter the effective date of the action or select a date by clicking the calendar icon. The date entered or selected will be populated in the Personnel Action Request (PAR) section.

    *Display Name

    Required field. Populated with data entered from the Add Name link. See field instructions for Add a Name. The name entered on this link will be populated in the PAR section.

    Note: The Add a Name link becomes the Edit Name link if the person’s name has been added.

    Biographic Information

    Description/Instruction

    *Date of Birth

    Required field. Enter the person’s date of birth or select a date by clicking the calendar icon. The calculated age is displayed to the right of the field. If this field is left blank, a warning message appears when the record is saved. This information is used to calculate a person’s age in some tasks, such as the expected retirement date, based on the person’s age. The date entered or selected will be populated in the PAR section.

    Years

    Populated based upon data entered on the *Date of Birth field.

    Months

    Populated based upon data entered on the *Date of Birth field.

    Date of Birth Re-enter

    Reenter the date of birth entered on the previous field. If you leave this field blank, an error message will appear.

    Birth Country

    Enter the birth country or select a country by clicking the search icon. Based on the selected country, the system may display additional fields. The birth country entered or selected will be populated in the PAR section.

    Birth State

    Enter the birth State or select a State by clicking the search icon. The birth State entered or selected will be populated in the PAR section.

    Birth Location

    Enter the birth location. Usually a city, town, or village. The birth location entered will be populated in the PAR section.

    Biographical History

    Instruction

    Date

    Required field. Enter the effective date or select a date by clicking the calendar icon.

    *Gender

    Required field. Select the applicable gender from the drop-down list. Valid values are Male, Female, and Unknown. The gender selected in this field will be populated in the PAR section.

    National ID

    Description/Instruction

    Country

    Populated with USA.

    *National ID Type

    Required field. Defaults to the SSN and cannot be changed.

    *National ID

    Required field. Enter the SSN. The SSN entered here will be populated in the PAR section.

    National ID Re-enter

    Reenter the SSN.

    Primary ID

    Check this box if this ID is the person’s primary ID. If this is the only data row for this person, the box is checked by default.

    *Country of Citizenship

    Required field. Enter the three-position country code or click the search icon to search for the applicable country.

    Emergency Response Official

    Check this box if the person being added is an emergency response official. The system defaults to blank.

    Notes

    Enter any notes, if applicable.

  8. Select the Contact Details tab. The Add a Person page - Contact Details tab is displayed.

    Add a Person Page - Contact Details Tab

  9. Complete the fields as follows:

    Field

    Description/Instruction

    Person ID

    Populated with the system-generated Person ID.

    Current Addresses

    Description/Instruction

    Address Type

    Select the type of address that appears in this row. The field is populated with Home for the first address entered. Click + to select additional address types and add additional addresses.

    Note: The data entered for the home and mailing address for Federal employees will be populated in the PAR section.

    As Of Date

    Populated with the information entered from the Add Address Detail link. See field instructions for Add Address Detail.

    Status

    Populated with the information entered from the Add Address Detail link. See field instructions for Add Address Detail.

    Address

    Populated with the information entered from the Add Address Detail link. See field instructions for Add Address Detail.

    Add Address Detail

    Click this link to display the Address History page to add/edit any address information. For more information, see Add Address Detail.

    Phone Information

    Instruction

    *Phone Type

    Required field. Select the applicable phone type that corresponds with the telephone number. Select Main to designate a phone number as the individual’s primary contact number. The phone type selected in this field will be populated in the PAR section.

    Telephone

    Enter the telephone number. The telephone number entered in this field will be populated in the PAR section.

    Extension

    Enter the extension if applicable. The extension data entered here will be populated in the PAR section.

    Preferred

    Check this box if this is the person’s preferred phone number. If this box is checked, it will be populated next to the applicable phone information in the PAR section.

    Email Addresses

    Instruction

    *Email Type

    Required field. Select the email type from the drop-down list. Click + to select additional email address types and add additional email addresses.

    *Email Address

    Required field. Enter the email address.

    Preferred

    Check this box if this is the person’s preferred email address.

  10. Select the Organizational Relationships tab. The Add a Person page - Organizational Relationships tab is displayed.

    Add a Person Page - Organizational Relationships Page

  11. On the Add a Person page - Organizational Relationships tab, check the Employee box.
  12. Click Add the Relationship to save the data and establish the new person's organizational relationship. The PAR Processing - Hire Employee page - Data Control tab is displayed.
  13. Complete the fields on the tabs of the Hire Employee page. For more information and instructions on completing these fields, see the EmpowHR PAR Processing procedure manual under the HR and Payroll Processing category on the Publications page of the NFC Web site.

See Also

Establishing an Organizational Relationship

Contingent Worker

Employment Data

Earnings Distribution

Benefits Program Participation

Person of Interest with Job Data