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FAQs - Employee Entry Issues
How do I Find an existing employee in HRtrax?
How do I Add or Change employee information within HRtrax?
How do I record a New-Hire employee in HRtrax?
How do I put an employee on Leave of Absence within HRtrax?
How do I Return an employee from Leave of Absence in HRtrax?
How do I Terminate and employee within HRtrax?
How do I Rehire an employee in HRtrax?
How do I identify a Temporary employee or 1099 individual within HRtrax?



How do I Find an existing employee within HRtrax?
There are three options for finding employees within HRtrax.  Start by selecting the Payroll Related screen from the Employee pad on the main menu bar at the top of the HRtrax screen:
Employee > Payroll Related

Enter the Employee ID in the Empl ID field and press the tab key
      - or -
Press the F2 key and select the employee from the popup pick-list
      - or -
Enter the Social Security Number in the SSN field
Note: when you press the F2 key on your keyboard, the system responds with a popup pick-list window that displays your employees in an alphabetic list ordered by last name.  From here, you can begin keying the first few characters of the employee's last name.  While you are keying, the pick-list will begin to match last names in the list with your keyed characters until you find the name you are looking for.  This is often the easiest way to find a specific employee.

Once the employee has been selected, the system will populate each field on the Payroll Related screen with data from that employee's record in the HRtrax database.  At this point the system is ready for you to work the employee's information.
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How do I Add or Change employee information in HRtrax?
To add or change employee information, start by selecting the Payroll Related screen from the Employee pad on the main menu bar at the top of the HRtrax screen:
Employee > Payroll Related

Enter the Employee ID or press F2 to select Employee Name

Enter the New or Changed data in the appropriate fields

Click on the Save button to save the record
Your additions and/or changes are now saved to that employee's record within the HRtrax database.  If you need to add or change data that appears on another screen in HRtrax, simply replace the first step in the above procedure with the screen that contains your target data, then follow the rest of the procedure to make the change and save it to the database.
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How do I record a New-Hire employee in HRtrax?
To record a New Hire employee, select the Employee - New Hire screen from the Employee pad on the main menu bar at the top of the HRtrax screen:
Employee > Employee - New Hire

Complete each field with the employee's Information

Click on the Save button save the new record
Your new employee has now been saved within the HRtrax database.  If you have more information to enter for this new employee, simply press the PgDn key on your keyboard to display the Personal screen where you can enter the employee's personal information.  Press the PgDn key again and you will be presented with a screen where you can enter the employee's I9/New Hire related information.  Continue this process until you have entered all available information for this employee.
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How do I put an employee on Leave of Absence within HRtrax?
To put an employee on Leave of absence, select the LOA/Termination screen from the Employee pad on the main menu bar at the top of the HRtrax screen:
Employee > LOA/Termination

Enter the Employee ID or press F2 to select Employee Name

Enter or press F2 to select the LOA Code

Enter the Leave and Expected Return Dates

Click on the Save button to save the record
Your employee has now been put on Leave of Absence.  You will see a new status code of "LE" in the upper-right corner of each screen during the period this employee is on LOA.

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How do I Return an employee from Leave of Absence in HRtrax?
To return an employee from Leave of Absence, select the LOA/Termination screen from the Employee pad on the main menu bar at the top of the HRtrax screen:
Employee > LOA/Termination

Enter the Employee ID or press F2 to select Employee Name

Enter the Actual Return Date in the appropriate LOA row

Click on the Save button to save the record
Your employee has now been returned from Leave of Absence.  The system will change the employee's Pay Status to the original code they had before they were put on LOA.

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How do I Terminate and employee within HRtrax?
To terminate an employee, select the LOA/Termination screen from the Employee pad on the main menu bar at the top of the HRtrax screen:
Employee > LOA/Termination

Enter the Employee ID or press F2 to select Employee Name

Enter or press F2 to select the Term Code

Enter the Termination Dates and Date Last Worked

Enter or select the employee who performed the Exit Interview

Enter "Y" or "N" to indicate if they are Eligible for Rehire

Click on the Save button to save the record
Your employee has now been Terminated.  You will see a new status code of "TE" in the upper-right corner of each screen to indicate their terminated status.
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How do I Re-hire an employee in HRtrax?
To re-hire an employee, select the Payroll Related screen from the Employee pad on the main menu bar at the top of the HRtrax screen:
Employee > Payroll Related

Enter the Employee ID or press F2 to select Employee Name

Enter a code of "RE" in the Pay Status field

Enter the Re-hire Date in both the Status Date and Hire Date fields

Enter any other Changes that may be necessary for this Re-hire

Click on the Save button to save the record
Your employee has now been Re-hired.  Be sure to check other employee screens within HRtrax for changes that may be necessary as a result of their termination and re-hire.

CAUTION: If your HRtrax system is interfaced with payroll, employees that are re-hired in a year other-than the year they were terminated may create special processing for some Payroll systems. Check with your Payroll Processor before entering an employee who, for example, was re-hired in 2004 after having been terminated in 2001.
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How do I identify a Temporary employee or 1099 individual within HRtrax?
To identify a temporary employee or 1099 individual, select the Payroll Related screen from the Employee pad on the main menu bar at the top of the HRtrax screen:
Employee > Payroll Related

Enter the Employee ID or press F2 to select Employee Name

Enter the code "Y" in the Temp field to indicate Temporary employee       - or -
Enter the code "9" in the Temp field to indicate 1099 individual

Click on the Save button to save the record
Your "employee" is now coded as a Temporary or 1099 individual depending upon the code you have entered.  Temp code values of 1 thru 8 may also be used, for example, to represent the Temp agency this individual is being paid by.

Note:  If your HRtrax system is interfaced with payroll, you can use screen #4 of the Company Registry to identify which employee records (if any) that are identified as "Temps" should flow forward to your payroll system.  In other words, you can eliminate certain employees from being sent to payroll.
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