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Creating a Custom Status Indicator

This tutorial will show you how to create a custom employee status indicator, useful in cases where the program's pre-defined status names do not adequately represent the employee's current state of employment. For example, if two employees are set to the program's "On Leave" status for different reasons, you can create a "custom" status for each individual reason (e.g. Military Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Emergency Leave, Family Medical Leave).

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To define a custom status for your payroll:

  1. Click on the Employer tab and then choose the Payroll menu to display the various options.
    Fig. 01: The Payroll Define Status command is located under the Employer tab's Payroll menu.
    Fig. 01: The Payroll Define Status command is located under the Employer tab's Payroll menu.
  2. Choose the Payroll - Payroll Define Status menu command to open the Payroll Define Status screen. This screen is used to define custom payroll status indicators.

    Payroll Define Status Help page...

  3. Select the drop-down list immediately to the right of the New button and then choose a status Action type on which your custom status will be based.
    Example: In Fig. 02 below, we will choose the On Leave status as we will be creating a custom status entitled "Maternity".
    Fig. 02: Choosing an Action type to apply to your new custom status.
    Fig. 02: Choosing an Action type to apply to your new custom status.
  4. Once you have chosen the status' Action type, select the New button to add a new status row into the table. The row appears with its cells ready for editing.
    Fig. 03: A new row is added to the screen.
    Fig. 03: A new row is added to the screen.
  5. Edit the various cells as they relate to your custom payroll status (press <F1> to use the Online Help system if you need to look up a definition for the various cells).
    Example: In the example below, we have named our custom status "Maternity", and entered a brief description. If an employee is later assigned this status, eNETEmployer will consider them to be "On Leave" from the company (as specified in the Action cell.
    Fig. 04: A completed custom status.
    Fig. 04: A completed custom status.
  6. Once your data is complete, select the Save icon (the check mark icon at the left side of the row). This accepts the changes and the Edit Mode icons are removed to indicate that the entire row has been saved. You can also choose the Save button from the Button Bar above the table.
  7. If you require more than one custom status, choose the New button as needed to insert additional status rows (remembering to save each row's information once complete).

    This completes the tutorial on entering custom status indicators.

    Note: If you are working through the payroll setup process in order, you will need to continue through the Company menu to finish entering the data that is required for your new company.


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