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Add a new support worker

Staff → New Staff10 steps
Written by Fahid Safdar, Founder & Product, Rostery · Checked
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Setting up a worker so they can be rostered and paid.

Do this

  1. 1

    Click Staff in the left menu.

    Add a new support worker, step 1
  2. 2

    Click New Staff at the top right.

    Add a new support worker, step 2
  3. 3

    Under Personal Information, type their First Name, Last Name and Email. Those three are required — the email is also how they are invited to the app.

    Add a new support worker, step 3
  4. 4

    Add their Phone, Address, Date of Birth and Gender if you hold them.

    Add a new support worker, step 4
  5. 5

    Under Role & Access, set the Role. This decides what they can see: a support worker sees their own shifts, an office user sees the whole roster.

    Add a new support worker, step 5
  6. 6

    Set the Employment Type — full time, part time, casual or contractor. It decides which pay rules apply.

    Add a new support worker, step 6
  7. 7

    Set the Start Date, and an End Date only if the engagement is fixed.

    Add a new support worker, step 7
  8. 8

    Click Save.

  9. 9

    Now open the worker you just created and set their Pay Group on the Overview tab. It is not on this form, and a worker with no pay group can be rostered and will be paid nothing, with no warning.

  10. 10

    Then add their qualifications and checks under Documents, each with its expiry date.

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