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About employees

When you work with employee information in Ajera, you set up and maintain:

Information about the employee that you need for reporting and general record keeping
The way you want Ajera to process various transactions related to the employee's time and expense reports, payroll, and billing rates
The employee's access to Ajera, including which tasks the employee can perform

You begin by clicking Setup > Employees, where you then either set up an employee or change information for an employee. The Employee window appears, with information organized into tabs.

Here is a quick overview of the type of information you enter and maintain on the Employee window for each employee in your firm:

On this tab of the window	You set up or maintain
General	General information about the employee, such as name, phone number, job title, supervisor, and so on You also enter the employee type and manager type, which play an important role in the way Ajera processes various transactions for the employee.
Address	The employee's mailing address
Time & Expense Entry	Information for use in time and expense processing, such as credit cards used by the employee, and how Ajera calculates a payment date for expense reports
Pay information	Pay information, including pay rates for use in processing payroll, calculating cost amounts, and calculating billing rates based on markups This tab also includes the employee's ID and password to Ajera, as well as the security group you assign to the employee. The security group determines what an employee can access in Ajera.
Payroll Taxes Deductions/Fringes	unavailable in ajeraCore unless you have the Payroll add-on Pay information for processing payroll in-house using Ajera. It includes basic information Ajera uses to process payroll, such as taxes, deductions, and fringe benefits for the employee
Contacts	Contact information for the employee, such as an emergency contact
Notes	Any additional information you need to enter about the employee