FAQs

HRIS FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions on HRIS

 1. I am unable to add an employee to HRIS. I get this error message,  "the details (email, phone number, or ID) already exist"

Answer: The details; emails, phone number and IDs are unique identifiers and only one employee can have any of these per time. To resolve, search for the highlighted existing details on the all employees search option. Ensure that your filter for status is set as "All" so that it can capture active and inactive employees.

2. Can I change an employee's supervisor?

I want to assign a new line manager to an employee

Answer: Yes, an admin is able to change employees' supervisor/ line manager from the employee's contract update page by using the guide in the link: https://support.seamlesshr.com/how-to-update-an-employee-contract

3. I get an invalid error when I attempt to bulk upload new employees' information

Answer: 
1. Ensure that you are using the correct template on the bulk upload page


2. Ensure that the fields you are uploading exist on the system.

5. I am unable to input my account number, the input field is greyed out after 10 digits.
I can't input my complete account number.

Answer:
The default account number length is 10 digits. To allow more than 10 digits, the system admin needs to increase the allowable number of digits. This can be done using the guide: https://support.seamlesshr.com/how-to-setup-a-company

6. I can't find an employee that is currently at the onboarding stage on the list of employees on the HRIS.

Answer: An employee who is at the onboarding stage will not reflect on HRIS list of employees until they have been switched to full account from the onboarding module. The list of employees at the onboarding stage can be found in "Applicant Management" on the onboarding module.

7. Employees are unable to upload documents in PDF format

Answer: Ensure the PDF format type was selected while setting up the documents on Employee Settings. 

8. I want to change an employee's job role. 

Answer: 
1. Confirm that the new job role has been created or already exists. You can create new job roles using this guide: 
2. Change the employee's job role on their contract using the guide: https://support.seamlesshr.com/how-to-update-an-employee-contract

9. How do I update my bank account details?

Answer: You can be update your bank account details on the ESS or as an admin on the profile of the employee: Here's a guide on how to edit an employee's profile

10. Employee cannot login after he/she has been profiled. 

Answer:
1. Confirm that login credentials; ID/ employee code/ email address are correct

2. Confirm that login details have been sent to the employee by checking to see if "Resend Login details" is visible on the action button on the employee's details.
3. Confirm that the employee's login access is not blocked. If you see "Restore Login Access" on the action button on the employee's details as directed here, this means the employee's login access is blocked, click on the restore login access to reactivate. 

4. If you have single sign in (active directory/ office 365), confirm if the email address and username on the employee's HRIS profile match the details (email and username) of the AD tenant.  If not, the employee's details would have to be updated to enable login.

5. Confirm that the employee has the right URL

Reach out to support if further assistance is required.

11. I am unable to update an employee's contract, I get the error message "Line Manager is not attached on this employee's contract or Line Manager has exited

Answer: Contract update approval workflow has been set up and includes a line manager approval. You are getting the error message because the employee does not have a line manager or the line manager has exited. To resolve, you can:

1.  Select Yes to "Bypass employee contract update approval workflow" on contract approval workflow in employees settings.

2. Update the line manager/ supervisor for the employee

12. How can I change the pictures/images on my login/homepage 

Answer: You can change the pictures/ images on your login homepage in company settings. Here's a guide on how to upload company logo and slider images.

14. Admin cannot find an employee on the employee list even though he/she is not exited.

Answer: Confirm that the employee's contract is active. Set your filter status to "All" so that it can capture active and inactive employees.
 
 15. Admin is unable to update an employee's contract, the error message is "This contract has pending update request. Kindly decline/approve pending request for the period:"
Answer: To proceed, approve/decline the pending request then proceed to update contract as required.
 15. I received the error message "RSA already exist" when I attempt to update an employee's PFA.

Answer: 
1. Confirm that the employee's RSA number does not belong to another employee
2. The RSA number is a unique identifier that can only be used for one employee at a time, hence, if the RSA has been used for the employee in a different subsidiary, you need to delete from the other subsidiary.
 
17. How does disable birthday and work anniversary notification work?
Answer: When you disable birthday or work anniversary notifications for an employee/ organization, an employee or all employees will not receive birthday or work anniversary notifications. 
18. I am not receiving any email notifications?
Answer:
1. Confirm from your implementation manager or support that your email notifications are not trapped
2. Confirm that the email sender has not been blacklisted by the receiving email domain.
19. An employee is unable to edit their account details?
Answer: Check the employee settings and confirm that the account details field settings is set as editable for employees.
20. How do I reset my password? The password creation link sent expired before I could use it.
Answer: HR Admin can reset password for an employee. See here a guide to assist.
20. Can I have Staff ID auto increment set specific to a subsidiary?
Answer: No, Staff ID auto increment can only be set based on the number of employees on a server. Although the settings reflect on employee settings, the setup is applicable to the current number of employees uploaded on your server. 
21. I am unable to view a department on job management.
Answer: Search for the name of the department using the Search Box feature.
22. Can employees employment start date sync with their current contract start date?
Answer: At this time, we do not have a feature that allows users to enable employees' employment start date to correspond with the current contract start date.
23. Can employees edit/update their contracts from their ESS?
Answer: Employees are only enabled to edit/update their profiles and not their contracts. This is because employees' contracts contain sensitive data like employees' paygrade and annual setup based on the company's policy. 
23. An admin not on the redeployment workflow has been getting redeployment notifications
Answer: Kindly ensure that can-manage-redeployment is not checked on the admin's role.
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If not checked, confirm that the admin is not attached to a role that has the permission checked or contact support@seamlesshr.com for further assistance.
24. An employee was redeployed to another subsidiary but I can’t find the employee in that subsidiary.
Answer: Kindly confirm an approval workflow was created for redeployment in the other subsidiary. If yes, advise the approving officers to approve the employees' redeployment.



25. How can I access the previous leave history of redeployed employees?


Answer: Kindly be informed that the leave history of redeployed employees can only be accessed in the previous subsidiary.



26. Unable to choose a particular role e.g. Supervisor, HOD while trying to create an approval workflow.

Answer: Kindly confirm that the reporting line is set as active as shown with the check boxes below;
27. While creating a new profile for a staff,, we observed that the staff ID number does not reflect the contract type when selected. 
Answer: Presently, the system's staff ID auto-generator does not assign staff ID based on different contract types. This can only be addressed when admins update the staff IDs manually.
28. We experienced an error with one of our subsidiaries while trying to redeploy staff or in having them apply for redeployment.
Answer: Kindly confirm if the redeployment settings have been set up on the admin
dashboard. Here is a guide to setup redeployment.
29. I am unable to delete a job role got a prompt that an employee’s contract is attached to it after I have changed the employee’s job role.

Answer: Check the employee’s contract history, a previous contract is attached to the job role.

30. How to view exited employees

Answer: On the HRIS module, under “All employees list” click on the “search/filter” button and filter the status by exited to view only exited employees.

31. Exited employee showing under active employee list

Answer: Confirm if the employee’s exit date is a future date.

32. How to edit an employee's department

Answer: Under employee contract update, the employee’s department can be edited there. Here is a guide to assist you.