BrightHR Software / Employee profiles

You don’t change who the employee reports to, you change who the managers manage. (Don’t worry, it’s simpler than it sounds!)

Head to Settings in the top right of any page then select Permissions from the bar on the left.

Find the manager’s name and change their role to Manager.

You’ll then be given the option to edit direct reports. This opens a pop-up where you can select the employees that report to this manager.

Click the pink button on the pop-up, and then the pink save changes button on the bottom right of the page to update your changes.

Head to Settings on the Dashboard—it appears near the bottom of the page.

Select Places of work from the bar across the top, and then click the pink button.

This will open a pop-up where you can add some details. Click Next. Select your employee and click .

You’ll see a summary of your changes—click Create and then to save your changes. Head to Reports on the Dashboard and click Absence.

You can choose whether to download the report as a CSV (spreadsheet) or a PDF.

Then click the pink button to create your absence report.

A variable hours worker means the employee does not work the same set hours each week.

This is the usual number of hours a full-time employee works in one week.

You’ll find your employees in the Employee hub—this appears in the top of the navigation bar.

You can either type your employee’s name into the search bar, or manually search for the employee. Once you’ve found your employee, select View full profile.

Click the 'Edit' icon next to the employee’s Contract summary to open a pop-up and then select correct contract if you want to change their current working pattern, or select change contract if you wish to add a new one from an effective date.

Click , then again, then .Changes aren’t saved automatically, so this is really important.

You’ll find your employees in the Employee hub—this appears in the top of the navigation bar.

You can either type your employee’s name into the search bar, or manually search for the employee. Once you’ve found your employee, select View full profile.

Scroll down and click the edit icon next to Key details.

Next, select change contract to add a new contract from a specific effective date.

You’ll then be shown a Summary of your changes—click the pink button to finish.

First head in to the Employee hub—this appears in the top of the navigation bar.

In here, you’ll see a pink button at the top of the page that says 'Add employees'

This will bring up a New record.

You’ll be able to add multiple employees on the left and will be asked to first enter their personal details.

Next, you need to enter some employment details such as their profile type, working hours and annual leave balance.

You will then be able to add any employees you have set up to the system and send registration emails.

You’ll find your employees in the Employee hub—this appears in the top of the navigation bar.

You can either type your employee’s name into the search bar, or manually search for the employee. Once you’ve found your employee, select View full profile.

All you need to do now is hit the Send registration email button at the top of their profile to send a link to your employee to register.

Don't see this button? Don't worry! This just means your employee has already registered, just get them to head to the login screen and click forgotten password if they cannot login.