Is Employee ID field/number new??
Hi, This may be a silly question, but today is the first day I noticed the greyed out 'Employee ID' field (not the 'Card ID' field) in employee's records. I haven't updated to 2019.4 as I'm very...
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Hi SharonSL
The Employee ID is a field that was added with Payroll Reporting (STP). It basically acts as a unique record for the employee within the company file when that payroll information is sent across to the ATO. It's an uneditable field on the card, as messing with it can cause problems with Payroll Reporting. In theory, it is a consecutive series of numbers, but I have seen it be all over the place in some company files, you don't need to panic if it's not consecutive. Basically it will do its own thing and will have a unique record for each employee card.
Note: Card ID is a different field.
Thanks Steven. All good.
Has it really been there since July when I started with STP and I haven't noticed it???
Hi SharonSL
As soon as you enable Payroll Reporting in a company file the employee ID field becomes shown. If not enabled, then it will not appear for that employee's card. So, it possibly could have been listed on the employee's card since July if you enabled Payroll reporting in July.
Thanks Steven. I don't open employee files very often but had to enter a new employee today so that's probably why I didn't notice it before. ;)
Thanks!
