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How to set up a Contract Worker’s profile?

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Written by StaffAny
Updated over a week ago

Contents of this article are applicable to the following users

Tier: N/A

Product: PayrollAny

Platform: Web

This guide will cover the following:


To start, you can navigate to the main menu on the top bar click on My Team then you can click on one of the employee names to view the Employee Detail Information page. For each employee, there is an info box to highlight which information you’ll need to add for the employee.


Complete Basic Information

  1. Compared to non-payroll employee’s basic information required to be filled in:

    • Legal Name

      • Required to generate proper bank file and payslip(s)

    • Date of Birth

      • If you don’t store this information, you can set an arbitrary date like "1994-01-01"

    • Marital Status

      • If you don’t store this information, you can set as “Single"

    • Gender

      • If you don’t store this information, you can set as “Others"

    • Race

      • If you don’t store this information, you can set as “Others"

    • Religion

      • If you don’t store this information, you can set as “Others"

    • Phone Number

      • Identifier for employee to login into the Mobile App

  2. Other basic information that are optional to fill in but good to have:

  • Email

  • Address


Tag employee to Business Entity

After you are done with basic information, next to it on the Work Information card you can tag the employee to the business entity you made previously. Before tagging your employee to the entity, make sure to set up your business entity first.


Set up Identification Information

This part will be a mandatory part of payroll to generate statutory items such as CPF, SHG Contribution, and SDL. However, Contract Workers are not required to have statutory items and you can opt them out in the Statutory & Payment card.

Follow the following steps to fill out the form:

  1. You need to choose the Citizenship type the employee has.

  2. Select Identity Type (Option: NRIC, FIN, or Passport) and fill in the Identity Number based on its type.

  3. If you choose citizenship as a Permanent Resident, you need to fill in Effective Date (required) and Expiry Date (optional). Learn more about Permanent Resident Contribution rates here.

  4. After filling out the required form, click the Save button to finish the process.


Set up Statutory & Payment

The card will look like below before you make any changes. Employee’s SHG category is auto-generated based on employee race, religion, and citizenship information.

Follow the following steps to fill out the form:

  1. Fill in the Payment section based on how you want to pay them. Currently, we have 4 methods for payment: Bank Transfer, Cash, Cheque, and Others.

    1. Only employees with Bank Transfer as their payment method will be shown in the bank file.

    2. If filled, Payment Remarks will be displayed in employee’s payslip

    3. If you’re paying your employee with PayNow, select “Others” and fill in their account details in the Payment Remarks.

  2. For Contract Workers, select “No Contribution” to opt out from the SHG contribution.

  3. Since Contract Workers are not eligible for CPF and SDL, mark the checkbox to exclude employees from SDL and CPF contributions.

  4. Lastly, click on the Save button to finish the process.


Set up Employee’s Wages and Additional Pay Item

Continue the step to setting up the employee’s wages in the Current Wages Setup card and Additional Pay Item which can be filled in if the staff have additional wage besides the default wages (Basic Rate (Wage), OT rate, Weekend rate, Event rate).

The card will look like below before you make any changes.

Learn more on Wages and Additional Pay Item setup here.


Add Other Information

If you have other information about the Contract Worker such as dietary restrictions, allergies, area that they live in, etc, you can add it in Staff Tags.

To add staff tags:

  1. Click on the Staff Tags card at the bottom right

  2. Fill in the Title and Remarks

  3. You can add multiple staff tags by clicking on Add More button

  4. Click Save

Staff tags also help you schedule employees who are the best fit for the shift. At times, an employee with the necessary skills and training such as Vaccination Status or having a food certification is required for a shift. Learn more about Shift Tags here.


FAQs on Employee Profile Setup

Q: What should I do if I get the Timecard Locked alert when I save the Wage Setup?

A: Make sure to set the effective pay period after the lock date. To resolve the issue above, the effective pay period should be 2 Jan 2023 or any day onward.


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