Retail - Associate Set Up
How to set up and maintain profiles for new or existing associates in myTime.
Go to: Main menu > Maintenance > People Information OR Select associate > Go to > People
Note: New associates are imported with generic information into myTime that must be updated.
Overview
Set up for new Associates occurs in the People Information section. Some People Information categories are optional, as noted below.
Edit the following:
- Employee > Information > ‘Primary Job’
- Employee > Information > ‘Contacts’ *optional*
- Timekeeper > Employee Role >
- ‘Employee Job Transfer Set’ (1st time set up)
- ‘Employee Job Transfer Set’ (edit existing set)
- ‘Job Preference’ *optional*
- Scheduling > Skills and Certifications
- Scheduling > Scheduler >
- ‘Worker Type’
- ‘Group Assignment’ Removal (if any)
- ‘Schedule Rule Set’
- Scheduling > ‘Employee Preferences’ *optional*
Primary Job
Go to: Employee > Information > ‘Primary Job’
- Enter the information in the blank cells.
- Enter effective date.
- Select the primary job from the business structure drop-down menu.
- The ‘Primary Labor Category’ should remain identical to what originally populated.
CAUTION: If changes to the primary labor category are incorrect/blank and saved, the associate will be removed from retail.
- Save.
Note: Follow these same steps if updating a current associate to a new primary job.
Step 2 – Contacts *optional*
Go to: Employee > Information > ‘Contacts’
- Enter phone number(s).
- Save.
Note: This field is optional and can be entered at any time.
Employee Job Transfer Set (1st time set up)
Go to: Timekeeping > Timekeeper > Employee Role > ‘Employee Job Transfer Set’
- Select empty box under ‘Employee Job Transfer Set’ and select ‘Create’.
- Select all Jobs applicable to the Associate from the business structure, through the drop-down menu.
- Enter ‘Group Name’ for the transfer set.
- Enter ‘Description’ and save.
- Enter ‘Effective Date’.
- Save.
Note: Group names are visible across all sites. Using the associates ID number as the group name ensures no duplication across sites.
Employee Job Transfer Set (edit existing set)
- Click on the Group Name of the existing Job Transfer Set.
- Select Edit (instead of Create).
- Follow set 3 above to add or edit existing set.
- Save.
Employee Job Preference *optional*
- Locate the ‘Job Preference’ chart below the ‘Job Transfer Set’.
- Use the drop-down menu in the ‘Job Preference’ column to assign priority to preferred jobs.
- 0 (lowest priority) – 10 (highest priority).
- Save.
Note: This field is optional and can be entered at any time. Some or all jobs can stay at ‘No Preference’.
Note: This step is not activated until ‘Employee Preferences’ is edited.
Skills and Certifications
Please refer to ‘Retail – Certifications’ job aid.
Scheduler
Go to: Scheduling > Scheduler > to see Worker Type, Group Assignment, and Schedule Rule Set
Worker Type
Use the drop down to select worker type
Group Assignment
- Retail Associates should not have a group assignment.
- If a Group Assignment is pre-populated, enter an effective end date to remove.
Schedule Rule Set
- Select drop down under schedule rule set.
- Select corresponding schedule rule set to worker type previously entered.
- Enter effective date.
- Save.
Employee Preferences *optional*
Go to Scheduler > ‘Employee Preferences’.
- Select the box to ‘Override Employee Preferences in Schedule Generation Strategy’.
- Preferences Weight, in one or more boxes, must equal 100.
- Save.
Note: This field is optional and can be entered at any time. Some or all preferences can stay at 0.