Available for the following plans: Employment Lite, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited
Available for the following HR classic plans: Standard, Premium, Platinum
Available for the following user access level: Admin
Overview
An authorising signatory is the person who has the right to sign off on employee contracts and HR documents within your organisation. This person is the one responsible for reviewing the content, is correct, signing the document and then sending this onto the intended recipient.
The Authorising Signatory feature allows you to nominate this role within your organisation and then have them input their signature into the Employment Hero platform. The platform also allows you to assign employees with sending authority; i.e. these employees can sign contracts on behalf of the authorising signatory.
Important
Only one user can store their digital signature within the Employment Hero platform.
HR Best Practise
Your Authorising signatory should be someone senior in your organisation, for example, your CEO or Head of HR. You should keep employees with sending authority to a minimum, and should only give it to employees that handle your contractual documentation, for example, your HR or compliance teams.
Getting started
It is important that you select employees with a high level of trust in your company to be the authorising signatories for your organisation.
- Click the Settings menu.
- Click the Authorising Signatory submenu.
- Select an employee from the Authorising Signatory field.
- Click the Save button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Create your e-signature.
Helpful Hint
You will also receive an email prompting you to create these details.
- Sending Authority.
Helpful Hint
The field relates to who else can send documents on the authorising signatory's behalf.
Important
You can click the Upload button to import your existing signature pad. The recommended size for your upload is 300 x 100 pixels.
- Click the Save button.
Maintain
There are various reasons your authorising signatory might need changing or the list of sending authorities added to and you can do this any time via the General Settings module.
Warning
When you edit and then save a new authorising signatory, the platform will remove your previously stored signatory.
- Click the Settings menu.
- Click the Authorising Signatory submenu.
- Select an employee from the Authorising Signatory field.
- Click the Save button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Create your e-signature.
Helpful Hint
You will also receive an email prompting you to create these details.
- Sending Authority.
Helpful Hint
The field relates to who else can send documents on the authorising signatory's behalf.
Important
You can click the Upload button to import your existing signature pad. The recommended size for your upload is 300 x 100 pixels.
- Click the Save button.
Explore related content:
- Employment Hero platform: My assigned and uploaded documents This feature allows you to view contracts and documents assigned to you and agree to the contents by either using the electronic signature pad or uploading an image of your signature.
- Employment Hero platform: My company policies This feature allows you to view and acknowledge your assigned policies and procedures. You can also use this feature to view your previously acknowledged policies and print a hard copy out for your records if needed.
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