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Adding early adopters

Loren Mathewson
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EH Content Team

Available for the following plans: Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited
Available for the following HR plans: Premium, Platinum
Available for the following Payroll plans: Standard, Premium
Available for the following user access levels: Admin, Manager

When setting up your new platform, you can invite staff members to become Early Adopters. This allows them to explore the platform alongside you during the setup phase, helping both admins and early adopters to learn about the platform together. Early adopters will receive emails from Employment Hero to aid in navigating the platform during setup. You can find a list of these emails in the Further Information section below. You must first activate Setup Mode and the Setup Dashboard for your organisation before inviting early adopters.

Before you start

Turn on Setup Mode and Setup Dashboard
  1. Click the Settings menu.
  2. Under General Settings, click the Company Settings submenu.
  3. Click the Employment Settings tab.
  4. Click the Yes button for both:
    • Setup Mode
    • Setup Dashboard
    screenshot of the employment settings page, highlighting the yes buttons for setup mode and setup dashboard
  5. Click the Save button.
    screenshot of the employment settings, page, highlighting the save button

Getting started

Invite an existing staff member
  1. Log into Employment Hero.
  2. On your Employment Hero Dashboard, locate the Getting started panel.
    Screenshot of where to locate the set up panel on the employment hero dashboard
  3. Locate the Invite your early adopters option then click Set up now.
    Screenshot of where to click on set up now for early adopters in the set up dashboard
  4. You will see a pop-up explaining the advantages of inviting Early Adopters.
  5. Select your chosen employee under Search a name.
  6. Add the following details:
    • Role type
    • First name
    • Last name
    • Email
  7. Click the Send Invitation buttonand t he early adopter that you have invited will receive an invitation email.

    Important

    The invitation email will last for 72 hours. After this, you will need to manually send another invitation email to the early adopter.

    Screenshot of where to click on set up now for early adopters in the set up dashboard
Inviting staff via Employee Onboarding
  1. Log into Employment Hero.
  2. Click the Home menu.
  3. Locate the Employee Onboarding panel, then click the Add Employee button. You may need to scroll down the page to find this tile.
    Screenshot of where to click on add employee in the employee onboardng tile
  4. Add the following details:
    • Email
    • First name
    • Last name
  5. Click the Continue button.
    Screenshot of where to add the email, first name and last name for early adopters
  6. Add the following details:
    • Employing entity
    • Location
    • Last name
    • Employee code (optional)
    • Remote (optional)
    • Employment type
    • Start date
    • Job title
    • Industry standard job title
    • Probation length (optional)
    • Primary manager (optional)
    • Secondary manager (optional)
    • Teams (optional)
  7. Click the Continue button.
  8. Add the following:
    • Pay rate
    • Work hours
    • Ordinary work day
    • Benefits (optional)
  9. Click the Finish button.
  10. Back on your Employment Hero Dashboard, locate the Getting started panel.
    Screenshot of where to locate the set up panel on the employment hero dashboard
  11. Locate the Invite your Early Adopters option, and click the Set up Now button.
    Screenshot of where to click on set up now for early adopters in the set up dashboard
  12. You will see a pop-up explaining the advantages of inviting early adopters.
  13. Select your chosen employee under Search a name from the drop-down menu.
    Screenshot of where to search a name set up now for early adopters
  14. Add the following details:
    • Role type
    • First name
    • Last name
    • Email
  15. Click the Send Invitation button; the early adopter that you have invited will receive an invitation email.

    Important

    The invitation email will last for 72 hours. After this, you will need to manually send another invitation email to the early adopter.

    Screenshot of where to add the email, first and last name set up now for early adopters
Invite staff via People Employee List
  1. Log into Employment Hero.
  2. Use the Quick Add method of adding an employee by following these directions
  3. Back on your Employment Hero Dashboard, locate the Getting started panel.
    Screenshot of where to click on the getting started panel for early adopters
  4. Locate the Invite your Early Adopters option, then click the Set up Now button.
    Screenshot of where to click on set up now for early adopters in the set up dashboard
  5. You will see a pop-up explaining the advantages of inviting early adopters.
  6. Select your chosen employee under Search a name.
    Screenshot of where to click on search a name for early adopters in the set up dashboard
  7. Add the following details:
    • Role type
    • First name
    • Last name
    • Email
  8. Click the Send Invitation button.  The early adopter that you have invited will receive an invitation email.

    Important

    The invitation email will last for 72 hours. After this, you will need to manually send another invitation email to the early adopter.

    Screenshot of where to click on search send invitation for early adopters in the set up dashboard

Further information

List of emails sent to early adopters
Early adopters will receive the following emails while their organisation is in setup mode.
Topic Action Subject
Confirmation email (early adopters)

 

 <Org name> has invited you to join Employment Hero
Licence emails (certification)

If assigned 

 

 You are required to obtain a certification
 

If not assigned  

 Your certification is no longer required
Member licence emails

If approved

 Your certification has been approved
 

If not approved 

 

 Your certification has been declined
 

Complete (employee submits to review)

 You are required to review a certification
 

Expired licence

 Your certification has now expired
 

Remind manager to review

 Your employee's certification <expires today | will expire in %{reminder} | has expired %{reminder} ago
 

Remind employee for expiry

 Your certification <expires today | will expire in %{reminder} | has expired %{reminder} ago
Timesheet emails

New timesheet by employee

 Timesheets are awaiting your review
 

Update by employee

 A timesheet entry from <employee name> has been updated and is awaiting your review
 

Status update by manager

 Your timesheets have been updated
Document emails

Confirm document email

 A new document has been added to your account
 

Document signed by sender email

 %{employer_name} has sent you a %{document_title}
 

Document requires recipient signature email

 Your signature is required for %{document_title}
 

Document requires sending signatory signature email

 Document requires your signature
 

Document not accepted email

 Your document has not been accepted by %{employer_name}
 

Document letter of finalised email to recipient

 Your <document title> has been finalised with <employing entity>
 

Document letter of finalised email to sender

 Your <document title> has been finalised with <employing entity>
 

Confirm induction email

 You are required to acknowledge a document
 

Confirm shared document email

 A new document has been added to your account
Leave request emails

New leave by employee

 Leave requests are awaiting your review
 

New leave request by manager

 A new leave request has been submitted by your manager
 

Update by employee

 A leave request from <employee name> has been updated and is awaiting your review
 

Status update by manager

 Your leave requests have been <leave status>
Employee emails

Invitation

 <Employer Name> has invited you to join Employment Hero
 

Welcome

 Welcome to Employment Hero
 

Authorising signatory invite

 You have been nominated as the authorising signatory
 

Authorising signatory instructions

 You have been nominated as the authorising signatory
 

Onboarding reminder

 Don't delay your pay and complete your onboarding process
 

Onboarding confirmation reminder

 Don't delay your onboarding and complete your confirmation process
 

Onboarding created by reminder

 Don't delay the onboarding of your employees and complete your onboarding process

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