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Manage a contractor's job history and work types

Available for the following HR plans: Free, Standard, Premium, Platinum
Available for the following User Access levels: Contractor, Admin    

The job history feature allows you to add your contractor information such as their service description, reporting line, and what their payment frequency is, i.e. weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. You can also use this feature to edit these details if they need updating or to delete a record that you added in error.

Job history

Adding a new job history
  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Navigate to the People menu.
  3. Select Independent Contractors.
  4. Select the contractor whose job history you want to add to.
  5. Click the Job History tab.
  6. Click the Add button.
  7. Complete the following fields:
    • Start date.
    • End date.
    • Job title.
    • Service description.
    • Reports to.
    • Payment frequency:
      • Weekly.
      • Fortnightly.
      • Monthly.
    • Country of bank account.
  8. Click the Create button.
Editing a job position
  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Navigate to the People menu.
  3. Select Independent Contractors.
  4. Select the contractor whose job history you want to edit.
  5. Click the Job History tab.
  6. Click the Actions button.
  7. Click the Edit button.
  8. Make the required changes and click the Save button.
Deleting a job position
  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Navigate to the People menu.
  3. Select Independent Contractors.
  4. Select the contractor whose job history you want to remove.
  5. Click the Job History tab.
  6. Click the Actions button.
  7. Click the Delete button.
  8. Click the Delete button.

Work types

Add a work type to a contractor
  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Navigate to the People menu.
  3. Select Independent Contractors.
  4. Click on Pay Details.
  5. Click on Edit.
  6. Under Timesheets, select Use timesheets to submit all time worked or Use timesheets for exceptions only.
  7. Add your desired work types here by ticking the work types you wish to add.
  8. Click on Save.

Further information

Change which manager a contractor reports to

To change the reporting manager for a contractor in Employment Hero, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Navigate to the People menu.
  3. Select Independent Contractors.
  4. Choose the contractor whose reporting line you wish to update.
  5. Click on the Job History tab.
  6. Locate the relevant job entry and click the Actions button, then select Edit.
  7. In the edit screen, update the Reports to field to reflect the new manager.
  8. Click Save to apply the changes.

Legal Disclaimer

Please note that this module and any related content or templates are not all-inclusive and is intended for general information purposes only. It does not constitute legal or other advice. The content or templates may not be compliant with your local employment laws. Always seek professional legal advice. Employment Hero expressly disclaim any representation or warranties, express or implied, including without limitation any representations or warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, reliability and non-infringement. Employment Hero is not liable for any loss or damages arising either directly or indirectly as a result of reliance on, use of or inability to use any information provided in this module.

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