Create an Employee in Sage 50 Cloud Payroll
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Published: 2024-02-19 11:11:09

Sage Software caters to all small-medium-sized business windows. It becomes an essential need to hold records of their employees just like any other operational firm. To learn more about how to create and edit an Employee in Sage Business Cloud Payroll, let’s take a closer look at this article.
Just as the name suggests, Employees in Sage Business Cloud Payroll is mainly a section of your employee's personal information. This personal information is reasonably needed in keeping a record of all necessary details that help segregate and demand correct wages. Usually, it consists of employment and pay information. Furthermore, The Employee tab allows you to create and amend these entries.

## Why and Tips to Create an Employee in Sage 50 Cloud Payroll?

- Generally, everyone you hire should have a track record of employment. This record demands to stand mandatory. For, you can't enroll someone on a pay run unless they have an employee record, so it becomes necessary to make sure that you set up all of your employees first.
- Now, if you are not certain how to do the same, follow the guide provided below to exclude any possible errors.
- Creating an Employee 
- For adding a new Employee.
- First and foremost step, proceed to hit on the option Add New Employee, from the Employee tab.
- Next, you need to enter the employee’s details in every tab present and then click on Save.
- The employment record includes a plethora of basic information that you may request from the employee. We've detailed the less popular possibilities below.

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Here are some detailed record columns

**A. Employment**

- Employee Number: Every firm provides a unique combination of codes to every hired employee which helps them identify. This Number works wonders in cases where there are one or more identical names, hence their employee number helps in locating them.
- Employment Code: This Code is usually used to file your T4s. You may need to edit this code from the default value if your employee has a specific position.
- Province of Employment: This is a record gird that can specifically tell which employee is employed in which branch. This is a subjective thing and it may vary from where your company is based.

**B. Personal Information**

- It consists of basic information like the employee’s name, gender, date of birth, etc.
- It helps to fill in and select if You can work full-time, part-time, or as a contractor.

**C. TAX Details**

- Usually, the Tax details required for your employee are divided into two specific sections:
- Section 1 is for all employees who are based in Canada. 
- Section 2 is based on the Province of Employment you enter on their Employment tab.

**D. Payment**
Pay Group: The pay frequency you've chosen filters the available pay groups.
E. Vacation Rate(%) & Vacation Entitlement
4 %
2 Weeks
6 %
3 Weeks
8 %
4 Weeks
Now, that you are aware of how to create an employee in Sage Business Cloud Payroll, let us also shed some light on the editing part.