The Employment Status field is a very important part of the personnel record and is used for searching for various groups of personnel. It generally communicates where someone is in the employment cycle. Typical statuses are as follows:
- New Hire: hired but not started
- Active: working in the organization
- On Leave: still employed but out on a leave of absence
- Active-Leaving: still active but is leaving in the future
- Resigned, Retired, Terminated: not employed
- Retire-Rehire: previously retired but rehired and active
You have control over the statuses in your system by using the Admin/Config menu to create them and to set defaults.
To change a person’s status, click on the Change Status button at the bottom of the Personnel screen. The effective date of the change is typically entered as the date the change was made. A history is maintained for each status change.
Certain status changes associated with a person who has left trigger other actions in PeopleWerksHr such as removal of external system integration and removal of system notifications.