Staff Settings

Learn how to control what your staff can take action on and view within 'Staff' module.

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Written by Yasir Ehsan
Updated over a week ago

Objective

The objective of this tutorial is to help you understand how to control what your staff can take action on and view within Staff module.

Overview

Access from your: Computer
Applies to: Managers

With Staff Settings, you can control what your staff can take action on or view within Staff module.

Things to know before you begin:

  1. You must have manager/admin access privileges in Humanity to access Staff Settings under Settings module.

  2. You must Save & Refresh for change to take effect once you modify the settings.

The scenario outlined in this tutorial consists of the following building blocks:

  1. Staff Settings (Frequently Used)

  2. Staff Settings (Advanced Settings)

Staff Settings (Frequently Used)

Step 1: Go to Settings Module i.e. the gear icon at the top-right > Select Account tab from the left-hand side, as shown in Image 1.

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Step 2: Scroll down to Staff Settings section > Check/uncheck the box next to any option listed below to enable or disable them as per your business requirement > Click Save Settings tab, as shown in Image 2.

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Options:

  • Employees can view reports: If checked, it will allow your staff to see their own reports under Reports module.

  • Employees can edit their profile: If checked, it will allow your staff to edit their own 'Profiles' to ensure that their staff information is always accurate and up-to-date. It helps to keep their information such as email address, phone number, etc' up to date.

  • Employees can view staff gallery: If checked, it will allow your staff to view the 'Staff Gallery' which is a great way for them to get to know other staff members.

  • Employees can view staff contact details (staff gallery must be checked): If checked, it will allow employees to view contact details of coworkers which is helpful to manage issues among themselves.

  • Employees can view “Who’s on now”: If checked, it will allow employees to see who is scheduled to be working at the current time from their dashboard.

Staff Settings (Advanced Settings)

Step 1: Go to Settings Module i.e. the gear icon at the top-right > Select Account tab from the left-hand side > Click Advanced Settings tab from the top, as shown in Image 3.

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Step 2: Scroll down to Staff Settings section > Either check/uncheck the box or select the option from the drop-down next to any option listed below to enable or disable them as per your business requirement > Click Save Settings tab, as shown in Image 4.

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Options:

  • Format the name display of employees: It will allow you to choose the format in which the employee names are displayed throughout the application e.g. First Name Last Name; Last Name, First Name; First Name, Last Name Initial; Nick Name.

  • Management can view eid next to employee name: If checked, it will allow management to see eid in the staff gallery and list.

  • Users can request an account: If checked, it will allow new employees to request an account directly from the company's login page. This is a pre-requisite setting to 'Security question for user who makes a request' or 'Security answer'.

  • Employees can see files uploaded to their profile: If checked, it will allow employees to see and download files uploaded to their profile.

  • Users can see "Upcoming Birthdays": If checked, it will allow users to see upcoming birthdays on Dashboard.

  • Schedulers can create users and delete users under their permission: If checked, it will allow schedulers to create users and delete users under their permission.

  • Enable sending emails through email client when clicking on user's email: If checked, it will allow users to send emails through email client when clicking on user's email in Staff section.

  • Only Managers are allowed to change Staff passwords: If checked, it will allow only managers to change staff passwords.

  • Enable location-based break rules to automatically create paid and unpaid breaks: Activating this setting disables position-based break rules.

If you have any further queries, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@humanity.com.

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