Adding Staff

To add staff members to your Abacus system, do the following:

1.  Click on the Staff button and select 'Add Staff':
   
   
   
   The Add Staff form will be displayed:
   
   
   
   
2.  Enter the staff member's details into the Personal Details section of the form.
    All fields with a red asterisk * are mandatory.
3.  Enter the job details and salary information into the Role Details section of the form. 
    All of the fields in this section are optional.
    The 'Job Title' and 'Job Type' fields are both data lists, meaning you can customise the options which are available for selection by going to Settings > Data Lists. 
    Please refer to the Adding Items to Data Lists article for help with this. 
4.  Enter the staff member's bank details, holiday entitlement and working days in the Financial Details section of the form.
   
5.  Click on the 'Save' button. 
   
6.  Once you have added the staff member you are able to add extra details to their record, such as allergies, emergency contacts, or qualifications, by clicking on the dropdown list in the 'Other Information' tab. For example: 
   
   
   
   All of the options in this list are separate data lists, which you can customise by going to Settings > Data Lists. 
   
   
7.  Click on the 'Save' button to add these extra details to the staff member's record. 

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