You can amend an employee's contract start date in certain scenarios. Watch the video or follow the steps below.
Click Command Centre, then next to Employees, click VIEW.
Search for the employee, then click VIEW.
Click Contracts, then under Summary, click the three-dot menu.
Click Amend Contract Start Date, then enter a new start date.
Click OK, then for any additional items listed, click REVIEW.
Once the reviews are completed, click SAVE.
đNote: If the new start date is earlier, you may see the message 'This start date cannot be amended as the person's current post is only effective from DD-MMM-YY'. To correct this, update the underlying post's effective date.
Contracts you can update
You can update the contract start date in the following scenarios.
New Hire - When you change the start date of a contract set up for a new hire, the Contract Start Date and Date First Joined fields are updated.
Rehire - When you change the start date of a contract set up for a rehire, the Contract Start Date and Latest Start Date fields are updated.
Additional Contract - Changes to additional contracts do not update the Date First Joined or the Rehire Date fields.
Contracts you cannot update
You cannot update the start date for the following contract types using the Amend Contract Start Date option.
Replacement contracts.
Contracts that have already been processed through payroll.
Other updates made when you change the start date
When you change the contract start date, the system reviews the following elements of the employeeâs contract.
Salary.
Allowances.
Cost allocations.
Pension.
BIK.
Deductions.
Substantive date.
Organisational roles.
Each element is reviewed and flagged as requiring or not requiring an update. The system also indicates which details it will update.