As a new employee, you are now able to be a part of the setup process with the introduction of Employee Self Setup (also known as onboarding).
What can be a tedious process of paperwork moving back and forth has been turned into a faster, more accurate, and simpler method thanks to this feature.
The process is started by your employer after which time you will receive an email with a link to the Employee Self Setup wizard:
Once you click the link you will then proceed to the Self Setup wizard to start the process. It consists of 6 steps but you are able to skip any page for completion at a later date if necessary. The steps are:
- Personal Details - Name, date of birth, address, email and phone number. Some of this information will be pre-populated from the Initiation process performed earlier by the employer.
- Banking Details - You are able to add multiple bank accounts, and select how much of your pay is to go into each account.
- NRIC/FIN details - You are able to submit your NRIC/FIN details and complete the declaration on this page.
Important information on this page includes:
- NRIC/FIN: (required). This field is immediately validated and you will only be able to proceed if the number is correct.
- Expiry date: Optional. Only fill in if using a FIN number
- Employment type: (required). Select between part time or full time.
- Nationality: (required) Select from the drop down box allows you to select from 'None', 'Half' or 'Full'.
- Religion & Ethnicity: These fields are optional and are only used for reporting purposes.
- Legal status: (required). Select from citizen, permanent resident, tax resident, foreigner.
- Covered by Employment Act: (required)The Employment Act does not cover employees who are managers/executives, seamen, domestic workers or government employees. Part 4 of the Employment Act (which covers rest days, hours of work and overtime) is only relevant to employees earning less than $2,600 or workmen who earn less than $4,500 per month.
- Employee group: (required) This determines the CPF rate that will apply to the employee. Select from private sector, non-pensionable government, pensionable government.
- Qualifications - If the employer has requested that qualifications be added as a part of the Employee Self Setup, you will be able to add them here. The qualifications that are listed reflect the qualifications that have been added at a business level. Simply click on the toggle to "add" it to your employee profile. Once added you can then select an expiry date (if relevant) and add an attachment.
- Emergency Contacts - If the employer has requested that Emergency Contacts be added as a part of the Employee Self Setup, you will be able to add them here.
Once you click 'Finish' you will be reminded of any steps that have not been completed, or have unsaved changes.
You can click on any of the links to be taken to that page if you would like to complete/save changes OR select the 'Click here' button to finish the process:
After the 'Click here' button is selected, Employee Self Setup is complete:
Please note that once you have 'Finished' the process, you are NOT able to come back and make changes. The Self Setup will be closed and further changes must be made through your employer or your Employee Portal (if you have been given access)
Now that the Employee Self Setup has been completed, an email will be sent to all payroll admins that are registered to receive Self Setup emails. Clicking the link in the email will allow the employer to view the new employee information. Once the employer reviews and adds other required information, you - the employee - will be available for future pay runs.
If the employer has given you Employee Portal access, you will also receive an email containing a link to set this up.