The Employee Information module is used to record an employee's name, home address, salary, title, promotional history and more. You can establish the firm's hierarchical structure by entering each employee's access level, supervisor and/or supervisory status. The database also stores employee titles that are used to determine time sheet hourly billing rates stipulated in the Proposal/Contract. Hourly Cost data stored in the employee database is used to determine actual personnel expenses for projects. The Employment History view allows you to enter an unlimited number of promotions for each employee. Existing employee information is retained in the Employee Information database and the employee's current title, salary, hourly cost, etc... is updated with each successive promotion. Thus creating an employment history that outlines the date, title, salary, hourly cost, etc... for each promotion the employee has received.
The Employee Information module is joined to other areas of the program. The data from these joined databases is combined with data entered in this database and is used to:
establish the firm's hierarchical structure
establish module accessibility levels for each employee
determine time sheet hourly billing rates
calculate actual personnel expenses for projects
establish supervisory status for protected access and approvals
store employee passwords for log-on access to ArchAdministrator
establish drop-down list criteria for letters, transmittals, time sheets, etc...
create a chart and/or summary report that delineates the firm's make-up
create a detailed promotion history for each employee
TIP: The Employee Information module displays sensitive data and an access level of "1" is strongly recommended. Employee titles, promotions, supervisory status, hourly wages, etc... must be current. Therefore, periodic maintenance of the employee information records and promotion histories is strongly recommended.