Sometimes, your employees might need an updated employee number. For example, your organization might assign new numbers when employees transfer locations to work in new provinces or states.
Role feature access: HR Admin > HR Admin > Employee Number Generator
You can generate a new employee number in the Employment Status tab of the Employment > Employment Settings screen in People.
Depending on your organization's configuration, Dayforce shows one of the following methods for updating employee numbers:
- Dayforce shows the Generate New Employee Number button, which you can click to generate a new number in the read-only Employee Number field:
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- Dayforce doesn't show the Generate New Employee Number button, and you can make direct edits to the Employee Number field.
The update method available depends on how the Number Algorithm field is configured in the Employee section of the Properties tab in System Admin > Client Properties.