Now you can make changes to multiple employees simultaneously for employment data, values, codes, positions, earnings, and deductions/benefits by re-applying employment defaults.
When applying these changes, you can update employees in a specific default group or update employees across different default groups.
This article will guide you through updating employees in different employment default groups, even if you’ve never used default groups before.
Only want to update employees in a specific Employment Default Group? Go to Employment Defaults.
How to Adjust the Employment Default Group
This section will guide you through updating an Employment Default Group.
Additional Information
This will not update individual employees. Once the default group is updated with the new value, you can apply it to the desired employees.
Step 1: Open Maintain Employment Defaults in the Avanti Desktop Application.
By default, this can be found in Canadian Payroll >>Employer Payroll Tables >> Employment Defaults.
Step 2: Select an Employment Default Group to change. Select Modify.
Step 3: Adjust the code/value you want updated.
Step 4: Select OK to save your Changes
Step 5: Repeat Step 2 - 4 for each Employment Default Group.
Congratulations! You have updated the Employment Default Group. You can now use this default group to update your employees.
How to Select the Employment Defaults to Re-Apply
This section will guide you through selecting which information will be updated on the employees' profile.
Step 1: Open Re-Apply Employment Defaults in the Avanti Desktop Application.
By default, this can be found in Canadian Payroll >>Employer Payroll Tables >> Employment Defaults.
Additional information
Any payrolls in progress must be canceled or updated before you can re-apply employment defaults.
Step 2: Select the updated Default Group.
Step 3: Select the Reapply to all filtered employees.
Additional Information
If this is selected, employees across all employment groups will be updated based on the filter criteria entered. If this is not selected, only the employees in the selected default group will be updated.
More information on creating the filters can be found in Filter Employees.
Step 4: Select the code/value you updated.
Additional Information
Information that is on the Employment Defaults tab in Employee Profile can be selected on the Values tab.
How to Filter Employees
Filter Employees will guide you through selecting which employees to update. Only employees that meet the filter criteria will be updated.
Important Information
All employees will be updated if no filter is added, including those that are inactive.
Step 1: Select Filter.