Create a new employee record

Create a new employee record in Sage 50 Payroll Ireland.

To manage employee information in your payroll, you create a record for each person. The record stores their personal, employment, and payment details.

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Before you start

• If you’re moving to Sage 50 Payroll Ireland part-way through the tax year, enter employee year-to-date values
• Enter a start date within the current tax year

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Create an employee record

 NOTE: If an employee left your company and rejoins in the same tax year, reactivate their existing employee record instead of creating a new one. 

1. Go to Processing, then select Employee Details.
2. Select New, then complete the required details on the Personnel tab. 
   Mandatory fields show an asterisk *. You need to complete these fields before saving.
3. Select Next, then Save.

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Next steps

• If the employee hasn’t worked in Ireland, ask them to register their employment through the myAccount portal on Revenue's website
• If the employee is registered for PAYE and has a PPS number, use Retrieve Revenue Payroll Notifications (RPNs) to request their RPN
• If there's a delay with the RPN, you can save timesheets temporarily. The employee remains on emergency tax
• If Revenue hasn’t issued an RPN after two to three weeks, encourage the employee to contact Revenue directly