Navigation and using OnPay

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The latest version of OnPay introduces a suite of new employee onboarding features, including an offer letter eSignature template, automated employee onboarding workflows, and more. With this update comes changes to both the navigation menu's design, and the location of certain features. This article covers navigating OnPay using the updated navigation menu

Popular topics in this article: 

Nested navigation  Onboarding workers  Reports and Filings have moved 

 

When using OnPay on a computer, you'll see a vertical menu on the left. This persistent navigation menu, or "nav", is designed to enable fast and fluid access to the data and tools you need to onboard workers, process payroll, manage HR, administer benefits, and of course, ensure your payroll taxes are correctly filed and paid. We'll cover each tab in the menu here, but first, let's explore the subnav and menu options.

 

Navigating menu options

Hover-over and subnav options

When you hover your arrow over most tabs in the menu, a submenu will fly out with more options. 

 

Options with a caret (triangular icon on the left) contain a nested list of even more choices. Click to open. To close, click the list header again, or open another nested list in the tab's submenu.

 

Nested lists will remain open if you navigate away and back. In the below example, Workers→Onboarding and Payroll→Reports have both been left open. 

 

Click to navigate and pin menu

Click any tab to view its dashboard. The submenu will stay open as long as you hover over it. You can make this expanded menu stay open by clicking Pin Menu at the bottom.

 

When your menu is pinned, your dashboard will resize to fit the space. This lets you see all your menu options without obscuring any on-screen information.

 

Dashboard

The Dashboard tab presents your Company Dashboard. This serves as a customizable, all-purpose workspace, where you can see your team and add workers, catch up on notifications, tasks, or requests, start a payroll run, and a lot more. As you navigate through OnPay, you can always return here by clicking Dashboard at the top of the nav. There is no expanded menu in the Dashboard tab.

Learn more about customizing your dashboard→

 

Workers

At the top of the Workers tab is your Employees. You can search for active and inactive employees to view or update their information. You'll also find some team basics – like outstanding invitations, or upcoming birthdays – on the right. 

Contractors should be entered in OnPay separately from employees. Click View Contractors to add or update 1099-MISC contractors.  

 

The Workers tab has two nested menus packed with employee onboarding features:

Onboarding

  • Hire Worker
  • Employee Offers
  • Tasks

Files

  • Worker Documents
  • File Audit

…as well as a “Milestones” tab for birthdays and work anniversaries.

 

 

Payroll Reports and Filings

Reports and Filings are in the Payroll tab. Click Reports Overview to see your Reports dashboard.

Learn more about payroll reports→

 

In the Payroll tab, click Filings for Payroll Filings, and Liabilities & Payments.

 

Payroll Setup

Recently, some payroll-related features previously found in the Company tab have moved to Payroll→Set up.

Payroll→Set up is where you can enter contribution rates, and set up pay items, deductions, and accruals that are applied everytime you run payroll.

  • Enter state tax rates
  • Create custom pay items
  • Set up worker deductions
  • Create locations, departments, and positions that map to accounting software
  • Enter Workers' Comp rates
  • Set up time off accrual policies

 

HR

We're proud to announce our new product offering designed to streamline the administration work that goes into hiring and managing people. Customizable onboarding workflows help you build your team, built-in communication and tasking features keep everything moving, and advanced file management and auditing tools help you stay compliant.

 

When you add HR to your subscription, you have access to the HR dashboard, and the full suite of features found in the HR tab.

 

Resources

The Resources tab serves expert tips and modern solutions that help you stay informed and compliant, so you can get the most out of OnPay.

 

Company

The Company tab is where you can update your company information and preferences, view billing and payment history, add apps and update your subscription, and more.

How to customize company preferences→

Recently, some payroll-related features previously found in the Company tab have moved to Payroll→Set up. See Payroll→Set up

 

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