Department Settings in Workforce TNA
Department Settings allow you to organise employees into logical groups for reporting, access control, and workflow management. With WorkforceTNA – Enterprise edition, you gain access to advanced department-level features that enhance flexibility and control.
Departments help structure your workforce by grouping employees based on teams. These settings are used across reports, notifications, user roles, and timesheet workflows.
Notes:
- Departments are used to filter reports, notifications, and user access.
- Employees can be assigned to one or more departments.
- Departments can be renamed or deactivated if no longer needed.
- Enterprise features provide enhanced control over timesheet and leave behaviour.
To manage Department Settings, follow these steps:
- Go to System Settings > Departments.
- Click Add to create a new department.
- Enter a Department Name.
- Configure standard options:
- If you have WorkforceTNA – Enterprise edition, additional options will be available:
- Allow selection of Allowances when clocking via Workforce TNA App – Enables employees to choose applicable allowances during clocking.
- Streamline Daily Timesheets reload after timesheet changes – Automatically refreshes daily timesheets when edits are made.
- Allow Employees to Edit Timesheet – Grants employees permission to edit their own timesheets.
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Department Pay Period – Set a custom pay period for the department or choose to:
- Use System Default
- Force Cost Centre Selection on Leave Requests is a setting in Workforce TNA that ensures employees must select a Cost Centre when submitting a leave request.
- Force Job Task Selection on Leave Requests is a setting in Workforce TNA that requires employees to select a Job Task when submitting a leave request.
- Assign employees to the department via the Employee Setup screen.
- Click Save.
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