# Entering an Employee

Employee accounts include any personnel on your payroll.

To create a new account:

1. Select Employees->New Employee or Select the New icon form the Employees->Maintain Employees page.
2. Enter an unique Employee ID. The Employee ID (or short name) is an unique field to identify this employee form all other customers. Maximum length is 20 characters.
3. Enter remaining Primary Contact and Main Mailing address information. Required fields are identified by a (*).
4. Enter the employee type.
5. Enter the department the employee is part of.
6. Enter the employees Government ID number (Social Security Number).
7. Press the Save icon and the record will be saved and you will be returned to the Maintain Employees page.

### Related Topics

#### Employees

Changing or updating an employee information
Deleting an employee account

#### Departments

Adding a department
Editing a department
Deleting a department