Payslip upload message: 'We've encountered a problem' - Sage HR Online Services
Description

When you upload payslips for an employee whose email already exists in Sage HR, the following message appears:

'We've encountered a problem...'

Before you can upload your employee payslips you must decide how to resolve the problem.

 NOTE: If you're using Sage Online Bureau and this message has appeared, follow our separate guide payslip upload message: 'We've encountered a problem' - Online Bureau >


Each employee's profile in Sage HR Online Services must have a unique email address, as this is their username to log in and view payslips.

If an employee record in payroll has an email address that's already in use in a Sage HR employee profile, this message appears. This can occur for example, if an employee leaves, then returns to your business.

When this message appears, you'll also see the following information for each employee record causing the issue:

  • Payroll employee - the employee name in their Sage 50 Payroll record
  • Employee in Sage HR - the employee name in their Sage HR Online Services profile
  • Email address - the email that's duplicated
  • Action - the options available to you to resolve the email address (Scroll to the next section to find out more)
Cause
Resolution

Resolve the email address

Your options in this window are to either amend the email address in the new employee record, or use the existing Sage HR profile.

 NOTE: If you have multiple employees with this message, you need to select one of the following options for each employee. 

 

Replace Existing Employee >

This option makes it easy for you to use the employee's existing email address in Sage HR Online Services.

When you use this option the employee's old payslips in the portal are removed, and their new payslip is uploaded. The employee's previously terminated employee profile moves from the terminated employee report and becomes an active employee again within Sage HR. All other profile data for the employee remains in Sage HR, including their existing password. The employee isn't sent a new welcome email, and they can log in and view any new payslips with the password they previously set up.

 TIP: If the employee has forgotten their password, they can reset it with our change password for Sage HR Online Services guide.

To use this option:

  1. Click Replace Existing Employee.
  2. Click Publish Payslips.
  3. Log in to Sage HR.
  4. On the main menu click Reports.
  5. Click Employee data, then click Terminated employees.
  6. Find the employee then click their name to view their terminated profile.
     TIP: If the employee isn't listed here, you either didn't terminate them, or you deleted them.
  7. When you find the employee, check to see whether their start date matches their new payroll record and whether the Payslips & P60s tab shows their new payslips instead of their old ones. This indicates that their new payroll record is successfully linked to their terminated employee profile.
  8. To move the employee out of the terminated employee report, an admin user must start a chat within Sage HR so support can 'rehire' the employee for you.

After support rehires the terminated employee for you, the start date shows as the date support rehired them. This corrects itself the next time you upload payslips. 

The employee is removed from the terminated employees report and becomes an active employee again. When you view their payslips and P60s you see only their payslips and P60s for the current period of employment.

 

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