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How To: Add a Person
Task Definition: Enter a new hire into PennWorks.
In this task – Enter Initial Employment information. This includes:
Biographical Information
Role and Distribution information
Faculty Compensation information (for Faculty only)
Ethnicity information
Steps – From the Navigation panel:
Complete the Find a Person search
Register Penn ID
Add Biographical info
Add Role(s)
Add Distribution(s)
Add Compensation (Faculty only)
Add Ethnicity
Finalize and Save
Before adding a new person, search the existing database for a match, i.e. Find a Person. Please refer to How to Find a Person for details.
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2. Task: Add a Person (cont’d)
After entering the appropriate search criteria, click [Find]
Note the message ‘No records found’
Click on [Add a New Person] to begin the new hire process

3. Task: Add a Person (cont’d)
For an individual who has applied for a SSN, their receipt of application can be used to request a Temporary Number. 
Fax a copy of this ‘receipt’ to HR Records. HR will provide a temporary number that can be used in place of the SSN.
Click on [Register Penn ID data] to advance to the next screen
To register a Penn ID, enter Name, Birth Date and Social Security Number
A Penn ID number will be assigned automatically

4. Task: Add a Person (cont’d)
Users will be asked to specify whether an employee is a Foreign National, a US Citizen, or a Green Card / Permanent Resident.
This field will be required for new hires and rehires, and optional but strongly recommended for biographical updates to existing employees.
If Foreign National or Green Card/Permanent Resident is selected, the user will be required to enter Visa information whether the person is new or existing.
Click on [Submit] to advance to the next screen
Enter the new employee’s Biographical Information

5. Task: Add a Person (cont’d)
Select the School/Center, Role ORG and enter the Job Class Code
Clicking [Search] after entering the Job Class Code allows you to continue adding Role details
Leave the Home ORG lock set if only Home ORG users will be able to add a Role
Role State can be Final or Projected; a ‘projected’ Role State is used for planning purposes only, i.e. the employee will not receive a payment
When you finish adding the Distributions, you would click [Next] to proceed with Add Roles/Distributions
Add Distribution(s) as appropriate; you can add a maximum of 32 Distributions across all Roles
Use Open-ended if there is no specifically known end date
After you finish adding Role and Distribution data, click [Next] to advance to the next screen
[Next] allows you to proceed adding Distributions as appropriate

6. Task: Add a Person (cont’d)
Click on [Next] to advance to the next screen
Faculty Compensation is intended to capture the salary commitment for Standing Faculty, Associated Faculty, and Health System Clinicians regardless of the academic appointment

7. Task: Add a Person (cont’d)
Answer the Ethnicity question
Select the appropriate Race
Click on [Next] to advance to the next screen

8. Task: Add a Person (cont’d)
Work Address information appears under Employee Status as of July 2015
Click on [Submit] to finalize
Upon completion, finalize the Add Person process