How to Add an Employee to Fingercheck without Self-Onboarding

Learn how you can add employees to Fingercheck on your own as an employer with no onboarding.

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Written by Gina Schrandt
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Need to add an employee to Fingercheck? You can do it yourself without inviting them to self-onboard; you can manually add employees to Fingercheck.


​However, suppose your employee is a new hire. In that case, we advise you to send them an invitation to self-onboard, as our system generates electronic new hire forms new employees must complete within two days by federal law.


Manually add employees

  1. Go to the EMPLOYEE tab

  2. Click “+New Employee."

3. A slide-out will open up, then select employee type: W-2 or 1099

  • W-2 employees are the standard worker classification

  • 1099 refers to freelancers, contractors, consultants, and other short-term jobs

4. Complete the "Basic Information" for your employee.

5. Fill in the required fields (*)

  • Name

  • Employee number

  • Clock number

  • Work email

  • Tax work location

  • Job title

  • Full or part-time

  • Pay rate

6. If you want to enter all of your employee's information, then do not turn on the "Enable Self-Onboarding" toggle.

7. Click Next to save the data and to move on to the next steps

  1. Step 2 is Personal Info

  2. Enter the employee's address

  3. Enter the contact information

4. Fill in the social security number

5. Enter the date of birth

6. Add an optional photo

  1. Step 3 is Emergency Contacts

  2. This step can be skipped and completed later

  1. Step 4 is Tax Settings

  2. Complete the necessary fields

    1. This step is Fingercheck's equivalent of the W-4 Form and involves employee involvement to a certain extent. The employee will need to self-enter OR tell you their filing status, number of exemptions, and if they opt to withhold an additional amount, and if so, what the amount is, whether it be a percentage or a fixed amount.

  3. Click Next

  1. Step 5 is Payments

  2. Complete the fields to set up their compensation details

    1. Direct deposit

    2. Paper checks

3. Split Your Paycheck (allocation) is next. It allows the employee to divide their paycheck into different accounts and allocate a percentage or flat amount to those accounts.

4. Click Next to finish

5. Fingercheck brings you back to your employee list, where you will note your new employee and their "A" Activation status.


Here is a brief video demonstrating the ways to add employees:

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