Employee events are usually official management messages, such as formal written warnings, requests for Human Resources documentation, or other reminders, that require an action or confirmation of receipt by the employee. For example, "Submit your I-9 form before beginning your shift."
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Note Although they both may be used to send messages to employees, the Store Manager Employee Events tool is separate from the Employee Messaging tool, which is set up in Store Manager, but used in Terminal. See Set Employee Messaging Options to set up employee messaging. |
To Send an Employee Event
1.Go to Settings> People> Employees. 
2.Double-click the employee you want to send an event to.
3.Click the Events tab.
4.At the bottom of the screen, click the Add button 
to display the Add Event window.
5.If you want to delay sending of the event, in the Date field, select or enter the date you wish the event to be sent.
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Note Employee events are displayed when the employee clocks in to Terminal, and will continue to be displayed at every clock in until the event is deleted from the Events tab. |
6.In the Message field, enter the text of the event message.
7.Select Require Override to require a manager override before the employee can continue past the event message.
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Note Selecting Require Override also records a confirmation of the receipt of the message in the employee profile [Access an employee's profile by going to the Settings> People> Employees screen and double-clicking the employee's name in the list.] Comments and Messages tab. |
8.Click OK to close the Event window.
9.Click OK to save changes and close the employee profile. The event message will be displayed when the employee next clocks in.
10.After the employee has read the message, delete it by selecting it on the Events tab and clicking Delete. 
(If not deleted, the message will continue to appear at every login.)
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