Using Employee Status History in Patriot HR

If you have Patriot HR, you can track the employee status history, including their effective hire date, reason, and comments about the status update.

When you enter an employee’s hire date at the time you add a new employee, an entry will be automatically created in Status History with a reason of “New Hire.” You can edit or delete this entry if you wish.

You can add previous statuses for current employees by following the steps below:

To add an employee status from the employee list:

Payroll > Employees > Employee List {Employee’s Name}.
Click the dropdown by the employee’s name in the status column
On the HR Info page, find the Status History section. Click Add Status History.
Enter the Effective Date of the status change. If setting a status in the future, your employee will have a “Pending Status.” Check out our help article, Employee Statuses to learn more.
Select the Status from the dropdown list: Active, Inactive, Leave of Absence, or Terminated.
Enter a Reason. This is an optional text box.
Enter any Comments. This is also optional.
Click Save.

To add an employee status from the employee HR record:

Click the HR Info link on the employee’s record.
On the HR Info page, find the Status History section. Click Add Status History.
Enter the Effective Date of the status change. If setting a status in the future, your employee will have a “Pending Status.” Check out our help article, Employee Statuses to learn more.
Select the Status from the dropdown list: Active, Inactive, Leave of Absence, or Terminated.
Enter a Reason. This is an optional text box.
Enter any Comments. This is also optional.
Click Save.

You can edit a status by clicking the “Edit” icon in the status row.

You can delete a status by clicking the trashcan icon in the status row.

A note about rehires: If you rehire an employee, the rehire date will be shown on the Employee Info tab. The original hire date will remain in the Status History section.

Several HR reports include both the Hire Date and a Rehire Date (if there is one). The Hire Date in the reports will be the value in the actual “Hire Date” field on the employee’s record. The Rehire Date will be the most recent effective date associated with an Active Status in the Status History section.

Be sure to check out these helpful HR reports: Demographic Report the Census Report the Pending Statuses Report.