Customizing Onboarding Packages: Documents and Policies
This article explains how to add custom documents and policies to your employee onboarding packages in 7shifts. This ensures new hires have all necessary information, like handbooks, agreements, or safety protocols, from day one.
Who can use this feature?
- Admins have full access.
- Managers & Assistant Managers can use it for their assigned location(s), if they have the following permissions enabled:
- 'Can add employees'
- 'Can edit employees'
- 'Can manage employee documents'
- 'Can send and approve onboarding forms'
- 'Can view wages'
Account Requirements
- 7shifts Employee Onboarding is only available in the US, excluding Puerto Rico.
- Your account's country must be set to "United States of America" in your Company Settings.
- Your Location Settings must have a US address.
Important Notes
- Uploaded custom documents are only included in future onboarding packages. They are not sent to employees who have already received an onboarding package through 7shifts.
- Support file types: PDF, JPEG, PNG.
- Maximum file size: 500MB per file.
- For upload issues, check out this article for troubleshooting steps.
How to Upload Custom Documents
Follow these steps to upload custom documents for an onboarding package:
- Log in to the 7shifts web app as an Admin or Manager/Assistant Manager with permissions. This action cannot be completed through the mobile app.
- In the left navigation bar, select Team > Onboarding.
- Go to the Onboarding package tab.
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Review the Default Documents: The default documents are listed. You can enable or disable them using the
toggles.
- To add a document, click the +Add document button.
- Give your document a unique name and upload the file.
- The supported file types are: PDF, JPEG, and PNG.
- The maximum size for each file is 500MB.
- Click Save. Your document will now be included in future onboarding packages.
What Employees See
Employees will need to download the file, acknowledge it, and add an e-signature to confirm thay have reviewed, understood, and accepted the document's terms.
Example of Employee View (click on the image to expand):
Managing Onboarding Documents:
- Disable a Document: To stop sending a document in onboarding packages, toggle Include in package off.
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Preview a Document: Click the More options icon
> View document.
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Delete a Document: Click on the More options icon
> select Delete.
⚠️Warning: Deleting a document is permanent and cannot be undone. Previously sent packages containing the document will still be accessible.
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