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# 🗂️ User Guide: Employee Startwork Documents | Roll Credits Help Center

### 🗂️ User Guide: Employee Startwork Documents

 Written by Chase Gladish 

May 21, 2025

### 📌 Overview

Startwork documents are essential forms that must be completed **before** an employee begins work on a production. RollCredits provides tools to:

- 🧾 Create documents
- ✍️ Track signatures
- ✅ Verify completion

🧾 Create documents

✍️ Track signatures

✅ Verify completion

### 📄 Types of Startwork Documents

Startwork packets may include:

- 📃 Employment agreements
- 🤝 Union-specific forms
- 🎬 Production-specific agreements
- 🔒 Confidentiality agreements
- 🦺 Safety acknowledgments

📃 Employment agreements

🤝 Union-specific forms

🎬 Production-specific agreements

🔒 Confidentiality agreements

🦺 Safety acknowledgments

### 🔄 Document Workflow

Here’s how the startwork process flows:

1. **🛠️ Creation** – Documents are generated when an employee is added to a production
2. **✏️ Completion** – The employee fills out and completes required sections
3. **🖊️ Signatures** – Required signatures are collected from both employee and company
4. **🔍 Verification** – Production staff verify the documents
5. **🗄️ Storage** – All documents are securely saved in the system

**🛠️ Creation** – Documents are generated when an employee is added to a production

**✏️ Completion** – The employee fills out and completes required sections

**🖊️ Signatures** – Required signatures are collected from both employee and company

**🔍 Verification** – Production staff verify the documents

**🗄️ Storage** – All documents are securely saved in the system

### 🧾 Creating Startwork Documents

To create documents for a new hire:

1. Go to the **Payroll Dashboard** 📊
2. Select the employee 👤
3. Click the **Documents** tab 📁
4. Choose **Create Startwork Documents**
5. Select templates based on the role & union status 🧩
6. Click **Create Documents** ➕

Go to the **Payroll Dashboard** 📊

Select the employee 👤

Click the **Documents** tab 📁

Choose **Create Startwork Documents**

Select templates based on the role & union status 🧩

Click **Create Documents** ➕

### ✍️ Signature Requirements

Each document can have different signature needs:

- **👤 Employee Signature Required**
- **🏢 Company Signature Required**
- **🔁 Both Signatures Required**
- **ℹ️ No Signatures Required** (informational only)

**👤 Employee Signature Required**

**🏢 Company Signature Required**

**🔁 Both Signatures Required**

**ℹ️ No Signatures Required** (informational only)

### 📊 Tracking Document Signatures

RollCredits tracks signature status for each document:

- ✅ **Has Employee Signature**
- ✅ **Has Company Signature**
- 🕓 **Employee Signed At** (timestamp)
- 🕔 **Company Signed At** (timestamp)

✅ **Has Employee Signature**

✅ **Has Company Signature**

🕓 **Employee Signed At** (timestamp)

🕔 **Company Signed At** (timestamp)

### 👀 Viewing Startwork Documents

To view a specific employee’s documents:

1. Open the **Payroll Dashboard**
2. Find and select the employee
3. Click on the **Documents** tab
4. Browse the full list of startwork documents
5. Click on a document to **view** or **download** it 💾

Open the **Payroll Dashboard**

Find and select the employee

Click on the **Documents** tab

Browse the full list of startwork documents

Click on a document to **view** or **download** it 💾

### ✏️ Updating Document Status

Need to make changes? Here’s how:

1. Go to the employee’s **Documents** tab
2. Locate the document
3. Click **Edit** or **Update Status** 🛠️
4. Make your changes:

     - 📤 Upload a new file (if needed)
     - ✍️ Update signature status
     - 🕒 Add timestamps
5. Click **Save** 💾

Go to the employee’s **Documents** tab

Locate the document

Click **Edit** or **Update Status** 🛠️

Make your changes:

📤 Upload a new file (if needed)

📤 Upload a new file (if needed)

✍️ Update signature status

✍️ Update signature status

🕒 Add timestamps

🕒 Add timestamps

Click **Save** 💾

### 🔐 Document Security

RollCredits ensures document safety through:

- 🔒 Encrypted storage
- 🔐 Access controls for authorized users only
- 🧾 Audit logs for every document view or update
- 🗓️ Legal retention policies

🔒 Encrypted storage

🔐 Access controls for authorized users only

🧾 Audit logs for every document view or update

🗓️ Legal retention policies

### 💡 Best Practices

Keep everything running smoothly by:

- 📅 Creating documents as soon as an employee is added
- 📋 Monitoring status regularly for timely completion
- 📣 Communicating clearly with employees about requirements
- 🖊️ Ensuring all signatures are collected before start date
- ⚖️ Keeping templates compliant with current laws

📅 Creating documents as soon as an employee is added

📋 Monitoring status regularly for timely completion

📣 Communicating clearly with employees about requirements

🖊️ Ensuring all signatures are collected before start date

⚖️ Keeping templates compliant with current laws

### 🤝 Integration with Onboarding

Startwork documents are key to onboarding:

- 🪪 Aligned with the I-9 process
- ✅ Tracked alongside other onboarding tasks
- 🚦 Affect onboarding completion status

🪪 Aligned with the I-9 process

✅ Tracked alongside other onboarding tasks

🚦 Affect onboarding completion status

### 📬 Need Help?

Have questions? Contact us at [help@rollcredits.io](mailto:help@rollcredits.io) — we're here to help! 💬

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