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Manage employee benefits in Workstream Payroll

Add and manage benefits like medical, dental, retirement plans, FSAs, and HSAs from employee profiles in Payroll.

You can now add benefits for your employees. The available benefits options include various types of plans and savings options.

Here’s a list of the benefits you can add or update:

Retirement Plans

  • 401(k)

  • 403(b)

  • 457

  • Roth 401(k)

  • Roth 403(b)

  • Roth 457

  • Simple IRA

Health & Medical Benefits

  • 125 Medical

  • 125 Medical (Other)

  • 125 Vision

  • 125 Dental

  • 125 Disability

  • 125 Accident

  • 125 Cancer

  • 125 Hospital

  • 125 Critical Illness

  • 125 Life

Savings & Spending Accounts

  • FSA Medical

  • FSA Dependent Care

  • HSA (Health Savings Account)

To add or manage benefits, go to their ProfileBenefits tab › + New Benefit.


Add benefits to an employee's profile

To add benefits, follow these steps:

  1. Accessing the employee's profile

    1. Go to Team View, then Team.

    2. Find the employee you want to assign a job to, then select their name to open their profile.

    3. Go to the Benefits tab.

    4. (Optional) Update the Workers Comp Code.

    5. Select + New Benefit.

  2. Adding a benefit

    1. Description: Benefit description or name

    2. Benefit type: Select a benefit type

    3. Effective start and end date: Enter the benefit's effective start and end dates

    4. Period: Select the period over which a period amount is distributed. Can be 'monthly' or null

    5. Company contribution percent: Enter the decimal percentage of gross pay for company to contribute per payroll from 0 to 100

    6. Company contribution amount: Enter the amount for company to contribute per payroll

    7. Employee contribution percent: Enter the decimal percentage of gross pay for company to contribute per payroll from 0 to 100

    8. Employee contribution amount: Enter the amount for employee to contribute per payroll

    Creating a benefit

  3. Select Save.


Edit or remove employee benefits in an employee's profile

To add or remove benefits, follow these steps:

  1. Accessing the employee's profile

    1. Go to Team View, then Team.

    2. Find the employee you want to assign a job to, then select their name to open their profile.

    3. Go to the Benefits tab.

  2. Editing or removing a benefit

    1. Select Edit or Remove.

      Editing or removing benefits

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