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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.

Updated over a month ago

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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