Requirement to enter employee phone and email

I can help you with adding an employee, @Marilyn2400.

You can add your employee from the Employees menu. There are required fields that you need to provide information to save the employee. 

Check out this article for more information about adding your new employee to QuickBooks Payroll. It'll also include the information you need to prepare and the required fields to enter their information. 

Also, see this article on how you can turn on QuickBooks Workforce, then add your employees' email addresses to their profiles: Invite your employees to QuickBooks Workforce to see pay stubs and W-2s if you use QuickBooks Deskto....

Once done, here's how you can assign a payment schedule to your employee and create your direct deposit or paper paychecks: Create and run your payroll. 

Let me know if you need further help to add your employee. I'm always here to help. Have a great rest of the day!

You did not read my information.  I know how to add employees - been doing it for 9 years.  But there is a NEW REQUIREMENT not required on other clients.  The process comes to a dead stop if an email or phone number hasn't been added.  Then you have to check the boxes "add later".  This is very cumbersome and is a NEW FEATURE.  How can I disable this?

Hi there, @Marilyn2400.

I understand this new requirement to add contact information when adding employees is cumbersome. I encourage you to add your vote for this one by sending a feature request in the Feedback section within QuickBooks. Our product development team reviews all the feedback we receive to ensure we’re meeting the needs of our customers.

Here's how:

1. Go to the Help menu.
2. Choose Send Feedback Online and select Product Suggestion.
   
3. Click the Product Area drop-down menu and select a category.
4. Enter your comments or product suggestions.
5. Select Send Feedback.

Additionally, if you need to change an existing employee’s info, you can enter those changes on their profile in your QuickBooks Payroll account. 
 

The Community is always here if you need further assistance with managing your employees. It's our priority to ensure your success. Take care and have a great day!

RE: in 2022 desktop and when I add employees, it won't let me out of the screen until I either put in their phone # and email or check the box to "enter later"

That's ridiculous! Neither of these fields are required by any agency to pay an employee. And, as it happens, some people don't have email addresses and some people don't have a phone.

Right! And you have to check each box separately, each time, and acknowlege each checked box, each time.  A total waste!!

@LieraMarie_A  RE: I understand this new requirement to add contact information when adding employees is cumbersome.

Your link mentioned nothing of a new requirement. What is the new requirement, exactly?

You cannot add a new employee without adding their phone & email unless you check the box to add later.  Each time you check the box, an annoying message comes up. If you go back later to add other information, you can't until you go through the same routine.  Completely stupid feature.

One wonders why Intuit adds stuff like this to QuickBooks instead of making it work better.

Who dreams up this stuff? Why would anyone think it a good idea to nag QB users about "missing" email addresses and telephone numbers on employees? Who could possibly think these fields are special/important to fill out, since they're not? They have absolutely nothing to do with an employee's payroll results. They don't print on paychecks. They're not included on tax forms.

I agree. This is really annoying and a nuisance when having o change employee info, especially in larger files.

Anyone found a work around ?

RE: Anyone found a work around ?

The only thing I can think of is to enter nonsense values to defeat this stupid thing Intuit did. Something like stupid @ dumbIntuit.com for the email and some random numbers for the phone: 3141592 could be fun.

That's actually what I've been doing, but entering the employer's phone number & email.

When are they going to fix this it really is a waste of time - adds too much time to our duties.?????

Both fields should not be required.

I hear your sentiments.

I know how important it would be if you could disable the option to enter an employee's phone number and email address when adding them to QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) Accountant. 

At this time, there is no set date for when this option will be removed from QBDT. While we appreciate your input, it is subject to review and approval by our software engineers.

As long as you submit feedback to our product development team, you can be sure that we'll roll out updates on our website as soon as they become available. 

To do that:

1. Go to the Help menu and select Send Feedback Online.
2. Click the Product Suggestion option.
3. Enter your feature request and select the Send Feedback button.

Additionally, you can make changes to your employee's profile in QBDT. Here's an article for the full steps: Edit or change employee info in payroll.

Let me know if there's anything I can help with further about managing your employees. We're always ready to assist you anytime.

TAKE OUT the rule that FORCES adding phone and email for new employees. NO agency requires it for payment. LOTS of my employees don't have email and some have NO phone. If you're trying to make me switch accounting software, CONGRATS, you're succeeding!

I have two employees that when I add the phone number and save i keep getting the incomplete employee profile info error for the phone number requirement.  I have tried several different numbers-office, work cell and personal cell.  Nothing is working.  Not sure what to do now.

You can verify and rebuild your data in QuickBooks Desktop, @TracyAK.

Verify tools finds the common issues of your company file and will be fixed by the rebuild tool. Before doing so, make sure your Desktop is updated.

Here's how:

1. Go to the File menu.
2. Select Utilities.
3. Click Verify Data, then select OK to close all windows.
4. Then, go back to the File menu.
5. Select Rebuild Data under Utilities.
6. QuickBooks will ask you to make a backup before rebuilding your company file and select OK.
7. Click OK once the rebuild is done.

You can read this article if you want to invite your employee to view their paystubs: View your pay stubs, time off, and year-to-date pay in QuickBooks Workforce.

Let me know if you have questions about setting up an employee profile. I'm always here to help. Have a great day.

Ehtel-A  I have done both.  Still having the same issue.  I started with 6 of my 9 employees need to have their information updated to include either e-mail or phone numbers (some were both).  all but two allowed me to update and save.  These two will not allow me to update with the phone number,  Still show that they need to be added.  However, the phone number field does have a valid phone number in it.  I am waiting for a call back from QB support to troubleshoot this issue.

The Employee Center is now showing an exclamation point for all employees without an email address, which is over 270 people. Only our office people receive checks and W-2s online, the rest do not.  It's so slow and nearly impossible to do anything in there. How do we turn off the email address requirement? 

You're in the right place, @hoosierdp, and @TracyAK. I can help figure out why there is an exclamation mark next to some of your employees. 

When adding an employee, you'll have to ensure that all details are entered so you won't see a yellow exclamation point next to their name. You'll want to double-check each employee that has an exclamation mark if there is missing information. For more details about setting up an employee, you check this article: Add or edit an employee in Online Payroll. 

As a result, I recommend that you go over the employee's Tax withholding section. See the table in this article for more detailed instructions: Edit or change employee info in payroll.  

If you've checked and confirmed that everything has been added. However, if the problem persists, I suggest contacting our Support Team. They have the tools needed to conduct further investigation and, if necessary, create a ticket. Here's how to reach them:

1. Log in to your QuickBooks Online company.
2. Click on Help (?).
3. Select the Search tab, then Contact Us.
4. Choose a way to connect: 
   Start a chat with live support.
   Get a callback from the next available support.

For more information on the support hours, check out this link: QuickBooks Online Support. 

Do you also need help reviewing your employee's year-to-date taxes and liabilities? There are reports available for you to run. Here's an article for more details: Run payroll reports in QuickBooks Online Payroll. 

Get back to this thread if you still need assistance or have other concerns about managing employees. I'll be happy to help. Take care! 

The problem is when you have a ton of current employees who suddenly are required to have missing information inputted. It makes the employee center crazy slow and nearly unusable. This does nothing to resolve that. 

Change it to Main Phone number and it will get rid of the error. 

I appreciate you for updating us on this, @hoosierdp. 

The information above is for QuickBooks Online (QBO) users. It seems like you're having performance issues with your QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT). Don't worry, I know a couple of troubleshooting steps to resolve this.

We can begin by updating your QuickBooks Desktop and Data Server Manager on your hot or server. Also, make sure that your computer meets the system requirements to avoid issues along the process. For additional troubleshooting, see this link: Manage your data files to fix QuickBooks Desktop performance issues.

If it still takes longer for the Employee Center page to load, there's a possibility that this issue is due to your company data file size. There are no actual limits on the size of your company data file, but performance may be hindered if your network is not capable of handling large data files. If you have a large file and performance is slower than what is needed, you can reduce the size of your company file. 

You can also refer to this link for additional information: Manage your data files to fix QuickBooks Desktop performance issues.

If the issue persists, it would be best to reach out to our QuickBooks Desktop Support team so they can further investigate the issue. They have the necessary tools to pull up your account securely and can create a ticket if need be.

1. Go to Help, then select QuickBooks Desktop Help/Contact Us.
2. Select Contact Us.
3. Give a brief description of your issue, then select Continue.
4. Choose the best way you'll want to reach out to us.

Please consider checking our available hours so we can address your concern timely. 

Here are some articles that help you manage your employees' information: 

• Edit, delete, or void employee paychecks.
• Correct your employee's Social Security number.

I'd be glad to share some guides or solutions if you have additional queries or questions managing your file in QBDT. Have a good one.