How to move an employee to another department

1. Sign into the Rise platform, then under Directory, click Departments on the left hand side menu. 

2. Select the name of the department from which you want to move the employee.

3. Click the three dots next to the employee, then click Move this employee.

4. Choose the employee’s new department.

You can optionally set or change the employee’s primary department using the Set primary department dropdown.

5. If you’re changing the employee’s primary department, you can choose to assign their compensation policy linked to their current primary department to their new primary department by checking the box. If you leave the box unchecked, the compensation policy will be deleted.

6. Click Move to finish moving the employee. The list of departments they belong to will be updated on their profile and in payroll, and the compensation policy linked to their previous primary department will be updated if you opted to change it.

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