View and edit employee documents
Available for customers using Powerpay People. To request this functionality:
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Click the Exchange icon
in the Powerpay toolbar.
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Select Powerpay Products.
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Select Powerpay Document Management.
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Click Contact Us.
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Complete the form and click Send.
A Dayforce representative will contact you.
Service fees apply.
Use the Employee Documents feature to upload documents specific to an employee such as, employee training certifications. It allows you to securely store all electronic documents related to the employee in one location and reduces paper. You can also enable alerts when documents need updating.
A virus scan is run on all documents during upload to ensure viruses are kept out of your system.
Note: The Documents feature should not be used to save personally sensitive information, such as medical records.
Each document uploaded for the person selected from the People List displays in a separate row, with the document’s properties.
Note: There is a 250 MB size storage limit per employee. The progress bar at the top of the page indicates the amount of storage available.
Tasks

- Navigate to the
- Select the person from the People List for whom to upload the document.
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Click the Add New Document button on the Documents tab.
The Document Properties window opens.
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Click the Browse button to select the document to upload.
The following document types can be uploaded: .xlsx, .docx, .pdf, .jpeg and .png.
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Select the file to upload and click Open.
The selected file displays in the Document Name field. You can rename the document if required.
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(optional) Select the document type from the Type list. To add a type not in the list, see Add a document type.
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(optional) Enter a version number for the document.
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(optional) Select or enter the version date.
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To make the document visible to the employee in Self Service, select the Enable Employee View checkbox. This option must be selected to use the expiry notification feature.
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(optional) If the document contains personal identifiable information (PII) such as a birth certificate or drivers license, select the Contains Personal/Private Information checkbox.
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Set the document expiry date.
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Select the number of days (1-14) before the document expires you want to receive the email notification in the Days in Advance field. If you do not want to receive am email reminder, select Don’t Send.
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Click Save.
The document is added to the list on the Documents tab.
The document displays for the employee in Self Service and on the Documents tab in Powerpay.
Repeat these steps to add additional documents.

Use the edit feature to update document properties or replace the existing document. This is useful in cases where the document has been updated since it was uploaded, or where you accidentally upload the wrong document.
Once you upload a new file or link, the application deletes the previous one.
- Navigate to the
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Select the person from the People list associated with the document to edit.
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Click the properties button
in the Action column for the document to edit.
The document Properties window opens.
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Make any required changes such as uploading a new version of the document or updating the expiry date.
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(optional) Ensure the Enable Employee View checkbox is selected. This option must be selected to use the expiry notification feature.
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(optional) Set the document expiry date.
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(optional)Select the number of days (1-14) before the document expires you want to receive the email notification in the Days in Advance field. If you do not want to receive am email reminder, select Don’t Send.
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Click Save.

- Navigate to the
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Click the document name.
If the document is an image or PDF file, a window opens displaying a preview of the document.
For Office documents, the documents are downloaded and can be viewed in the appropriate application.
- Click Close to close the preview window.

- Navigate to the
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Select the person from the People list associated with the document to delete.
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Click the trash can button
in the Action column for the document to delete.
A confirmation message displays.
- Click Delete.
The document is permanently deleted.

- Navigate to the
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Select the person from the People list associated with the document to download.
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Click the download button
in the Action column for the document to download to your system.
The document downloads.

Document types help you identify which area the uploaded document is associated with.
The following document types are set up by default: Benefits, HR, Training, Payroll. You can add any additional document types as required.
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On the Documents Properties window (People > Documents > Add New Document), click the plus button
adjacent to the Type list.
- Click Add.
- Enter the document type in English and French.
- Click Save.
The new document type is available in the Type list.