Updating Emergency Contact for an Employee in PeopleSoft

Finding Emergency Contact in PeopleSoft

From within PeopleSoft, click on Main Menu > SBU > SBU Human Resources > Use > Emergency Contact

If you are accessing Emergency Contact directly after updating Personal Data for the New Employee, you will be taken directly to the Contact Address/Phone page. If you see the Find an Existing Value page, follow these steps:

  1. Find the employee's Empl ID using Search/Match
  2. Navigate to the Emergency Contact Find an Existing Value page and type the Empl ID in the Empl ID field
  3. Click Search

Add an Emergency Contact

  1. Type in the Emergency Contact's Contact Name (either First Last or Last, First)
  2. Select the Relationship to Employee
  3. Indicate whether this is the Primary Contact by checking the box
  4. For Address and home Phone information
    1. If this is the same as the employee's home address/phone, just check the boxes Same Address as Employee/Same Phone as Employee and the information will fill in.
    2. To enter a different address(es), click Edit Address, fill in the address, and then click Ok twice
  5. If the contact has other phone numbers that you'd like to record, click the Other Phone Numbers tab at the top and complete that page. You can add as many phone numbers as you'd like on this page by clicking add a new row+button
  6. In the Contact Address/Phone tab, to add another Emergency Contact, click the+button to the right of Contact Name and complete all information (steps 1-5)
  7. Click Save

Additional Information


KB Details
This KB Article References: PeopleSoft
This Information is Intended for: Instructors, Staff
Created: 05/22/2014
Last Updated: 04/16/2024

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