PAYE31001 - employer records: employer record work lists: introduction


The purpose of a Work List is to draw to your attention matters that may require judgmental or clerical action.

When certain events occur in the Employer Business Service (EBS) a work item is created. That item is entered on a Work List for that work type, and allocated to the Organisation Unit that has responsibility for the employer record.

Work Lists are displayed on-screen. Access to a Work List is through Function WORKLISTS, which is available from the Function Menu.

Function WORKLISTS allows any person with the EBS Employer Maint(ainer) user role or EBS EDI Maintainer role to

  • Select a Work List type
  • Select any Organisation Unit within their own office
  • View the entries on that selected Work List
  • Note a selected entry or entries as being worked
  • Delete a selected entry or entries

If you use Function WORKLISTS for long periods, you will find the Edit Refresh facility useful. Another user may update the list, but you will not be aware of deletions and items noted as working until you refresh your view of the list.

Work List types

The following types of Employer Records Work Lists are produced on EBS

  • ‘EDI Cess / Canc Exceptions’
  • ‘Employer Address RLS’
  • ‘New Employer’
  • ‘PIN Name And Address Return’
  • ‘Scheme History Exceptions’
  • ‘Scheme Type Exceptions’

Note: Information about other Work Lists associated with employer returns work can be found in the ‘Employer Returns’ business area of this manual.

The ‘New Employer’ Work List provides an opportunity for you to satisfy yourself that the record has been set up correctly and the necessary clerical action has been taken. Detailed advice is available in the Action Guides in section ‘Set Up Employer Record’ PAYE20000 onwards.

The ‘Scheme History Exceptions’ and ‘Scheme Type Exceptions’ Work Lists are created because of mismatched information during the period of COP and EBS co-existence.

The Online Customer Services Team within CustCon Online Services who are responsible for the setting and removal of Electronic Business indicators on an EBS employer record. A specific EBS user role ‘EDI Maintainer’ must be allocated to those staff who will be responsible for this area of work within the live services team.

There is one EBS Employer Record Work Lists which staff allocated the EDI Maintainer user role are responsible for

  • ’EDI Cess / Canc Exceptions’

PAYE Online for Employers Live Service Team dealing with this Work List should use the respective Action Guide within this section.

Although you may be contacted by the live services team to assist in the clearance of a Work List item, that office is responsible for working entries on this Work List.

Movements Work List

In addition to the Work Lists mentioned above one further Work List, ’New Employment For TX Record', is available through EBS although the work items appearing on it are not generated by EBS.

For more information about this Work List, see subject ‘TX Procedure Involving Movement Of Record’ PAYE62075.