How to Register to access your online pay statements using Employee Self Service
ESS
The Employee Self Service website is the secure website for employees, contractors, and temporary workers of Design Group
Staffing Inc. All these categories of workers are collectively referred to as employees in the payroll system.
Quick steps to register to access pay statements
1)
Browse to the ESS (Employee Self Service) website at
https://ess.dg.ca
2)
Note:
It is considered to be more secure to
use your payroll ID number as a
User name (Login name) than it is to
use any combination of your actual
surname and/or given names
Click on the Register Now link
Do not enter anything in the User Name box or the Password box
If you click on the Register Now link and "nothing" happens
you may need to change to Compatibility View in Internet Explorer
3)
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11)
Enter your employee number (9 digits including preceding zeros) as your User name.
Enter your S.I.N. as your initial password (the only time your S.I.N. can be used)
Enter your home postal code, which must match the entry on the employee record.
Click on the Register button
Enter a new name in the User Name box, to over-write the default name.
The default Login name is your payroll Id number
The characters
[ ] : | < > + = ; , ? * @ / " \ are not allowed
Ignore the Domain name box, which is greyed out (reference only)
Enter a new password. (Your S.I.N. can no longer be used as a password)
Enter the new password again to confirm it.
Your email address is the address to which password reset emails will be sent.
The email address can only be changed by the payroll department, and is greyed out.
12)
Click on the Complete Registration button
These same instructions are presented pictorially (with screenshots) commencing on the next page.
New registrants sometimes report the following error message: Invalid registration information supplied or user
already registered
This occurs when information provided in step 3 or step 4 or step 5 does not match the information on the payroll record. example,
the initial Login name must be your employee number including preceding zeros.
Employee Self Service (ESS) is only available to workers of Design Group Staffing Inc. who are registered to
access the site to view their pay statements.
Once registered, the User name (Login name) is available to Payroll Administrators.
The user Password is not available to payroll administrators, as it is encyrpted when created.
If you lose your password, the payroll Administrator cannot tell you what your password is.
You will have to reset your password using the Forgot your password? function.
Note: The Forgot your password? function is used to reset your password.
Do not use this function to change your password (use the menu to change your password)
The Forgot your password? function creates a system generated password that is sent to the email address that has been
recorded on the payroll record.
How to Register to access your online pay statements using Employee Self Service
ESS
The Employee Self Service website is the secure website for employees, contractors, and temporary workers of Design Group
Staffing Inc. All these categories of workers are collectively referred to as employees in the payroll system.
how to register for first time users of payroll website - contractors / temporary workers
1 Browse to the home page of the pay website.
2 Click on the
Register Now
link
Do not
enter anything
in the
Username
or Password
boxes
3 Enter your
payroll ID #
( 9 digits) in the
User Name box
4 Enter your S.I.N.
in the Password
box
Note: incorporated 'LTD"
users may have to use 9
zeros for the SIN if a SIN
was not recorded in the
payroll record
5 Enter your
home
Postal code
6 Click on
Register
https://ess.dg.ca
How to Register to access your online pay statements using Employee Self Service
ESS
The Employee Self Service website is the secure website for employees, contractors, and temporary workers of Design Group
Staffing Inc. All these categories of workers are collectively referred to as employees in the payroll system.
You will get an error message and be unable to proceed if the payroll ID # has already been associated with a previous Login record.
In this case, you will have to contact the payroll department for a reset.
cont'd
how to register for first time users of payroll website - contractors / temporary workers
7 The User Name is automatically pre-filled with your employee payroll id #
You can accept this as your login user name, or type a new user name of your choice now.
Once a User Name is created, it cannot later be changed.
The characters
[ ] : | < > + = ; , ? * @ / " \ are not allowed
8 The Domain box is for internal use only, and is greyed out.
You can not use your S.I.N. as a password.
9 Enter a new password.
10 Confirm the new password by entering it again
11 The email address is the address on the employee record, and is greyed out.
This is for reference only, and is the address to which a reset password email is sent.
12 Click on the Complete Registration button.
completing the registration will open up the user home page (welcome page)
it is a good idea to log out, then immediately log in again to confirm your new user name and password work