An employee told me that when they go to submit Startwork, they receive the message that their Startwork is not published. What's going on?

Most common answers:

The type of Standard Packet being matched to the employee has not been built or Distributed. (See: "How to check if a packet has been Distributed," below)
The Employee's Invite contains the wrong employment information and therefore they were not matched to the proper, existing Standard Packet. (See: "How to make sure the correct information is selected on the Employee Invite," below)

In TiM, employees are matched to Standard Packets based on the information selected within the Employee Invite.

If an employee is sent an Invite, but the Standard Packet being matched to that employee has not been Built or Distributed, they will see a notification in their Project dashboard:

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To resolve, depending on the situation:

Go to Crew Management and click the blue "edit" button to edit the employee's Employment Details and auto-match them to an existing type of packet.
Go to Startwork Templates to build and Distribute the necessary type of Standard Packet.
If you intended to send the employee a Special Packet instead of a Standard Packet, go to Crew Management and click "choose packet" to select a Special Packet to share with the employee.

Once the employee's Employment Details are edited, or the new type of packet is Distributed, you do not need to take any further action -- TiM will automatically match the employee to the packet and send an email notification to the employee to let them know their Startwork is ready for them to complete and submit.

NOTE: You do not need to re-invite the employee in order to match them to a different type of packet!

Pro Tip: You can see what type of packet was sent to each employee because the name of the packet will appear next to each employee's name in Crew Management. If an employee was not successfully matched to a packet, you will see "No Packet Assigned!" next to their name in Crew Management, instead of a packet name.

(You can also check out the Startwork Type Distro List to view a comprehensive list of which employees received each type of packet on your Project.)

How to check if a packet has been Distributed:

Go to Startwork Templates.
Make sure the applicable type of packet is Built and Distributed. You will know a packet is Distributed because packet type is highlighted blue and it says "Distributed [date]".
- If the packet type is highlighted in orange, it is not Distributed. Click "Distribute" to make it available to be matched to employees.

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