How do i add a new employee without going through workforce? the employee doesn't have an email address and won't need to access anything online.

Let me share you some insights about adding new employee in QuickBooks, aurorapainting.

The employee's email address is a required field to set up the new employee  in QuickBooks Online (QBO). You may ask them to create an email address to finish the payroll setup. From there, you can add your employee's email addresses to enter their own personal, tax, and banking info. Just make sure the Employee self-setup is on.

Also, we have two options on how to add your new employee with QuickBooks Online Payroll. Here's how:

• Set up some info then invite your employee to add the rest. 
• Set up and add all employee info.

Then, QuickBooks will automatically email them an invite to QuickBooks Workforce. Your employee can enter their address, Social Security number, W-4, and banking info. Once done, follow the steps below to set up and add the information in QBO. Let me show you how: 

1. Go to Payroll, then Employees.
2. Select Add an employee.
3. Add your employee’s name. 
4. Tap Add employee.
5. Select any section to add the remaining employee info. If employee self-setup is on, you won’t be able to edit some fields in the Personal info, Tax withholding, or Payment method cards. If you do want to edit those tabs, from the Personal Info turn off Employee self-setup at any time.
6. When finished adding info to a tab, press Save.

Here's an article you can refer to for more details about adding your new employee to QuickBooks Payroll. If you need help performing any payroll tasks related to your account and company settings, browse all articles from this link: QBOP Related Help. This guides you on how you can update and handle your payroll data.

Leave a comment below if you have other concerns related to managing payroll data. The Community and I will be around to help you. Have a great day ahead.