--- title: Invite employees description: Invite the people you employ one at a time, from a CSV or Excel file, or from your Google Workspace directory, then track, resend, or revoke each invitation. product: Lexpoint — Workforce audience: Employers managing foreign and domestic workers doc_type: guide canonical_url: https://docs.lexpoint.io/workforce/people/invite-workers/ app_routes: https://my.lexpoint.io/employer/workforce/invites requires: Owner or HR role, Company check and your identity check complete, or the workspace accepted last_verified: 2026-09-24 keywords: invite employee Lexpoint, workforce invitation, bulk invite CSV, Google Workspace directory invite, resend invite, invite email opened clicked license: Documentation © Lexpoint. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. --- # Invite employees An invitation asks someone you employ to connect their own Lexpoint account to your workspace. They accept it themselves, in their account, under a consent they can end at any time. Accepting does **not** make them a member of your team. ## Before you start **Invite employee** is disabled until the company check and your identity check are complete, or Lexpoint has accepted the workspace. See [Set up your employer workspace](/workforce/getting-started/set-up-your-workspace/). To pick a work location in the invitation, add worksites first under [**Settings → Program readiness**](https://my.lexpoint.io/employer/settings/program-readiness). You can also assign one later. ## Open the invitation dialog Select **Invite employee** on the dashboard or on [**Workforce**](https://my.lexpoint.io/employer/workforce). The dialog has three methods: **One person**, **File**, and **Workspace**. ```media id: workforce-invite-dialog type: screenshot caption: The Invite employee dialog on One person, with the three invitation methods across the top. shot: /employer/workforce → Invite employee → One person. Work email and Name filled with placeholder values (employee@example.com, Sample Employee), Job title filled, a worksite chosen, supervisor left on Assign later. Light mode, 1440×900 cropped to 1383×776. Redact the organization name behind the dialog, worksite labels, supervisor names, and the operator name in the header. ``` ### One person 1. Enter **Work email** and **Name**. Both are required. 2. Optionally add **Job title**, **Work or report-to location**, and **Immediate supervisor**. The supervisor list is your owners and the people already connected to you. 3. Select **Send invitation**. The invitation appears at the top of the **Invites** tab with its link. ### File 1. Prepare a CSV or Excel file whose first sheet has columns named **name** and **email**. Up to 100 people, under 2 MB. 2. Drop the file on the dialog or choose it. Lexpoint checks the columns and shows how many people are ready. 3. Select **Invite N people**. The result shows how many were invited and lists every skipped row with its reason. | Reason | Why the row was skipped | |---|---| | **Already invited** | An open invitation exists for that email | | **Already on roster** | That person is already connected to you | | **Bad email** | The email is not valid | | **Duplicate in file** | The email appears more than once | | **Invalid name** | The name is missing or not usable | | **That's you** | The email is your own | | **Invalid row** | The row could not be read | | **Invite limit** | Your workspace reached its limit of open invitations | ### Workspace Pick people from your company's Google Workspace directory. 1. Choose **Workspace**. If the directory is not connected yet, an owner signed in with a company Google account selects **Continue with Google** and approves directory access. Google asks for the directory only, not Drive. 2. Search by name or email and tick the people to invite. Up to 100 at a time. 3. Select **Invite N people**. The list shows the first 400 people in the directory. Use **File** for a larger roster. | Message | What it means | |---|---| | *Sign in with a company Google Workspace account. Personal Gmail cannot connect Directory.* | You are signed in to Lexpoint without a company Google account | | *Ask the organization owner to connect Google Workspace.* | Only an owner can connect the directory | | *Ask a Google Workspace admin to connect Directory.* | Your Google account is not a Workspace admin | | *This Google account is personal Gmail, not a company Workspace.* | The connected Google account is a personal one | ## Track an invitation The **Invites** tab lists open invitations first, newest on top, and expired ones last. Each row shows the email, the expiry date, the email delivery line, a status chip, and the invitation link with a copy button. ```media id: workforce-invites-tab type: screenshot caption: Workforce → Invites, with invitations at different delivery states and one expired invitation. shot: /employer/workforce/invites on a demo employer workspace with four open invitations — Invited (Email sent · Not opened), Opened, Clicked, and one Expired. Light mode, 1440×900 cropped to 1383×776. Redact every invited email address, the invite link text, and the organization name. ``` | Chip | Meaning | |---|---| | **Invited** | Sent. Not opened yet | | **Opened** | The email was opened. The delivery line shows *Link not clicked* until they click | | **Clicked** | They opened the email and clicked the link | | **Bounced** | The email could not be delivered | | **Failed** | The email failed to send | | **Expired** | The 14 days passed. The link no longer works | The delivery line reads, in order of progress: *Email queued*, *Email sent … · Not opened*, *Email delivered … · Not opened*, *Email opened … · Link not clicked*, and *Email opened … · Link clicked …*, each with the time. ## Resend or revoke Open the **⋮** menu on an invitation. - **Resend email** (or **Send again** on an expired invitation) emails a fresh link and extends the expiry to at least 14 days from now. The previous link stops working. Resending is limited to five times an hour per invitation. - **Revoke** cancels the invitation after you confirm. The person can no longer use the link. ## When an invitation will not send | Message | Cause | |---|---| | *A workforce connection already exists for this email* | That person is already connected or has a connection in progress | | *Cannot invite your own email address* | The invitation must go to someone other than you | | *Too many pending workforce invites for this organization* | 50 single invitations are already open. Wait for some to be accepted, or revoke old ones | | *Organization pending workforce invite limit reached* | 200 invitations of all kinds are already open | | *Invite rate limit exceeded; try again later* | More than 20 single invitations in an hour | ## What the employee does They open the email, sign in or create an account with that address, and accept in their own account. The employee side is described in [Accepting a workforce invitation](/individuals/employment/accepting-an-invitation/). ## Related - [The workforce roster](/workforce/people/workforce-roster/) — where they appear once they accept - [A worker's page](/workforce/people/worker-page/) — what you can see about them, and why - [Settings reference](/workforce/settings/settings-reference/) — connecting Google Workspace under Integrations ## Frequently asked questions ### What does the employee receive? An email from employers@workforce.lexpoint.io with a link to accept. They accept in their own Lexpoint account, and choose there to connect with you. ### How long does an invitation last? 14 days. Resending issues a fresh link and extends the expiry to at least 14 days from the resend. ### Does the old link still work after I resend? No. Resending replaces the link. Only the newest link works. ### When does the person appear on my roster? After they accept the invitation in their own account. Until then they stay on the Invites tab.