diff --git a/components/screen-tech-sign-in/screen-tech-sign-in.component.jsx b/components/screen-tech-sign-in/screen-tech-sign-in.component.jsx
index 6c257db..1680bb3 100644
--- a/components/screen-tech-sign-in/screen-tech-sign-in.component.jsx
+++ b/components/screen-tech-sign-in/screen-tech-sign-in.component.jsx
@@ -5,20 +5,30 @@ import { Button, TextInput } from "react-native-paper";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
-
+import { signInEmployeeStart } from "../../redux/employee/employee.actions";
+import { createStructuredSelector } from "reselect";
+import {
+  selectCurrentEmployee, selectSigningIn
+} from "../../redux/employee/employee.selectors";
 //TODO JF add props
-const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({});
+const mapStateToProps =  createStructuredSelector({
+  currentEmployee: selectCurrentEmployee,
+  signingIn: selectSigningIn,
+});
 
 //TODO JF add prop functions to call dispatch with actions
-const mapDispatchToProps = {};
+const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
+  signInEmployeeStart: (employeeId, pin) =>
+    dispatch(signInEmployeeStart({ employeeId, pin })),
+});
 
-export function TechSignIn({ employeeSignInStart, employeeSigningIn }) {
+export function TechSignIn({ signInEmployeeStart, employeeSigningIn }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
 //TODO add call to dispatch action 
   const formSubmit = (values) => {
     const { employeeId, pin } = values;
-    // techSignInStart(employeeId, pin);
+    signInEmployeeStart(employeeId, pin);
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/redux/employee/employee.actions.js b/redux/employee/employee.actions.js
index c140d23..1f58d0e 100644
--- a/redux/employee/employee.actions.js
+++ b/redux/employee/employee.actions.js
@@ -27,3 +27,9 @@ export function loginEmployeeSuccess(technician) {
     payload: technician
   }
 }
+export function loginEmployeeFal(error) {
+  return {
+    type: EmployeeActionTypes.AUTHORIZING_EMPLOYEE_FALURE,
+    error: error
+  }
+}
diff --git a/redux/root.reducer.js b/redux/root.reducer.js
index 8ef298d..dc89441 100644
--- a/redux/root.reducer.js
+++ b/redux/root.reducer.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { persistReducer } from "redux-persist";
 import appReducer from "./app/app.reducer";
 import photosReducer from "./photos/photos.reducer";
 import userReducer from "./user/user.reducer";
+import employeeReducer from './employee/employee.reducer';
 
 const persistConfig = {
   key: "root",
@@ -12,10 +13,12 @@ const persistConfig = {
   blacklist: ["user"],
 };
 
+//ADDED JF employee: employeeReducer
 const rootReducer = combineReducers({
   user: userReducer,
   app: appReducer,
   photos: photosReducer,
+  employee: employeeReducer,
 });
 
 export default persistReducer(persistConfig, rootReducer);
diff --git a/redux/root.saga.js b/redux/root.saga.js
index b2e2da1..c217084 100644
--- a/redux/root.saga.js
+++ b/redux/root.saga.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { all, call } from "redux-saga/effects";
 import { appSagas } from "./app/app.sagas";
 import { photosSagas } from "./photos/photos.sagas";
 import { userSagas } from "./user/user.sagas";
+import { employeeSagas } from "./employee/employee.sagas";
 
 export default function* rootSaga() {
-  yield all([call(userSagas), call(appSagas), call(photosSagas)]);
+  yield all([call(userSagas), call(appSagas), call(photosSagas), call(employeeSagas)]);
 }