diff --git a/tailbone/views/employees.py b/tailbone/views/employees.py
index 46375bb4..e42d32fa 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/employees.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/employees.py
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ class EmployeeView(MasterView):
             items.append(HTML.tag('li', c=six.text_type(department)))
         return HTML.tag('ul', c=items)
 
+    def touch_instance(self, employee):
+        app = self.get_rattail_app()
+        employment = app.get_employment_handler()
+        employment.touch_employee(self.Session(), employee)
+
     def get_version_child_classes(self):
         return [
             (model.Person, 'uuid', 'person_uuid'),
diff --git a/tailbone/views/master.py b/tailbone/views/master.py
index b182c839..a9e2110f 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/master.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/master.py
@@ -1159,11 +1159,8 @@ class MasterView(View):
         """
         Perform actual "touch" logic for the given object.
         """
-        change = model.Change()
-        change.class_name = obj.__class__.__name__
-        change.instance_uuid = obj.uuid
-        change = self.Session.merge(change)
-        change.deleted = False
+        app = self.get_rattail_app()
+        app.touch_object(self.Session(), obj)
 
     def versions(self):
         """
@@ -4795,7 +4792,12 @@ class MasterView(View):
         if cls.touchable:
             config.add_tailbone_permission(permission_prefix, '{}.touch'.format(permission_prefix),
                                            "\"Touch\" a {} to trigger datasync for it".format(model_title))
-            config.add_route('{}.touch'.format(route_prefix), '{}/touch'.format(instance_url_prefix))
+            config.add_route('{}.touch'.format(route_prefix),
+                             '{}/touch'.format(instance_url_prefix),
+                             # TODO: should add this restriction after the old
+                             # jquery theme is no longer in use
+                             #request_method='POST'
+            )
             config.add_view(cls, attr='touch', route_name='{}.touch'.format(route_prefix),
                             permission='{}.touch'.format(permission_prefix))