def create_employee(conn, employee):
    """Create a new person for table
    :param conn:
    :param employee:
    :return: employee id
    """
    sql = ''' INSERT INTO employees(EmployeeName, JobTitle, TotalPay)
              VALUES(?,?,?) '''
    cur = conn.cursor()  # cursor object
    cur.execute(sql, employee)
    # returns the row id of the cursor object, the student id
    conn.commit()
    return cur.lastrowid