How to create an employee category?

How to create an employee category?

An educational institution may have many different categories of employees such as, Teaching staff, Security Staff, Non- teaching staff, Contract Staff, and so on. Employee categories will help you distinguish between employees by assigning them an employee category at the time of admission.

At the top of your dashboard, click the module access icon > Administration > Human Resource > Setting > Add Employee Category to open the
Employee category page.


In the Name field, enter the name of the employee category.

In the Prefix field, enter a code for the employee category.

Select the status of the employee category:

Active – An employee category with this status will be available in the employee admission form and can be assigned to an employee.

Inactive – An employee category with this status will not be available in the employee admission form and cannot be assigned to an employee.

Click the Create button.

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