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Feature · Employee records

Employee records

Keep current employment and salary-band decisions connected to the employee history.

OverviewEffective employee changes
HRMS · Employee records

Effective employee changes

Employment history

New
EmployeeEvent typeEffective dateFrom positionTo positionFrom salary
Hire03 OctPST-1930PST-8710820
Promotion03 OctPST-1993PST-1621520
Transfer10 OctPST-1571PST-1783350
Comp change03 OctPST-6329PST-9719690
Manager change12 OctPST-1400PST-2660220
6 of 6 records
PST-1930Employment history · EH-76151
Hire
Effective date03 Oct
To positionPST-8710
From salary820
To salary110
Example screen with sample data

What you can do

Work from the current employee record

An employee move affects the people who recruit, approve leave and prepare pay. HRMS keeps the position, department, location, manager, pay grade and payroll calendar together. HR Business Partner (HRBP) starts with the employee record when reviewing a transfer or compensation change, then uses employment history to retain the event and its effective date.

The Employees feature page shows the authorized employee population, department headcount navigation and individual detail with native record access. It also identifies compensation band exceptions from the linked pay grade. Compare salary against the matching currency and effective band before deciding whether a change needs escalation.

How the work is organized

  • Current employment. The employee record carries the hire date, employment type and status. Active and On leave identify different operating states. A termination date and retained history event explain a departure without erasing the earlier assignment.
  • Organizational context. Each position connects a job title to its department, location and pay grade. The employee’s manager provides the default approver for leave requests. Review that relationship when a person moves so the next request reaches the right manager.
  • Recorded changes. Employment history retains the event, effective date, previous and new salary, position and manager, plus the person recording it. The lifecycle workflow applies the change. Compensation outside the band waits for CHRO / VP People approval.

What to agree during setup

Agree who prepares employee changes and who maintains organizational records. Map employee accounts to the correct people and configure access to their own records. Decide which readers need compensation information and protect national identity and birth dates through the agreed field restrictions.

Check the payroll calendar, country, entity and currency for the pilot population. Give the master-data owner a sample transfer to review with Payroll Admin before loading the wider workforce. Salary-band comparisons should use a compatible currency; agree any effective-rate connection separately during setup.

Check the handoff on an actual case

Rehearse a promotion with HR Business Partner (HRBP). Inspect the current position and salary, choose the destination position and record the effective date and reason. If the new salary exceeds the destination band, route the decision to CHRO / VP People. Retain the original values so the approver can explain the change.

After application, inspect the employee record beside its employment history. Confirm the new manager can be resolved for the next leave request. Ask Payroll Admin to explain the recorded compensation change and any retro-pay follow-up. Repeat with an unresolved position reference and hold the change for correction before the team treats it as complete.

What your team sees

  • Workforce directory — Find current employees with their department, position, manager and employment status.
  • Effective employee changes — Review dated lifecycle events beside the previous and new values.

Follow the work through

Use employee changes and separation to rehearse the decision and its handoffs. Follow implementation when preparing employee imports.

What it keeps track of

Data model
Employees
The central person record that every transaction in the suite ties back to.
Employment history
Every lifecycle event: hire, promotion, transfer, comp change, manager change, leave of absence, termination.
Positions
Seat-level org entries that employees fill.
Departments
Organizational departments with GL cost centers and department heads.
Job titles
Canonical job titles with job family, level and exempt status.
Locations
Physical and remote work locations with country and tax jurisdiction.
Pay grades
Salary bands tied to job titles and positions.
Payroll calendars
Named pay schedules with frequency, entity, country and cutoff.
Exchange rates
Read-only effective exchange rates for this app.
Users
Users

Who uses it

Permissions
HR Business Partner
(HRBP), CHRO / VP People, Payroll Admin, Employee.
HR Business Partner
(HRBP) maintains lifecycle records; CHRO / VP People decides escalated changes through the workflow.
Payroll Admin
Reads relevant pay context, and Employee uses permitted self-service access.

Set up HRMS your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

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