1. HRMS with Employee Self-Service
  2. Roles and access
Reference

Who can do what in HRMS with Employee Self-Service

Match employee self-service and HR work to the people who own each record.

How permissions work

Start from the employee

Personal leave, time, statements and learning records should be tested with an Employee account.

Assign a decision owner

A submitted case needs the named reviewer or approver on its source record.

Keep operating access specific

HR Business Partner (HRBP), Payroll Admin, Recruiter and L&D Admin use their assigned record groups.

Who can do what

Permissions by role
RoleEmployee recordsLeave and timePay and benefitsEmployee requestsHiring and onboardingDevelopment
HR Business PartnerEdit—View——Edit
EmployeeViewEditView——Edit
L&D AdminView————Edit
CHRO / VP PeopleView————View
Payroll AdminViewViewEdit———
RecruiterView———Edit—
Hiring ManagerView———Edit—

Each role in detail

HR Business Partner

Owns employee, position, lifecycle and performance records; reads statements and enrollments.

Can

  • Manage Employees, employment history, Goals, performance reviews, Positions
  • View benefit enrollments, pay statements

Starts on: Leave approval inbox

Employee

Self-service role for own time, leave and goals with own-scope read access to statements and records.

Can

  • Manage engagement responses, Goals, leave requests, time entries, Timesheets
  • View benefit enrollments, Departments, Employees, engagement surveys, leave balances, pay statements, performance reviews, training records

Starts on: Leave calendar

L&D Admin

Manages the course catalog, enrollments and durable training records.

Can

  • Manage course enrollments, Courses, training records
  • View Employees, performance reviews, Positions

Starts on: Training due

CHRO / VP People

Read-only enterprise visibility across people, performance and development records.

Can

  • View Departments, Employees, employment history, Goals, performance reviews, Positions, training records

Payroll Admin

Prepares payroll runs, statements, tax records and reads the upstream employee and time inputs.

Can

  • Manage pay statement lines, pay statements, payroll calendars, payroll runs, tax filings, tax jurisdictions
  • View benefit enrollments, Employees, leave requests, Timesheets

Starts on: Timesheets for approval

Recruiter

Runs requisitions through the applicant pipeline; directory-level employee and position read access.

Can

  • Manage Applications, Candidates, Interviews, job requisitions, Offers
  • View Employees, Positions

Hiring Manager

Edits own draft requisitions and own interview scorecards; reads candidate and offer context.

Can

  • Manage Interviews, job requisitions
  • View Applications, Candidates, Employees, Offers

Set up HRMS with Employee Self-Service your way.

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

How to get started