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Managing employee categories

Create employee categories such as teaching and administrative staff, and edit, deactivate or delete them.

1 min read Last updated: 30 September 2026

An institution may group staff into teaching staff, non-teaching staff, security staff or contract staff. Employee categories distinguish them when they are admitted.

Create a category

  1. Click Menu → Administration → Human Resource → Settings → Add Employee Category.
Employee category page
1Employee category page
  1. Enter the name.
  2. Enter the prefix (category code).
  3. Choose the status:
    • Active: shown on the admission form and assignable.
    • Inactive: hidden from the form.
  4. Click Create.

Edit, deactivate or delete

Note: A category assigned to an employee can’t be deactivated or deleted.

  1. On the same page, click Edit, choose Inactive to deactivate, and click Update. It moves to Inactive Category.
Editing and deactivating a category
2Editing and deactivating a category
  1. Click Delete to remove a category.

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