Work Relationships
The layer between a person and their assignments. A rehire is a new relationship and the same person — which is what keeps continuous service right.
Where to find it
- Module: HRMS
- Group: More
- Section: Reachable by link
- Screen: Work Relationships
Address in the console: /hrms/work-relationships
List · 9 columns · 18 fields on its form · 2 of them required
This screen carries no tile on the module page. It is reached from the record it belongs to, from a saved view, or by its address.
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Code | relationship_no |
| Person | Text | person_name |
| Employee | Code | employee_no |
| Type | Status | worker_type |
| Basis | Status | employment_basis |
| Started | Date | start_date |
| Service from | Date | continuous_service_date |
| Status | Status | status |
| Ended | Date | end_date |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Person required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Employee record | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Legal employer | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Not the same as the department: a worker sits in one unit and is employed by another, routinely. |
| Worker type | Choice | employee, contractor, agency, intern, consultant, volunteer, apprentice, pensioner | |
| Primary relationship | Yes or no | ||
| Start date required | Date | ||
| End date | Date | ||
| Original hire date | Date | Leave empty and it is derived from the first relationship this person ever had. | |
| Continuous service from | Date | ||
| Service break (days) | Number | ||
| Basis | Choice | permanent, fixed_term, casual, zero_hours, seasonal, probationary | |
| Contract ends | Date | ||
| Probation ends | Date | ||
| Notice from the employee (days) | Number | ||
| Notice from the employer (days) | Number | ||
| Status | Choice | pending, active, suspended, on_leave, notice, ended | |
| In force from | Date | The date this version of the row takes effect. Leave it as today unless you are dating a change ahead. | |
| Until | Date | Leave empty for open-ended. Setting it ends this version rather than deleting it. |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.