What indirect (automatic) roles are available in Simployer?

Modified on Wed, 30 Sep at 5:11 PM

Learn how Simployer assigns indirect roles and what access and messages each role provides.

In addition to roles that you assign manually, Simployer has indirect roles. These roles are assigned automatically based on the organizational structure and actions in the system.


RoleDescriptionAccess and visibilityMessages
Regular userAll registered users receive this roleRead and write access to all basic information about themselves. Limited read access to information about other people in the organizationProcessing of vacation requests, processing of time off and leave requests, and registered sickness absence
Immediate managerA person can have only one immediate manager. The role can be inherited from the department through the department manager or assigned directly to the personRead and write access to information about their employeesBirthdays and anniversaries, expired employment, vacation requests, time off and leave requests, competence changes, expired competence, approval of travel and expenses as the approver, registered travel and expenses with another approver, registered sickness absence, daily reminders about overdue sickness absence tasks, employment contracts awaiting approval or approved, and contract signing if the manager is a signatory
Specified managerAssigned directly to the person when the regular management structure should not apply. The specified manager remains assigned to the employee regardless of department changesThe same access as the immediate managerThe same messages as the immediate manager
Department managerThe manager assigned to the unit or department in the organizational structureCan view and download employment contractsNew people created in the department and signed employment contracts
Work managerThe department manager of the unit where the person has a registered position–New absences
Superior managerThe role applies when a person manages a unit higher in the organizational structure, manages a person who manages others, or is a department manager whose employees have specified managersPersonal details (read), employment and position (read), sickness absence (read), the sickness absence dashboard, and competence (read)–


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