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Roles - Who can do what?

Roles, Permissions, Settings

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Written by Nina Wettergren
Updated over 3 weeks ago

In this guide, we go through the different roles in the salary mapping module system and what distinguishes them. We also provide examples of when a certain role is better suited for a particular process.

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Roles in pay equity audit

  • Administrator

  • Operational administrator

  • HR Business Partner

  • Read-only

    Roles in pay management (Discussions and Salary review)

  • Administrator

  • Manager

  • Section manager

  • Employee

  • Union representative



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Roles in pay equity audit

Administrator

The Administrator has full access to the system and can manage all aspects of the pay equity audit. This includes:

  • Importing salary files and initiating pay equity audits

  • Selecting and adjusting factor plans and job evaluations

  • Analyzing and documenting pay equity audits

  • Managing organizational structures, templates, and user permissions

  • Conducting and administering salary reviews and discussions

In other words, the Administrator is the system’s superuser and has control over all modules and settings.

Operational administrator

This role has similar permissions to the Administrator but is limited to a specific part of the organization. The Operational administrator can:

  • Conduct pay equity audits for their assigned organization

  • Group employees, evaluate jobs, analyze, and document findings

  • Comment on analyses but cannot finalize job evaluations

  • Does not have access to other modules or overall system settings

HR partner

The HR Partner has an analytical role in the pay equity audit and can:

  • Organize and analyze pay equity audits

  • Write comments and analyses for equal and equivalent job evaluations

  • Cannot change employment data, job evaluations, or factor plans

  • Employee names outside their authorization scope are anonymized

    This role is suitable for individuals with specialized knowledge of different parts of the organization.

Read-only access

This role is intended for those who only need insight into approved pay equity audits. Users with Read-Only Access can:

  • View analyses, key figures, and charts

  • Employee names outside their authorization scope are anonymized

  • Cannot make changes, add comments, or export data

This role is ideal for trade unions and managerial review meetings.


Roles in pay management (Salary review and discussions)

Administrator

The Administrator has full control over the salary review and discussion modules. See the description under "Pay Equity Audit."

Section manager

This role is intended for individuals with overarching responsibility for salary reviews, such as a CEO or department director. The section manager can:

  • Set and adjust salaries within their part of the organization

  • Review and analyze salary decisions made by subordinate managers

  • Cannot modify performance assessments

Manager

This role is for direct supervisors and allows them to:

  • Assess the performance of their employees

  • View employees’ self-assessments and salary history

  • Set and adjust salaries for their part of the organization

  • Analyze and track salary reviews

Employee

Employees can:

  • Self-assess their performance

  • View their manager’s assessment after completion

Union

The Union role grants insight into the salary review after it has been approved by an Administrator. Users in this role can:

  • Review and comment on salary settings for affiliated members

  • See total salary increases for a department or division

  • If the role is only linked to an organizational node and not a union, non-union employees are anonymized

  • Cannot modify, write, or delete anything in the system

The visibility of this role can be adjusted to display only specific parts of the organization.


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