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title: "How do I add a spine point to an individual employee's grade?"
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# How do I add a spine point to an individual employee's grade?

**Salary (Payment)** grades are used by many organizations to help managers manage employees and establish appropriate pay increases for existing employees, while maintaining equity among the jobs in the company. **Payment** grades provide a structure for compensating employees and managing the payroll.

You can add a **Grade** and/or **Pay Spine** against an individual employee's **Grade History** form. For more information about the fields in the **Grade** form, see [**About the Grade Record form**](/iq/docs/what-are-grade-records).

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** If you use the Grade History form, you can only add one Grade and one Spine Point. You need to set the working time through the Time Management form

**To add a spine point:**

1. Navigate to the employee's **Grade History** form. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employment Record > Forms > Grade History
2. Highlight the desired grade in the **Grade History** pane.
3. Right-click: **New** in the **Spine Point History** at **Grade** pane. The **Insert Employee At Spine Point** form appears.
4. Select the desired **Spine Point ID**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** The **Spine Point ID** only lists those points associated to the **Grade**.
5. Enter the **From** date. This is the effective start date of this point against the employee.
  - Leave the From date blank if you know in advance of a spine point change, not the incremental change. If you are not using Posts, then the Grade History form will need to be customised into the system.
6. Click the **OK** button. The **Spine Point** record is added to the employee's **Grade History** form.
7. Click the **OK** button when finished.