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title: "Assigning spine points to employee posts"
slug: "how-do-i-assign-spine-points-to-employee-posts"
description: "How to assign spine points to employee posts in Cintra iQ."
updated: 2026-07-29T09:28:43Z
published: 2026-06-10T11:18:41Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/how-do-i-assign-spine-points-to-employee-posts"
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# Assigning spine points to employee posts

Within the **Post History** window, you can assign a post to an employee and manually assign spine points via the **Spine Point History** tab to pay employees.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** If you have chosen not to use posts, but you do pay employees by grade and/or pay spine, then the Grade form will be available to you and configured to allow the input of grade history and/or spine point history for an employee.

The **Insert Employee in Post At Spine Point** form ties the **Grade** and **Spine Point** to the **Post**.

## How do I assign spine points to employee posts?

1. Select an employee in the Navigator, then go to Forms > Post History

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/b_mE_YMpsXVpPK_DlyMVOhW0StjRoFbt3w.png)
2. Highlight the open **Post History** record.
3. In the **Spine Point History**, right-click and select **New**.

Right-click: **New**. The **Insert Employee in Post At Spine Point** form appears.
  - If the employee has an existing record, you need to close it before you can create a new one. Or you can edit an existing record with the affected date.

![Right-click: New. The Insert Employee in Post At Spine Point form appears.](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/vciaBM484LKVFcrDBqSm4N_b0ugtk5wQKw.png)
4. Select the **Grade** & **Spine Point ID**.
5. Enter the **From Date**.
6. Click the **OK** button. The record appears in the **Spine Point History** tab.