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# MCR: What are role rule categories?

## What are role rule categories?

**Role Rule** categories are based on the number of posts an employee has and the number of contribution records attached to the posts. The **Role Rules** allow **Cintra iQ** to validate the **Role Ids** on the **Employee in Post** records within the **Employee Role Id** tab.

## Examples of role rules

### Rule 1

An employee has a single annual salary (ie £35,000). The salary is made up of Biology teacher for £35,000 with no additional responsibility.

This can be represented in **Cintra iQ** as a single employee in post record, with one payment under that post. There is a single **Role Id** of **C1/R1**.

### Rule 2

An employee has a single annual salary (ie £40,000). The salary is made up of Biology teacher for £35,000 and £5000 for additional responsibility. This can be represented in **Cintra iQ** as a single employee in post record, with two separate payments under that post (and often is). There is a single **Role Id** of **C1/R1**.

This can also be represented in **Cintra iQ** as two separate employee in post records, with a payment under each post (and sometimes is). We must still report the annual salary as £40,000, and one **Role Id** of **C1/R1**.

The £5000 additional responsibility cannot be reported on its own line, because an annual full time salary of £5000 is not valid on its own.

### Rule 3

An employee has one role with two different contracts of annual salaries eg £35,000 and £40,000 respectively. These two salaries must be reported separately. (They can’t be summed, because clearly the annual salary is not £75,000). However, the employer has decided it is a [Type 1 arrangement](/iq/docs/mcr-how-do-i-treat-employees-with-more-than-one-contract-role), and all earnings assessed for each contribution is reported separately eg employee does 0.5 of the £35,000 job and earns £1458 in a month, and 0.5 of £40,000 and earns £1667 in a month and will pay (looking up 1458 x 12 in the teachers contribution rates and £1667 x12), 9.6% on £3125.

This can be represented in **Cintra iQ** as two separate post records, with a payment under each post. We must still report the annual salary as £35,000 and £40,000 separately, with each contribution added to each post record. There are multiple **Role Ids** of **C1/R1** and **C2/R1**.

### Rule 4

An employee actually has two roles with two different annual salaries eg £35,000 and £40,000. These two salaries must be reported separately (they can’t be summed, because clearly the annual salary is not £75,000). However, the employer has decided it is a [Type 2 arrangement](/iq/docs/mcr-how-do-i-treat-employees-with-more-than-one-contract-role), and all earnings assessed for one overall contribution eg employee does 0.5 of the £35,000 job and earns £1458 in a month, and 0.5 of £40,000 and earns £1667 in a month. In total, employee earnings £3125 and will pay (looking up 3125 x 12 in the teachers contribution rates), 9.6% on £3125.

This can be represented in **Cintra iQ** as two separate post records, with a payment under each post (and sometimes is). We must still report the annual salary as £35,000 and £40,000 separately, with the total contribution of the two amounts added to the second post record. There are multiple **Role Ids** of **C1/R1** and **C1/R2**.