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title: "Employment details / Employment & position"
slug: "employment-position"
updated: 2026-06-23T08:05:16Z
published: 2026-06-23T08:05:16Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/employment-position"
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# Employment details / Employment & position

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**: Depending on how your organisation runs their payroll, some fields such as contracted weekly hours or work pattern, will be available on the Employee: [Position details](/payroll/docs/position-details) screen instead.

## General employment details

- If you are adding an employee, the fields below can be found in the **Employment details** tab.
- If you are editing an employee, the fields below can be found in the **Employee & position** tab.

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- **Contract type**: Select *Permanent, Temporary,* or *Casual*.
- **Contracted Weekly Hours** † : This value helps calculate the employee's FTE (which is used to calculate salaries, benefits etc).
- **Full Time Weekly Hours** † : This value helps calculate the employee's FTE
- **Start Date**: This date must be +/- 6 weeks from today.
- **Start Date - Continuous Service**: If the person is a returning employee, enter the start date of their original employment. This will link their previous and current employment record, and inform HMRC that they were not continuously employed for the entire period. This date cannot be later than the start date.
- **Work Pattern**: † If you're not sure which working pattern this employee will be following, speak to your Bureau or Cintra iQ administrator.
- **IR35 Off Payroll Worker**: You can only set off-payroll status when you add or [import](/payroll/docs/import-employees) an employee. If their status changes later, you will need to mark them as a leaver and create a new employee record. For more general information on IR35, see [Identifying an employee as an off-payroll worker](/payroll/docs/identifying-an-employee-as-an-off-payroll-worker).

† These fields will only be visible on this screen if your organisation does NOT use positions. If you do use positions, weekly hours are set for each position. See [Position details](/payroll/docs/position-details).

† If you are editing an employee, these fields will be found in the [Working patterns](/payroll/docs/working-patterns) tab instead.

### Pay Point

Pay points let you group employees by department, location etc. These are used to filter and organise payroll data in reports.

### Leaver details

If the employee has left the payroll, their leaving details will be displayed. See [Record a leaver](/payroll/docs/record-a-leaver).

## Position details (editing only)

If you are editing the employee AND your organisation uses positions, you can view all their positions on the **Employment & position** tab.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/image-F8X51S05.png)

If you are adding the employee AND your organisation uses positions, position information is added later in the set-up process. See [Position details](/payroll/docs/position-details).