Create Employee Unions

HR Administration Guide

Version
R2025.2.1
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2025-12-09
Create Employee Unions

You can add unions (organizations that represent employees) in HR Admin > Unions.

Unions screen in HR Admin.

Role feature access: HR Admin > HR Admin > Unions

Users can then assign unions to employee records in the Employment > Unions screen of People. See Employment > Unions.

To add a union:

  1. Go to HR Admin > Unions and click Add.
  2. Fill in the fields. See Union Settings.
  3. Click Save.

Union Settings

Union settings
Field Purpose
Name

The name of the union.

Reference Code

Reference codes are used to export data to other applications. These codes must be unique and must not contain special characters.

Description

The union’s description.

Status

Indicates whether the union is active or inactive. When unions are inactive, they can’t be added to employees in the Employment > Unions screen in People or to new jobs in Org Setup > Jobs and Job Assignments.

Membership Exclusivity

Indicates whether this union requires exclusive membership. Options are:

  • Yes: Membership in this union is exclusive. Employees can’t belong to other active unions while they belong to this union.
  • No: Membership in this union isn’t exclusive. Employees can belong to other active unions while they belong to this union.

See Union Membership Exclusivity Behavior.

Employee Membership Date

Read-only field that indicates that you must include the date the employee joined the union in the Union Membership Date field in the Employment > Unions screen of People.

Country

The country in which the union is officially established and operates.

State/Province

The state or province where the union operates.

Representative Name

Representative Title/Role

Representative Email

Representative Phone

Details about the union representative. The union representative is usually an external contact who was elected or assigned by the union.