Human Resources · Odoo glossary
Employee Master Data
Employee master data is the maintained set of personnel information used across HR processes, including identity, employment details, department and working arrangements.
Definition
In general ERP practice
Employee master data is the maintained set of personnel information used across HR processes, including identity, employment details, department and working arrangements. Sensitive information requires appropriate access restrictions.
In Odoo
Odoo Employees stores personnel records used by linked HR apps. An employee and a login user are different records; payroll, attendance and timesheets need their respective configuration and permissions rather than being enabled merely by creating a name.
Official Odoo documentation
The Odoo-specific explanation above is based on the documentation for Odoo 19. Features and workflows can differ in other versions.
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