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How to Assign/Change Roles to Users

Each employee can be assigned one or more roles that determine what they can access in the system. This guide shows you how to assign or change roles for an employee.

  1. From the left sidebar, expand Employees and click Employees List.

    Employees List showing employee rows with action buttons

  2. Find the employee you want to update. Click the (three-dot) button at the end of their row to open the actions menu.

    Actions dropdown menu showing Assign Roles, Reset Password, Credit Leaves, Leave Records, and Claims options

  3. Under the Account section of the dropdown, click Assign Roles. You will be taken to the Role Settings page for that employee.

    Role Settings page showing Available Roles on the left and Assigned Roles on the right

  4. In the Available Roles panel on the left, click a role to select it (it will be highlighted). Then click the button to move it to the Assigned Roles panel.

    Role Settings page with a role selected in Available Roles and the single-assign arrow button highlighted

  5. The selected role now appears in the Assigned Roles panel on the right. Click Save to apply the changes.

    Role Settings page showing the newly assigned role in the Assigned Roles panel with the Save button

  6. A green “Role has been updated” success notification confirms the role assignment was saved.

    Success toast notification reading "Role has been updated"