Role-based access control for HR
Access that follows your org chart
Roles take their members and scope from org data. Managers see their reports, country HR its own country, and scopes recalculate after a reorg.
Access lists drift the week after a reorg
Two departments merge, a team lead moves to Berlin, and HR checks a spreadsheet of who sees what. Meanwhile Cyprus HR can still open German salaries.
Assign roles by rules on org data, not by hand
Build rules on employee attributes, and everyone who matches gets the role, including people hired next month. Combine rules as all, any, or groups of rules, so one role covers several employee groups.
Scope each role by reporting line, location, or entity
A second set of rules decides whose data a role opens: all reports at every level, teams led, departments managed, or one location or legal entity. After a transfer or a reorg, scopes recalculate on their own.
Set view or edit per field so each role gets the minimum
A manager may need a report's time off but not their salary. Each field gets no access, view, or edit, and a whole section can be set at once. Module access is a separate layer, from leave approvals to reports.
Grant access to custom data so nothing shows by accident
Work permits, certifications, issued equipment: data no standard HR tool planned for. A new custom field or table stays hidden until a role gets access, and read-only roles see only the columns you open.
Hold a new hire's portal until onboarding is done
Before the start date, a new hire sees only a preboarding page. After it, the portal stays limited until restricting onboarding flows finish. Integrations connect as service users with their own roles.
One role model for every module and integration
Custom fields and tables define what you store; roles decide who sees it. Records, flows, reports, SK.AI, and API integrations all follow the same roles.
How do roles and permissions work in Skailer HR?
Roles & permissions is role-based access control for HR in the Skailer platform. Each role has two sets of rules: who receives it, by location, legal entity, job profile, or manager status, and whose data it opens, from the holder's own profile to all reports or one legal entity. Within that scope, a role gets no access, view, or edit per field and table column, plus module access. Sign-in methods are set separately in security settings.
Check what each person sees and what changed
Creating, changing, and deleting a role goes to an audit log that authorized roles can search. Log in as shows the portal as an employee sees it, and every session is logged.
HRIS access control without a security project
HRIS tools with fixed access levels are quick to set up but hard to bend. Enterprise HCM suites model almost anything through security groups and policy layers.
| Capability | HRIS, fixed access levels | Enterprise HCM security | Skailer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who gets a role | Manual lists or basic conditions | Security groups by role or org | Rules and rule groups on org data |
| Scope from the org | Reporting line | Configurable by organization | All reports, teams led, departments |
| Location or entity | Varies by vendor | Usually supported | Yes, for any role |
| Custom roles | Often on higher plans only | Usually included | On every plan |
| Custom table access | Show or hide a field | Configurable | Per column, with separate history |
| New-hire portal access | Usually not tied to onboarding | Varies by vendor | Held until onboarding flows finish |
How roles and permissions work in Skailer
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Roles & permissions: common questions
What is role-based access control for HR in Skailer?
It's Roles & permissions, the access model of the Skailer HR platform. HR decides who receives each role and whose data it opens, then sets view or edit per field, table column, and module. Built-in roles cover the basics, and custom roles are available on every plan.
Can I restrict HR access by country or legal entity in Skailer?
Can managers in Skailer see their indirect reports?
How does Skailer control access to custom fields and tables?
What happens if an employee has more than one role?
Does Roles & permissions run onboarding?
See roles built around your structure
Book a demo, and we'll map your locations, managers, and custom data to Skailer roles.