# The employee directory

**Employee → Employees** is the single record of everyone in your organisation. Every other module
— attendance, leave, payroll, performance — reads from this record rather than keeping its own copy,
so an employee's department, job position or badge ID only needs to be correct in one place.

## What you see

A searchable list, one row per employee, with their department, job position and status (**Active**,
or otherwise). Above the list:

- **Search** by name, department or badge ID.
- **Department** and **Job position** filters, plus **Group by** and **More filters** for a narrower
  view.
- Tabs alongside the main list: **Document Requests**, **Shift Requests**, **Work Type Requests**,
  **Rotating Shift Assign**, and further screens under **More**. Each is its own queue of requests
  employees have raised, separate from the directory itself.

![The Employees list, with search, Department/Job position filters, and the Document/Shift/Work Type Request tabs](https://docs.blueonehr.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/48Memployees-overview-employees-list.png)

## Opening a record

Selecting an employee opens their full profile: personal details, employment information, the
documents they have been issued, and their history in the organisation. What you can change there
depends on your role — see [Roles and permissions](https://docs.blueonehr.com/books/employees/page/roles-and-permissions). The tabs and the Edit page are described in [An employee's profile](https://docs.blueonehr.com/books/employees/page/an-employees-profile).

## Who can do what

Viewing and editing the directory is controlled the same way as every other module: through **user
groups** and **employee permissions**, not through a special "HR mode". A person with the right
permission sees the same Employees screen whether they are in HR, a manager, or an administrator; the
difference is which actions are available to them once they are there.

## What to read next

- [Adding an employee](https://docs.blueonehr.com/books/employees/page/adding-an-employee)
- [Roles and permissions](https://docs.blueonehr.com/books/employees/page/roles-and-permissions)