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# Roles and permissions

> The five roles in Tivero, what each one can see and do, and how to change a person's role.

Everyone with access to Tivero has one role in a given workspace. The role decides what the person sees in the menu and what they can do.

## Roles

| Role              | For whom                                                      | In short                                                                 |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Employee**      | Everyone in the organization                                  | Submits requests, sees their own balances and the calendar.              |
| **Manager**       | Team supervisors                                              | Approves requests and sees their team's absences.                        |
| **HR**            | The HR department                                             | Manages people, policies, limits and absence types.                      |
| **Administrator** | People who run Tivero                                         | Manages workspace settings, people, policies, integrations and the plan. |
| **Owner**         | The person who created the workspace (or took over ownership) | Full access, including ownership transfer and deleting the organization. |

## What each role sees

| Section                                 | Employee | Manager                  | HR | Administrator | Owner |
| --------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------ | -- | ------------- | ----- |
| Dashboard, Calendar, Requests, Settings | ✓        | ✓                        | ✓  | ✓             | ✓     |
| People, Teams, Reports                  | —        | own team only, read-only | ✓  | ✓             | ✓     |
| Absence policies, Absence types         | —        | —                        | ✓  | ✓             | ✓     |
| Integrations                            | —        | —                        | —  | ✓             | ✓     |
| Plan and billing                        | —        | —                        | —  | ✓             | ✓     |

## Key permissions

| Action                                           | Employee                   | Manager                                                 | HR                         | Administrator | Owner |
| ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------- | ----- |
| Submit own requests                              | ✓                          | ✓                                                       | ✓                          | ✓             | ✓     |
| Approve requests                                 | when named as the approver | when named as the approver (usually for their own team) | when named as the approver | ✓             | ✓     |
| Reassign an approval to someone else             | —                          | —                                                       | ✓                          | ✓             | ✓     |
| Add people, import, balances                     | —                          | —                                                       | ✓                          | ✓             | ✓     |
| Policies, absence types, schedules, company days | —                          | —                                                       | ✓                          | ✓             | ✓     |
| Data export                                      | —                          | —                                                       | ✓                          | ✓             | ✓     |
| Teams (create and edit)                          | —                          | —                                                       | —                          | ✓             | ✓     |
| Change a member's role                           | —                          | —                                                       | —                          | ✓             | ✓     |
| Integrations, organization settings, plan        | —                          | —                                                       | —                          | ✓             | ✓     |
| Transfer ownership, delete the organization      | —                          | —                                                       | —                          | —             | ✓     |

<Note>
  A request is decided by the approver assigned to the current stage, whatever their role, and also by Administrators and the Owner. Nobody approves their own request. Details: [How approval works](/en/time-off/approval-process).
</Note>

## Change a person's role

**Who:** Administrator or Owner.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the person">
    Go to **People** and open the person for editing.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the access role">
    Change the access role and save. If the person hasn't accepted their invitation yet, the role is granted when they do.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The **Settings → Members and roles** tab shows how many people have each role, and what the roles mean.

<Warning>
  The Owner role can't be assigned in the person dialog. The Owner can **transfer ownership** to another active member in **Settings → Members and roles**. After the transfer, the previous owner becomes an Administrator. To confirm, you type the new owner's email address. You can't undo this on your own.
</Warning>

## Related articles

* [Manager guide](/en/roles/manager-guide)
* [Manage access](/en/people/manage-access)
* [Teams and supervisors](/en/people/teams-and-supervisors)