Different Access Levels in BambooHR

You can add a level or give permission by navigating: Settings >> Access Levels >> Click on “Add” symbol right to “Levels”. Here you can define a new access level and fill the required data (which fields are made to be accessible and can be edited) particularly for the level and put the employees under that level to have access according to the definition.

Figure 1. Add Access levels in BambooHR

BambooHR provides different access levels to determine the user's access to information. These are:

1. Full Admin Access Level - This is the top level that gives access to view and edit all fields for all the employees as well as all settings. You can check or give the permission of Full Admin by navigating: Settings >> Access Levels >> Full Admin in BambooHR.

   

   Figure 2. BambooHR Full Admin Access level

2. Manager Access Level - Employees under this level get access to view information about their direct and indirect reports. You can select which fields/details managers can see about their employees, and the only editing ability provided at this access level is to edit “Notes”.

3. Employee Access Level - This level provides individual employees access to their own information only. You can select what information they can edit or see, by selecting from below options:

   • No access - This will make the field hidden, neither they can see it, nor they can edit.

   • View-only access - This will make the field as view only; they cannot edit it.

   • Edit access - The field will be editable.

   • Edit access with approval - The field can be edited but the employee must take consent from the person set as approver who will verify the changes and approve the request.

4. Custom Access Level - This level is handy when you need to grant access to certain administrative tools or want to give someone the ability to edit employee information without providing them full admin access to BambooHR.