Oyster’s global employment platform provides various roles to manage the access of all your users securely. Users can have multiple roles, which gives them the exact access they need and nothing more.
This article provides an overview of the roles, their function and limitations, and what data they can access.
All roles listed here have login access to the Oyster Help Center.
| Role | Definition | Data Permissions |
|---|---|---|
| Administrator |
An Administrator has full access to your Oyster account. They can see and edit all information in your account, including company and an engagement’s personal data. They can create users and add access roles. You must have at least one Administrator in your company. |
Full access to your organization’s Oyster account, including:
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| Expense administrator | The only person in your company who is asked to approve expenses. If no Expense Approver is selected, all Administrators in your company will receive expense approvals. |
All expenses-related data for all Team Members within the company.
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| External recruiter | External recruiters can add new hires in the Hire section for the Administrator to submit. This role cannot submit or cancel new hires. | In-progress hires within the company. |
| Invoice administrator | Invoice Administrators have full permissions within the Invoice menu on the Oyster platform. From there, they can manage invoices within your company as well as see Payroll data, but cannot add any payroll changes. | All payroll and invoicing-related data within the company. |
| Payroll administrator | Payroll Administrators have full permissions within the Payroll menu on the Oyster platform. From there, they can manage payroll within your company as well as see Invoice data, but cannot approve/reject invoices. | All payroll and invoicing-related data within the company. |
| Team manager | Approves time off or expense requests from select Team Member(s) on the Oyster platform. Team Managers will receive all notifications related to time off and expenses for their Team Member(s). | All time-off and expenses-related data for select Team Members assigned to the Team Manager |
| Time off administrator | Approves time off requests for all Team Member(s) on the Oyster platform. | All time-off-related data for all Team Members within the company. |
Disclaimer from our Legal team: It's important to know that the Team Manager role is associated with being a manager on Oyster's global employment platform. Per the Oyster Terms, this does not mean you are the manager of the Oyster Team Member. While you may have management oversight of a Team Member to ensure the services rendered meet your needs, we handle all employment-related management matters either directly or through an Oyster partner. Please bear in mind that Team Manager-level access to the platform is not reflective of your employment responsibilities with respect to an Oyster Team Member.