noticed a gap in the staff profile structure that’s creating friction for both reporting and automation.

Currently, Albi defines a user’s Role (e.g., Field Technician, Office Admin), but there’s no field to define their Employment Type (e.g., Hourly, Salaried, Contract, etc.). These are two different concepts. Role = what someone does, while Employment Type = how they’re paid and tracked.

Customer + internal use case:

We’re building time tracking dashboards where salaried staff need to be excluded from automatic lunch deductions. Right now I'm relying on workarounds like filtering by Notes or Timesheet Type which isn’t scalable.

Proposed solution:

Add to the staff profile:

Employment Type field (e.g., Hourly, Salaried, Contractor, Intern, Temp, On Leave)

Optional Salary Amount

Why this matters:

Reduces manual entry if default time behavior can be tied to employment type

Improves data integrity between Albi Staff and Albi Staff Timesheet datasets

Can unlock future automation (e.g., pre-filling hours, accurate time-tracking, skip automated tasks for interns/inactive staff)

Enables scalable reporting for payroll, workforce, permissions logic