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title: "Future employee groups"
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last_updated: "2026-08-12T06:21:21.379Z"
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# Future employee groups

You can use future employee groups when an employee is to change employee group from a specific date. This is set up on the employee card under Admin - Employee - Employee, on the Time tab.

## What are future employee groups?

Future employee groups are used when an employee is to have a new employee group from a future date.

This is useful if an employee, for example, is to change:

-   from hourly wage to fixed salary
-   from one employment contract to another

Employee groups can be included in your organization’s setup for different calculations.

## Where do you add a future employee group?

You add employee groups on the employee record

Go to:

**Admin - Employee - Employee**

Open the relevant employee and go to the tab **Time**

Here, you will find the **Active** and **Future** tabs under employee groups.

## When do you use Active employee groups?

Use **Active employee groups** when the employee group should apply from the day you add it and onwards.

If the employee should continue with the same employee group, you do not need to enter a date.

The employee groups listed under **Active employee groups** when a calculation or process is run are the groups that are used. This also applies to retrospective registrations and registrations for future dates.

## When do you use Future employee groups?

Use **Future** when the employee group should only apply from a future date.

You cannot enter a future **Valid from** date directly under **Active employee groups**. Instead, switch to the **Future** tab and add the employee group there.

## Example: From hourly wage to fixed salary

If an employee is to change from **hourly paid** to **fixed salary** from 01.09, you can do the following:

1.  Add the current employee group, for example **hourly paid**, under **Active employee groups.**
2.  Set **Valid to** on the current employee group to the last day it should apply, 31.08.
3.  Go to the **Future** tab.
4.  Add the new employee group, for example fixed salary.
5.  Set **Valid from** to 01.09. Enter a **Valid to** date if the employee group should end on a specific date.
6.  Click **Save**.

The old employee group ends automatically, and the new employee group applies from the date you have specified.

## What does Valid to mean?

**Valid to** is the last day the employee group membership applies.

Entering a **Valid to** date is optional. If you do not enter a date, the membership continues to apply.

If you enter a **Valid to** date, the membership ends automatically after that date.