Employment Tracking uses employment dates and hourly pay fields to calculate status, tenure, employee counts, and pay averages. These metrics help teams review participant employment history and understand employer activity across current and past jobs.
⚙️ How It Works
Employment status and metrics are based on the employment records connected to each participant and employer.
Active employment — An employment record is active when the End Date is blank or the end date has not passed.
Inactive employment — An employment record is inactive when the End Date has passed.
Tenure — Tenure is calculated from the Start Date to today for active jobs, or from the Start Date to the End Date for ended jobs.
Average hourly pay — Average hourly pay is calculated from the hourly pay values entered on employment records.
Active employee count — Active employee count includes employment records for that employer that are currently active.
✅ Benefits
Understand current employment activity — Quickly identify active and inactive employment records.
Review job stability — Use tenure to understand how long participants have been connected to an employer or role.
Monitor pay trends — Use hourly pay fields and averages to support program review.
Evaluate employer relationships — Review active employee count, average tenure, and average hourly pay on employer records and exports.
📊 Where Metrics Appear
Participant Employment tab — Shows each employment record, date range, employment type, job title, tenure, and active or inactive status.
Employer details page — Shows active employee count, average hourly pay, average tenure, contacts, and related employment records.
Employer Details Report — Exports total employees count, active employees count, average tenure, active average tenure, average hourly pay, and active average hourly pay.
💡 Best Practices
Leave End Date blank while the participant is still employed.
Add an End Date when a job ends so status and tenure remain accurate.
Keep Hourly Pay updated when wages change.
Review employer details periodically to catch missing dates, missing pay, or outdated records.
Use active and total metrics together when reviewing employer relationships.
❓ FAQs
Why is an employment record showing as active?
It is active when the end date is blank or the end date has not passed.
Why is an employment record showing as inactive?
It is inactive when the end date has passed.
How is tenure calculated?
Tenure is based on the time between the start date and either today or the employment end date.
Why does average hourly pay look lower or higher than expected?
Review the hourly pay values on the employment records included in the metric or report. Missing, outdated, or filtered records can affect the average.
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