Departments (settings)

The two options in the Departments section of the settings and where departments are really managed.

For administratorsUpdated on 3 September 2026

The Departments section of the settings ("Manage department organization") holds two switches in the Department Visibility group. Creating, editing and assigning departments happens instead in the Departments section of the panel: see Departments and managers.

The two options

SettingDescription shownDefault
Department VisibilityEmployees can see colleagues from their departmenton
Cross-Department ViewAllow employees to see other departmentsoff

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Allowances by department

To give a department vacation or leave days different from the general ones, use the Department Overrides in Leave types and allowances.