# Departments

This feature allows administrators to organize employees into specific departments for easier tracking of hours, job roles, and reporting. This feature helps streamline payroll, scheduling, and labor cost management by grouping staff according to their assigned department.

These departments are used to categorize and organize employees based on their *roles, teams, or locations.*

1. Create a new department.
2. Edit the name or delete an existing department.
3. Assign a manager or managers to a department.
4. Edit the name of a department (Similar to 2).

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