Add or modify employee relationships

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title: Add or modify employee relationships
description: As part of the Human Resources setup process, you define relationships to describe how contacts and beneficiaries are related to employees.
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product: HR Service Delivery
classification: hr-service-delivery
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# Add or modify employee relationships

As part of the Human Resources setup process, you define relationships to describe how contacts and beneficiaries are related to employees.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

Create relationship records for your organization.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **HR Administration** > **Managed Lists** > **Relationships**.

2.  Click **New** or edit an existing relationship.

3.  Enter the relationship identifier or name.

    For example, Spouse.

4.  Enter a value for the relationship.

    The value is used to further define the relationship.

5.  Check Dependent when the relationship is a dependent on the employee for benefits or support.

6.  Click **Submit** or **Update**.


**Parent Topic:**[Managed lists](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/hr-service-delivery/c_ManagedLists.md)