Employee relations allegation types and subtypes

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title: Employee relations allegation types and subtypes
description: Allegation types and subtypes help you further define an employee relations case.
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# Employee relations allegation types and subtypes

Allegation types and subtypes help you further define an employee relations case.

An allegation is a high-level category and allegation subtype provide more details about the allegation. For example, **Allegation** can be **Fraud and Theft** and **Allegation Subtype** can be **Forgery**. Allegation types and subtypes are attached to an HR Service Delivery ER case and are the foundation for the case.

The base system provides allegation types and subtypes that you can use immediately.

\[Omitted image "er-allegation-types.png"\] Alt text: Default Allegation types

\[Omitted image "er-allegation-subtypes.png"\] Alt text: Default Allegation Subtypes

You can also create allegation types and subtypes based on your business needs. See [Configure an employee relations allegation type](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/employee-service-management/hr-service-delivery/hr-er-create-allegation-type.md).