# Workforces

A WorkRoster _workforce_ contains the list of employees and the roster for your company or organisation.  
  
To gain access to the online roster on WorkRoster employees will need to be **invited** by a manager to join the workforce.  
  
Multiple _rosters_ can be configured within a single _workforce_.



### Multiple Workforces

It's possible for _workforce owners_ to create multiple _workforces_ but it's important to remember that all workforces on WorkRoster are <u>completely independent</u> and <u>separate</u> from each other.  
  
Each workforce has its own unique

- employees  
- managers  
- rosters  
- holidays  
- agreements  
- client records  
- resource records  
- memos  

and none of this information is accessible by any other workforce on the system.  
  
Each individual WorkRoster _user_ can be invited to join with multiple workforces. Sometimes it's appropriate for senior managers, payroll staff, or roster managers to have access to multiple workforces.  
  


#### ProTip: When to create multiple workforces

Because each _workforce_ is completely independent and separate from every other workforce on WorkRoster _workforce owners_ need to think carefully before creating multiple workforces.  
  
Each _workforce_ should contain its own unique pool of employees. If you have a shared pool of employees across work sites or teams then you should instead create **multiple rosters** within a single WorkRoster _workforce_.  
  
Within the same company ( and perhaps even at the same work location ), if you have entirely separate teams that don't need access to each other's rosters and each team with their own unique pool of employees, then you could create **multiple workforces** , one for each team.



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