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title: "Employee Promotion"
space: "Frappe HR"
url: "https://docs.frappe.io/hr/employee-promotion"
updated: "2026-02-04"
---

**Promotion or career advancement is a process through which an Employee of a company is given a higher share of duties, a higher pay-scale or both.**

In Frappe HR, you can manage Employee Promotion and its various associated activities using this document.

To access Employee Promotion, go to:

> Human Resources > Employee Lifecycle > Employee Promotion

**1. Prerequisites**
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Before creating an Employee Promotion, it is advisable that you create the following documents:

* [Employee](https://docs.frappe.io/hr/employee)
* [Department](https://docs.frappe.io/hr/department)

**2. How to create an Employee Promotion**
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1. Go to: Employee Promotion > New.
2. Select the Employee.
3. Enter the Promotion Date.
4. In the Employee Promotion Detail table, select the Property and set the Current and New value.

![Employee Promotion](https://frappehr.com/files/employee-promotion.png)

> Note: Promotion document can be submitted on or after Promotion Date. Once submitted all the changes added to Promotion Details table will be applied to the Employee. Frappe HR also keeps a record of all promotions of the Employee in the Employment History table in Employee document.

**3. Related Topics**
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1. [Employee Onboarding](https://docs.frappe.io/hr/employee-onboarding)
2. [Employee Separation](https://docs.frappe.io/hr/employee-separation)
3. [Employee Transfer](https://docs.frappe.io/hr/employee-transfer)