# Reference Documentation for Employee Classifications ## expand\_more Reference groups in Grouper are dynamically updated based on a person's affiliations with Harvard. One such affiliation is that of an employee. There are 19 distinct employee classifications that are used to create employee-related reference groups. Below is a table listing the employee classification codes and description. For additional information about what jobs are included in each employee class, refer to the [PeopleSoft Job Code Listing](https://trainingportal.harvard.edu/Saba/document/NA1PRD0068/simrs000000000003662) available on the [Harvard Training Portal](https://trainingportal.harvard.edu/). Employee Class is an attribute of Job Code. Sort**Code****Description****Explanation**A Admin & Professional Exempt, administrative/ professional staff (individual contributors, managers, executives). Grandfathered job codes start with “8” and “5”. No new incumbents should enter these job codes. B Special Exclusion Adjunct faculty, typically working at the Division of Continuing Education C Temporary Academic Work less than 6 mos, receive no benefits, contact Office of Academic Affairs D Temporary Student Harvard students working on a temporary and part-time basis E Intern Interns, many in Athletics and IT F Senior Faculty Faculty appointments at the professorial rank, including tenured, non-tenured, and post-tenure appointments. G Graduate Students Research Assistants/Teaching Fellows H Graduate Student Fellowship Graduate Student Fellowship Recipients I TA's, Other Staff J Junior Faculty Tenure-track assistant and associate professors at all schools. Also includes these non-ladder faculty: adjunct, clinical and non-clock assistant and associate professors, convertible instructors, senior preceptors (FAS only), and senior lecturers and multi-year lecturers at certain schools. L Part Time Service & Trade Unionized hourly part-time service and trades (dining, custodial, etc.) employees. N Ext Post Docs NHR Visiting scholars and scientists, Nieman and other fellows O Other Faculty Non-ladder faculty at the following ranks: senior lecturer and lecturer for certain Schools, annual lecturer at all schools, preceptor (FAS only) and instructor. Also includes visiting faculty across all ranks, administrative leadership appointments (deans, department heads, directors), research appointments (research scientist, research associate), and athletic staff (FAS only). S Support Staff Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), non-exempt T Temporary Staff Non-student temporary staff including temps and LHTs U Service & Trade Hourly Unionized hourly service and trades (dining, custodial, etc.) employees W Temp Off Campus Work Study Temporary off-campus work-study appointments Y Internal Post Docs Internal postdocs eligible for extended benefits Z Ext Post Docs Harvard Research Non employee postdocs eligible for extended benefits