Relationship codes help categorize human relationships for emergency contact records, benefit plan coverage, and beneficiary information.
Emergency contacts, beneficiaries, child dependents, and spouse/domestic partners, are classified with a relationship code on the Employee Contacts Detail and with specific checkboxes related to types of eligibility. Relationship codes are visible during the benefit enrollment process and are used by some benefit-carrier feed implementations and reporting.
The following list of standard Relationship codes is based on a sample system. Your system may have different relationship codes.
Code |
Description |
Gender |
HUSBAND |
Husband |
MALE |
WIFE |
Wife |
FEMALE |
BROTHER |
Brother (or Step Brother) |
MALE |
SISTER |
Sister (or Step Sister) |
FEMALE |
FATHER |
Father (or Step Father) |
MALE |
MOTHER |
Mother (or Step Mother) |
FEMALE |
XWIFE |
Former Wife |
FEMALE |
XHUSBAND |
Former Husband |
MALE |
PARTNERM |
Life Partner (Male) |
MALE |
PARTNERF |
Life Partner (Female) |
FEMALE |
SON |
Son (or Step Son) |
MALE |
DAUGHTER |
Daughter (or Step Daughter) |
FEMALE |
GRANDSON |
Grandson |
MALE |
GRDAUGHTER |
Granddaughter |
FEMALE |
FRIENDM |
Friend (Male) |
MALE |
FRIENDF |
Friend (Female) |
FEMALE |
BRO-IN-LAW |
Brother-in-Law |
MALE |
SIS-IN-LAW |
Sister-in-Law |
FEMALE |
REL-OTHERM |
Other Relative (Male) |
MALE |
REL-OTHERF |
Other Relative (Female) |
FEMALE |
OTHERNRM |
Other Non-Relative (Male) |
MALE |
OTHERNRF |
Other Non-Relative (Female) |
FEMALE |
COMPANIONM |
Companion (Male) |
MALE |
COMPANIONF |
Companion (Female) |
FEMALE |
NEXTOFKINF |
Next of Kin (Female) |
FEMALE |
NEXTOFKINM |
Next of Kin (Male) |
MALE |
P1 |
Primary Care Physician |
No gender specified |
P2 |
Special Care Physician |
No gender specified |
P3 |
Other Physician |
No gender specified |