Answers.Body: <p>I tried what @petednz-fuzion suggested (@tanbog I did this in the database setting contact_type_b to NULL for the relationship in table civicrm_relationship_type).
  Good news is: I can now add a relationship employer/employee individual to individual.
  Bad news: As @erikh-civicoop suggested I tested some basic functionality afterwards and the following two issues were enough for me to state that this is probably not the way to meet this need: 1. In the contact summary screen you won't see the employer when it is an idividual and you won't be able to add the relationship from there as you can only search for organizations. 2. In the default report &quot;Current Employers&quot; the empoyer's name will only show content for organizations.
  So probably a second relationship would be better then...</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>As @petednz stated you can change the contact types a relationship works for. (System>Customize Data and Screens>Relationshiptypes). </p>
  
  <p>There is some core functionality involved in the employer relationship (linked to the employer in the contact summary). I would recommend you test that as well to make sure it behaves as you want. If it throws any issues, you can create a new relationship type for your purposes?</p>
  
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Answers.Text: The parameters of the 'employee of' relationship are locked. Is there a way to change them to allow all contact types? I could make my own new relationship yes it's just my users are likely to then want me to remove the 'employee of' from the UI entirely to avoid confusion.
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Answers.Body: <p>You can set the 'contact type' of a Relationship to be All Contact Types</p>
  
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Body: <p>I want to give my users the ability to create an "employee of" relationship between an individual employee and an individual employer; where someone works for an individual rather than an organisation. </p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to create a relationship that allows selection of either organizations OR individuals or must this be implemented as two separate relationship types?</p>
  
Tags: <relationships><ui>
Title: Employee of an individual relationship
ThreadText: # Employee of an individual relationship
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-29)
  
  I want to give my users the ability to create an "employee of" relationship between an individual employee and an individual employer; where someone works for an individual rather than an organisation.
  
  Is there a way to create a relationship that allows selection of either organizations OR individuals or must this be implemented as two separate relationship types?
  
  **Tags:** relationships, ui
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-10-29. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  You can set the 'contact type' of a Relationship to be All Contact Types
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-04-04. Score: 2
  
  I tried what @petednz-fuzion suggested (@username_0 I did this in the database setting contact\_type\_b to NULL for the relationship in table civicrm\_relationship\_type).
  Good news is: I can now add a relationship employer/employee individual to individual.
  Bad news: As @erikh-civicoop suggested I tested some basic functionality afterwards and the following two issues were enough for me to state that this is probably not the way to meet this need: 1. In the contact summary screen you won't see the employer when it is an idividual and you won't be able to add the relationship from there as you can only search for organizations. 2. In the default report "Current Employers" the empoyer's name will only show content for organizations.
  So probably a second relationship would be better then...
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-10-29. Score: 1
  
  As @petednz stated you can change the contact types a relationship works for. (System>Customize Data and Screens>Relationshiptypes).
  
  There is some core functionality involved in the employer relationship (linked to the employer in the contact summary). I would recommend you test that as well to make sure it behaves as you want. If it throws any issues, you can create a new relationship type for your purposes?
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: The parameters of the 'employee of' relationship are locked. Is there a way to change them to allow all contact types? I could make my own new relationship yes it's just my users are likely to then want me to remove the 'employee of' from the UI entirely to avoid confusion.  
  
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