The "Labor Types" screen registers and changes labour types. A labour type is a type of work that an employee can perform. Invoicing and analysis treat each labour type separately. The screen contains the following fields: - "Code": The unique alphanumeric code that identifies the labour type. - "Description": The description of the labour type. - "Outlook Category": The Outlook category for this labour type. - "Outlook Category Color": The category colour used when this labour type is created automatically in Outlook. - "Outlook Category Shortcut Key": The shortcut key for this labour type when it is created automatically in Outlook. - "Sort Order": A numeric value that determines the order of the labour types when a screen shows them in a list box. - "Cost Type": A reference to a cost category as registered in [[Invantive Estate/Subjects/Administration/Cost Categories|Cost Categories]]. The cost of the hours worked for the project can be booked on this cost category. - "Contract Pattern": The code of the contract pattern associated with this labour type. During cost accounting, the actual values replace the placeholders in this pattern. The supported placeholders are `:gbr_initialen`, `:vandaag`, `:pjt_code`, `:wst_code`, `:gbr_naam`, `:uur_yyyy_start`, `:uur_mm_start` and `:uur_dd_start`. - "Labor Type Category": The classification of labour types into labour type categories, for example "meeting", "travel" and "work". - "Costing %": The percentage used to calculate the size of the cost posting. The posting equals this percentage multiplied by the internal tariff of the person or machine. - "Explanation": Remarks on the use of the labour type.