diff --git a/src/api/employees.js b/src/api/employees.js
index e6e38ce..d7c99cd 100644
--- a/src/api/employees.js
+++ b/src/api/employees.js
@@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ export const EMPLOYEE_RICH_COLUMNS = [
   { key: 'contact', label: 'Contact', title: ['email'], subtitle: ['phone'] },
   { key: 'role', label: 'Role', title: ['designation'], subtitle: ['department'] },
   {
-    key: 'type',
-    label: 'Type',
-    title: ['Employee type'],
-    subtitle: [{ label: 'joining_date', prefix: 'Joined' }],
+    key: 'date',
+    label: 'Date',
+    title: [{ label: 'joining_date', prefix: 'Joined' }],
+    subtitle: ['Employee type'],
   },
 ]
 
@@ -390,7 +390,11 @@ export async function fetchEmployeeListPage(templateUid, query = {}) {
     .map((row) => ({ ...row, employment: isEndState(row) ? 'Inactive' : 'Active' }))
     .filter((row) => filter === 'all' || row.employment.toLowerCase() === filter)
 
-  const fields = config?.fields ?? []
+  // The view's own "status" column isn't wanted in the list — the derived
+  // Employment badge below already shows each row's Active / Inactive state.
+  const fields = (config?.fields ?? []).filter(
+    (c) => ![c.field_key, c.output_label].some((l) => normLabel(l) === 'status'),
+  )
   const totalPages = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(data.length / limit))
   return {
     config: { ...config, fields: [...fields, EMPLOYMENT_COLUMN] },
diff --git a/src/api/recordView.js b/src/api/recordView.js
index e712471..83a06ba 100644
--- a/src/api/recordView.js
+++ b/src/api/recordView.js
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ export const EMPLOYEE_EXPORT_COLUMNS = [
   'department',
   'designation',
   'joining_date',
-  'status',
   'created_at',
   'updated_at',
 ]