enum description

When i make an enum like following public enum SalaryType { ByHour, ByMonth }; I ususaly need to describe the meaning by text. So I need the following code switch( employee.EmployeeType) { case Employee.ByHour: Console.WriteLine("By hour"); break; .... } the code was seperated by definition and client code. I found some code , and it so useful public enum SalaryType { [Description("By hour')]ByHour, [Description("By month")] ByMonth }; public static string GetDescription(Enum value) { FieldInfo fi= value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString()); DescriptionAttribute[] attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes( typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false); return (attributes.Length>0)?attributes[0].Description:value.ToString(); }