usage 

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<%= edit employee %>

result (html)

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<a href="/employees/1/edit">edit employee</a>

the helper 

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module ApplicationHelper
  def edit(record)
    name = record.class.name.underscore.humanize.downcase
    link_to "edit #{name}", edit_polymorphic_path(record)
  end
end