Introduction
Additional pay types allow you to categorize compensation records that fall outside of an employee's regular salary, such as bonuses, stipends, or allowances. Once configured, you can assign these records to employees and process them in the Payroll module.
📌 Note: Managing additional pay types is available for Administrators and users with the Payroll management access level.
Create a new additional pay type
Additional pay types that are available for selection when creating a new additional pay record are managed in settings.
Go to Settings > Payroll > Additional Pay Types. Here, you can view a list of all already added pay types.
Click Add pay type to create a new one.
Provide the Name of the additional pay type.
(Optional) Add a Description to provide more details about the pay type.
Confirm by clicking Add
Add an additional pay record to an employee
You can assign a compensation record of one of the types defined in settings to an employee through their profile.
Open the Employee profile for the relevant employee.
Navigate to the Payroll tab, then the Salary section.
In the "Additional pay" section, click the Add button to create a new record.
On the following screen, select the additional pay type from the Type dropdown menu.
Fill in the required fields: Amount, Currency, and Frequency.
Frequency can be marked as Weekly, Monthly, or One time.
(Optional) Provide an End date and a Note.
Confirm by clicking Add
How additional pay records are processed
Once added, additional pay records will automatically be displayed in the corresponding pay runs within the Payroll module under the Salary tab. These records appear based on the effective date and end date you provided.