Add Salary to a Specific Employee in HRM
Configure base salary and attach modular payroll components — ready for payslip generation, tax logic, and financial reporting.
🔐 Access Control
- Only Admin users or payroll staff with salary setup permissions can assign salary
- From the Dashboard, use the side menu to navigate: HRM → Payroll → Set Salary
🧭 Step-by-Step: Set Salary for an Employee
1️⃣ Open the Employee Set Salary Page
You can access the salary configuration in two ways:
- Option A: Click the orange action button (➡️ icon) next to the employee’s row
- Option B: Click directly on the Employee ID (e.g.
#EMP00001)
Both actions open the Employee Set Salary page, where you can manage all salary components.
2️⃣ Set Basic Salary
- Click the ➕ icon next to Basic Salary
- Fill in:
- Payslip Type*: e.g.
Monthly, Payslip - Salary*: e.g.
25000 - Account Type*: e.g.
Horizon, Bank, Cash
- Payslip Type*: e.g.
- Click Create to save
➕ Add Modular Salary Components
Each section has its own ➕ icon to add a new entry:
🟩 Allowance
- Click the ➕ icon next to Allowance
- Fill in:
- Allowance Option*:
Non Taxable,Taxables,Manage Data, oremployee self-service - Title*: e.g.
Transport Allowance - Type*:
FixedorPercentage - Amount*
- Allowance Option*:
- Click Create
🟨 Commission
- Click the ➕ icon next to Commission
- Fill in:
- Title*
- Type*:
Fixed,Percentage, orPeriod - Amount*
- Start Date / End Date*
- Status:
ActiveorExpired
- Click Create
🟥 Loan
- Click the ➕ icon next to Loan
- Fill in:
- Title*
- Loan Option*:
Health Insurance,Other Insurance,Personal Loan,Home Loan,Financials Loan - Type*:
FixedorPercentage - Loan Amount*
- Start Date / End Date*
- Reason
- Click Create
🟦 Saturation Deduction
- Click the ➕ icon next to Saturation Deduction
- Fill in:
- Title*
- Deduction Option*:
Mutual Fund,Income Tax,Section 80C,Section 80TTA - Type*:
FixedorPercentage - Amount*
- Click Create
🟪 Other Payment
- Click the ➕ icon next to Other Payment
- Fill in:
- Title*
- Type*:
FixedorPercentage - Amount*
- Click Create
🟫 Overtime
- Click the ➕ icon next to Overtime
- Fill in:
- Title*
- Number of Days / Hours / Rate*
- Start Date / End Date*
- Status:
ActiveorExpired
- Click Create
🟧 Company Contribution
- Click the ➕ icon next to Company Contribution
- Fill in:
- Title*
- Type*:
FixedorPercentage - Amount*
- Click Create
✅ Final Review
- All components will appear under the employee’s salary breakdown
- Net Salary is auto-calculated based on additions and deductions
- You can edit or delete individual components as needed
- The updated salary will reflect in the Manage Employee Salary table