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Managing employees allowances

Set up and apply allowances so additional payments are included correctly in timesheets and payroll. Allowances are used to add extra payments to an employee’s pay, such as travel, meals, or uniform allowances etc.

Adding an allowance into Urhere

  1. Go to Employee

  2. Select an Employee

  3. Select Allowances

  4. Click Add Allowance

  5. Insert the amount of the allowance

  6. Select a frequency of the allowance, how often you would like the allowance applied

  7. Select the relevant allowance category

  8. Select the applicable rate type

  9. Select how you would like the allowance appiled

  10. Select Create allowance to proceed


Creating an allowance rule

  1. Go to Employees

  2. Select Allowances

  3. Select + Add Allowance

  4. Complete the allowance name and descriptions fields

  5. Input an amount of the allowance

  6. Select how the allowance will be applied i.e added per shift or after a shift duration of 10 hours

  7. Select an allowance category

  8. Select a Rate Type (how the rate is applied such as a fixed amount or multiplier)

  9. Select if you want the allowance to be applied to a specific employee, area or for everyone

  10. Select Create Allowance to proceed


Assign an allowance to an employee

  1. Go to Employees

  2. Select an employee

  3. Select Pay Rates

  4. Scroll down to Automated Allowances

  5. Select Add Allowance

  6. Select the allowance you wish to apply to the employee to proceed


Adding an allowance as a once off

  1. Go to Timesheets

  2. Select an Approve Timesheets

  3. Select a relevant timesheet

  4. Scroll down to Allowances

  5. Select + Add

  6. Select an allowance

    The allowance will now apply to that shift for the employee.

  7. Approve the timesheet to proceed


Make sure: the correct allowance is applied to the right employee and the amounts a accurate before approving any timesheets

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