With manual compensations, a colleague chooses the desired compensation type when logging hours. This gives flexibility and control: your organisation decides which choices are allowed, while still leaving room for the colleague to choose when logging.
When entering time, the colleague only sees the compensation types that you have allowed in the policy.
Set up manual compensations
To apply manual compensations, go to the desired time policy or add a new policy. Scroll to the manual compensations section and enable this feature (green). Haven’t created any compensation types yet? In the types selector, you can go to manage compensation types and create new compensation types there.
You can also set one of the types available to the colleague as the default compensation. This type is suggested automatically when logging hours, but you can change it.
What does the colleague see?
When logging hours, the colleague sees a dropdown with the available compensation types. The selected compensation applies once the time entry is submitted.
Note: Compensation types are only visible if the policy allows manual compensation. If this feature is disabled, no option is shown.
When do you use manual compensations?
Manual compensation is a good fit when you want flexibility and colleagues can choose how they get compensated. For example, when there are no fixed overtime or allowance rules. For automatic reimbursements based on fixed rules, use automatic overtime or allowances.
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