Bringing in a new team member can be exciting! All that's left to do is to set up the agreement! It doesn't have to be some convoluted process just to get your employee set up properly in your system. Using the Payroll application of Odoo, and maybe a few Hibou Suite additions, getting your staff paid can be simple! We start by selecting our Payroll application.

The page we immediately land on will display all of our active employees. In the menu bar we see the option "Contracts." This will drop a sub-menu and we'll want to select "Contracts" again. Now we have a Kanban view of all of the contracts we currently have written up as well as what stage they are in.

Note the "Create" button, ready to be selected! The following form is very straight forward, however you'll notice I have a couple extra fields on mine thanks to the Hibou Suite payroll module I have installed. First, we title the contract for quick reference should I need to pull this up later. The required fields on this form are the Start Date, Salary Structure Type, Working Schedule, and HR Responsible (all marked by bold field lines). The end date can be left empty if this is to be an open ended contract. If we were to give this contract a generic title, as pictured, and leave the employee name blank, we would be able to duplicate it then use it over and over by simply plugging in the employee. Should there be any additional stipulations regarding this person's hire, it can be listed under the "Contract Details" tab.

Commission and Admin Commission are result of the Hibou Suite module Commissions. This is available in our shop and adds this functionality to your payroll should you choose to pay your employees a lil somethin' extra for their hard work.

The actual payment amount and frequency is listed under the Salary information tab. Select whether this employee is to be paid monthly or hourly, then list the rate agreed upon.

Once saved, the contract will appear as "New," but to be registered as currently active, it will need to be "Running," which can be done by selecting it in the status bar (pictured), or by dragging and dropping the contract in the Kanban view.

From there, the rest is history! Your new hire will be ready to work and start getting paid! It's really that simple! Should you need any help with your Odoo implementation, or wish to extend your Payroll application's functionality with Hibou's modules, give us a call or use the contact form below. We're happy to help!