v2.0.0-alpha.5 — Payroll, Salary, Bonus & Loan Workflow

[Devnawjesh]

Added

• Added full payroll management module.

• Added salary grades and salary template management.

• Added employee-specific salary template assignment with custom salary breakdown.

• Added payroll draft generation for selected period.

• Added payroll review before final submission.

• Added payroll finalization workflow.

• Added payslip detail view.

• Added payment status update for finalized payroll items.

• Added bonus management.

  • Added batch bonus generation using configurable rules:
  • Fixed amount
  • Basic salary percentage
  • Basic salary + allowance percentage

• Added employee loan management.

• Added employee loan application workflow.

• Added loan approval matrix:

  • Supervisor / department approval
  • Final approval
  • Rejection flow

• Added loan installment schedule generation after final approval.

• Added loan reschedule support before repayment starts.

• Added manual loan installment payment marking.

• Added employee deductions.

• Added provident fund setup and payroll contribution posting.

• Added payroll-related permissions and database seed data.

• Added dynamic permission access scope metadata for:

  • Own / Self
  • Department / Team
  • Admin / Global
  • General

Improved

• Improved payroll sidebar visibility using granular permissions.
• Improved role permission screen with database-driven access scope badges.
• Improved permission management so access scope labels and badge classes are editable from the database.
• Improved payroll generation to support adding a missing employee to an existing processed payroll run.
• Improved salary assignment so each employee can have an individual salary structure within a grade range.
• Improved bonus workflow from individual-only entry to rule-based batch generation.
• Improved loan visibility by permission scope:
  • Employees can see own loan requests
  • Supervisors can see team approval items
  • Final approvers can see final pending loans
  • Admin/HR can manage permitted loan records

Changed

• Removed hardcoded role-based access checks from payroll-related access flow.
• Replaced static permission badge classification with database-driven permission scope metadata.
• Loan installments are now generated only after final loan approval.
• Payroll calculations now use employee salary assignment snapshot data.

Fixed

• Fixed salary assignment optional field errors.
• Fixed payroll generation validation for all-active-employee selection.
• Fixed finalized payroll period handling.
• Fixed profile image upload/update workflow issues.
• Fixed permission/menu visibility inconsistencies in payroll screens.

What's Changed

• Add custom funding URL to FUNDING.yml by @Devnawjesh in Add custom funding URL to FUNDING.yml #40
• add resignation approval workflow, status module, promotion/rejoin pa… by @Devnawjesh in add resignation approval workflow, status module, promotion/rejoin pa… #41
• Improve flash message by @Devnawjesh in Improve flash message #42
• improve dashboard design by @Devnawjesh in improve dashboard design #43
• add quick notes in dashboard by @Devnawjesh in add quick notes in dashboard #44
• fix delete issue in quick notes by @Devnawjesh in fix delete issue in quick notes #45
• Change donation link in README.md by @Devnawjesh in Change donation link in README.md #46
• Redesign HR dashboard with permission-based admin UI by @Devnawjesh in Redesign HR dashboard with permission-based admin UI #58

Full Changelog: v2.0.0-alpha.4...v2.0.0-alpha.5

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