Grade Setup

Grade Setup is the first thing to configure in HRM. A grade defines a salary band, and allowances are built against grades — so nothing else in payroll can be set up until grades exist.

Where to find it

Go to HRM > Settings > Grade Setup.

Grade Definition

Why grades come first

1. Create grades — the salary bands.
2. Create allowances against each grade — the pay components and their formulas.
3. Create employees and assign them a grade, which gives them its allowances.

Getting this order wrong is the most common HRM setup mistake. An employee created before their grade has allowances defined gets an incomplete pay structure, and the omission usually surfaces on the first payslip rather than at setup.

Managing grades

Edit updates a band. A grade with employees or allowances attached cannot be deleted — the pay structure depends on it.

Related pages

• Allowances Setup — the next step
• Add Employee — assigning a grade
• HRM Settings — payroll rules