Site Labour & Wages

The daily muster roll for site labour: who worked, on which project, for how many days or units, at what rate. Marked days accumulate per labourer and are settled into a wage slip and a payment, so the site cost carries labour alongside material and subcontracts. Distinct from staff payroll, which is monthly salary for office staff.

Switch: Settings > Projects > Site Labour & Wages. Permission: Site Wages.

Where it appears

Construction shell: Site Labor & Wages in Navigation (pick a project), and the Wages tab on the project page. Labourers are a contact type of their own.

Flow

flowchart TD
    L[Labourer contact: name · phone · rate] --> M[Muster: date · project · labourer
wage type: day / half / unit · units · rate]
    M --> W[(Days marked, not yet settled)]
    W --> S[Settle: pick labourer · marked days · total]
    S --> P[Wage slip printed · Payment Out cash]
    P --> T[(Payment booked to the project)]
    T --> V[BOQ variance: labour cost]
    T --> R[Labour ledger statement]

Each marked day is a row; settlement links the rows to the payment that paid them.

Screens

Muster roll - a day's marking for the project: tap labourers present, set units and rate where they differ from the default.
Settle - unpaid days per labourer, total due, pay and print the slip while they are at the site office.
Wage forms - per-day, half-day or per-unit (piece rate) entries.

Setting it up

flowchart LR
    A[Settings > Project
Site Labour and Wages on] --> B[Add labourers as contacts
with their day rate]
    B --> C[Mark the first day’s muster]
    C --> D[Days accumulate unpaid]
    D --> E[Settle: wage slip printed · cash paid]
    E --> F[Labour lands in the site cost]

Switch it on, put the master behind it in place, then do the first one — in that order, or the first one will not have anything to pick.

Switching off with unsettled wages warns at save.