Contractors and labourers

Contractors represent firms or individuals engaged to carry out work. Labourers are the people whose attendance and wages you track. Their directory records are separate from application User accounts. Adding a labourer does not give them a login.

1. 01

   Add the contractor

   Open Contractors, enter name, contact information, trade or specialization and relevant identifying details. Check for an existing record before adding another spelling of the same contractor.

2. 02

   Add labourers and rates

   In Labourers, record name, contact or identification details requested, skill type, contractor relationship and daily rate. Keep rates current and check units of pay.

3. 03

   Assign the workforce

   Open the project’s Workforce tab and create assignments for the relevant dates. An unassigned directory entry does not necessarily appear in the active attendance roster.

A labourer can belong to a contractor and be assigned to a project for a defined period. An agreement records the contractor’s commercial scope and milestones; it does not replace daily attendance. Use a project rate override when that job has a different agreed daily wage, and check the effective dates.

If a person leaves, review active assignments and use the available release or inactive controls to retain history. Do not create a duplicate labourer just to change their project. Payroll reads attendance and the applicable rate; check assignments before calculating wages.