Payroll brings together salary calculations, payroll days, adjustments and final settlements. Review the selected month and each crew member's underlying employment and schedule information before approving payment.

• Opening Payroll does not calculate or rebuild draft entries; calculation is a deliberate action.
• The End of Contract tab handles final settlements separately from the ordinary monthly review.

While the period is a draft, select a crew member's payroll-day total to override it. A small asterisk beside the day count marks a manual override.

• Recalculation preserves a saved manual override.
• An override belongs to that crew member and payroll period only.
• Temporary crew on a day rate are charged only for days actually worked.

• Deductions, advances and reimbursements can change what is payable without changing the underlying salary.
• Record clear explanations for adjustments so another reviewer can understand them.
• Check effective dates when a salary changes during the month.

Salary can be paid to a primary bank account and an optional second account using a percentage allocation. The split divides the payment; it does not create additional salary. Bank charges can apply per payment.

• Check both accounts and the primary account's percentage before sign-off.
• Updating payment instructions requires permission and security verification.
• The first payroll sign-off freezes the payment instructions for that payroll.

Payslips show every addition and deduction in plain words — never codes — with the currency beside each figure and clear spacing.

• Compare item totals with the stored payroll totals.
• Previewing a payslip does not change the payroll record.

Choose Record gratuity, enter the Amount and Currency, optionally attach it to a Guest trip (or add a Charter / trip reference such as 'Genoa charter') and Notes, then save. Each gratuity shows Expected, Received, Paid to crew and Retained amounts. Crew see what was shared with them, and any retained decision, on the Gratuities tab of their own profile.

Settings holds: Employer Information (company name, registration number, address, phone, payroll email — you can Import Details from a Document); Payroll Calculation (Default Currency and Calculation Method: Calendar Month (Standard), Calendar Days or Onboard Days Only); Probation & Notice Periods (probation length and calculation method, notice during and after probation — industry standards shown); Social Security (Malta) arrangement; and End of Contract notification settings.

Crew Expenses, Training (reimbursements) and Credit Cards each have their own guide in this section of the manual.