Where to find bonuses and commission
Open an employee’s profile in the Admin portal, select Compensation, and scroll to Bonuses and commission. This section displays their recorded bonuses and commission, along with any pending change requests.
Who can manage bonuses and commission?
Superadmins can add and edit records, and add bonuses or commission to multiple employees at once.
Other users with permission to change an employee’s profile can request additions when a salary approval flow is configured.
Adding, editing, and deleting records is blocked while the employee is included in an active salary revision.
Editing is also unavailable while an approval request is pending for that record.
Add a bonus or commission
In the employee’s Compensation page, click Add bonus or commission.
Complete the following fields:
Field | What to enter |
Type | Choose Bonus, Commission, Sign-on bonus, Spot bonus, or Other. |
Target | Choose Fixed amount or Percent of base salary. |
Amount and Currency | For a fixed target, enter the amount and select its currency. |
Percent | For a percentage target, enter the percentage of base salary. |
Pay period | Choose One-time, Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly. |
Start date | Choose when the record takes effect. |
End date | Optionally set when a recurring record ends. One-time records do not retain an end date. |
Performance-linked | Turn this on to mark the bonus or commission as performance-linked. |
Comment | Optionally add context about the arrangement. |
Save or request approval
The available buttons depend on your permissions and company settings:
Without a salary approval flow: click Save.
With a salary approval flow: click Request change to send the addition for approval.
Superadmins can choose Save to apply the record directly, even when a salary approval flow is configured.
Changes sent for approval are applied only after approval. Pending requests appear in the employee’s Bonuses and commission section.
Edit an existing record
As a superadmin, open the three-dot menu beside a record and select Edit. Update the relevant fields, then save directly or request approval.
Change a recurring target from a future date
To change an ongoing recurring target while keeping its history, edit the latest record and set a later start date, keeping the pay period recurring.
When the change is saved or approved, Aboard creates a new version. The previous version ends the day before the new start date, unless it already had an earlier end date.
Keeping the original start date updates the existing record instead of creating a new historical version.
Add bonuses or commission to multiple employees
Superadmins can add the same arrangement to several employees in one action:
In the employee list, select the employees.
Open Actions and choose Bonuses and commission.
Complete the bonus or commission details.
Click Add bonus or commission.
Each eligible employee receives their own record. If salary approval is enabled, each addition is sent for approval before it applies.
Some employees are skipped during a bulk addition, including those who:
Are included in an active salary revision.
Have no current base salary when the target is a percentage.
Already have a pending bonus or commission change of the same type.
Already have a recurring record of the same type that overlaps the selected dates, when adding a recurring arrangement.
Delete a record
Superadmins can delete a record when no salary approval flow is configured and the employee is not included in an active salary revision.
Open the record’s three-dot menu, select Delete, and confirm.