Labour attendance and wages app Labour by name, wages without arguments
Daily-wage workers and contractors each have one page and one ledger. Days come from the daily log, the project manager records the pay run and the owner approves it.
What is a labour attendance and wages app?
A labour attendance and wages app records who worked on site each day and turns those days into wages: a day wage and extra hours for daily-wage workers, and contract payments for subcontractors. Each person gets one ledger showing what is owed, what is paid and what is waiting for approval.
Payroll software is built for salaried staff with monthly payslips. A labour attendance and wages app for construction has to handle workers paid by the day, groups brought by a labour head, advances against later wages, and contracts with retention.
What to look for in a labour attendance and wages app
- Attendance taken from the daily site log, not typed twice
- A day wage and an extra-hour rate per worker
- Groups recorded under a labour head
- Pay runs recorded by the project manager and approved by the owner
- Payments in full, in part or as an advance
- Contracts with advance, retention and terms for subcontractors
- A ledger per person with days payable, paid and in approval
Aaghaz360 does each of these in every package.
Where labour money goes wrong
Wages are the cost builders argue about most, because they are counted from memory on pay day and paid in cash.
- 1Attendance in a register that only one person can read.
- 2Days added up on pay day, and argued about.
- 3Advances paid in cash and forgotten when the balance is settled.
- 4Labour heads paid for more people than came.
- 5Subcontract payments made with no running total against the contract.
- 6Wages that never reach the phase budget they belong to.
One ledger per worker, one approval per pay run
Daily-wage workers
Masons, helpers, steel fixers: a day wage and an extra-hour rate each, paid daily, weekly or monthly on their pay day.
Groups under a head
Record a labour head with how many came that day; the share of each day is worked out for the wage sheet.
Contracts with subcontractors
A contract per project with its value, advance, retention, who supplies material, and terms printed on its PDF.
Pay any amount
Pay all, part or an advance. Every payment is approved, then marked paid with its receipt.
Bank or mobile wallet
Keep a contractor's bank or mobile wallet account on file; owners are told about every account change.
Ledger per person
Days payable, days paid, days in approval, rates and balance, in one panel.
Used by: Project managers, Owners, Accounts, Time keepers.
An attendance register vs the labour attendance and wages app
- On registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp: Attendance in a paper register
- In Aaghaz360: Days from the daily log, recorded on site from a phone
- On registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp: Wages worked out on pay day
- In Aaghaz360: Days payable already on each worker's ledger
- On registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp: Paid in cash with no approval
- In Aaghaz360: The project manager records the pay run and the owner approves it
- On registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp: Advances in someone's notebook
- In Aaghaz360: Advances and part payments on the same ledger as the days
- On registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp: Subcontract payments with no running total
- In Aaghaz360: A contract per project with value, advance and retention
- On registers, spreadsheets and WhatsApp: Labour cost added to the job at month end
- In Aaghaz360: Labour cost lands on the phase as wages are recorded
Worked example · sample figures
A worked example: one week's pay run
Sample figures for one house site, one week. Days come from that week's daily logs.
| Who | Days | Day wage | Owed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason group (labour head and 4) | 6 days × 5 people | $23 | $690 |
| Steel fixer | 6 | $25 | $150 |
| Electrician | 4 | $30 | $120 |
| Total | $960 |
Nobody re-counts the days, because they were approved from the daily log during the week. The project manager records the $960 pay run, the owner approves it, and each payment is marked paid with its receipt.
Labour and wage terms used on this page
- Day wage
- The amount a daily-wage worker earns for one full day on site.
- Extra-hour rate
- What a worker earns for each hour beyond the normal day.
- Labour head
- The person who brings a group of workers and is paid for the group's days.
- Pay run
- One round of wage payments for a period, such as a week, recorded and then approved.
- Advance
- Money paid before it is earned, deducted from later wages or contract payments.
- Retention
- Part of a subcontractor's payment held back until the work is complete.
Labour and wages works with the rest
Labour and wages writes to the same record as every other module of Aaghaz360’s construction management software.
Questions about labour attendance and wages app
Are daily-wage workers counted as users?
No. They are people you pay, not people who sign in. Users are unlimited in every package anyway.
Is staff payroll included?
Wages for daily-wage workers and contractors are. Payslips, loans and tax withholding for salaried staff are planned.
Where does attendance come from?
From the daily log. Whoever records the day on site picks the people who worked, or a labour head and the head count, and those days feed the wage sheet.
Can I pay part of what is owed, or an advance?
Yes. Pay all, part or an advance. Every payment is approved, then marked paid with its receipt.
How are subcontractors handled?
Each has a contract per project with its value, advance, retention, who supplies material, and terms printed on its PDF.
Can I keep a bank or mobile wallet account for a contractor?
Yes. Keep a contractor's bank or mobile wallet account on file. Owners are told about every account change.
Labour and wages is in every package
Priced by how many projects run at once. Users, storage and every module are included in every package.
- FreeFree1 running projectOne site at a time, every module included
- Starter$149/ yearUp to 5 running projectsA builder or contractor running a few sites
- Business$249/ yearUp to 15 running projectsSeveral sites with a buying team and stores
- Unlimited$499/ yearNo limit on running projectsMany sites, stores and departments
- Unlimited users and storage
- Projects, phases, tasks and documents
- Daily site log with photos
- Purchasing from demand to payment
- Site stores and stock counts
- Labour, contractors and pay runs
- Budgets, supplier ledger and client billing
- Quotations to customers