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How to Turn on Per Diem in Settings

This article shows you how to enable and configure per diem.

What is Per Diem?

Per diem is a feature in our system that allows Employees and Supervisors to request daily allowances or expense reimbursements (for example: meals, lodging, or travel expenses).

Turn on Per Diem on the Web

  1. From the left navigation menu select Settings.

  2. Click Time Keeping.

  3. Click Per Diem.

  4. Check the box to turn it on.

  • Allow Employee Requests: Allow employees to request per diem for themselves.

  • Allow Supervisor Requests: Allow supervisors to request per diem for their crew members.

  • Allow Requested Amounts: When making a per diem request, allow the individuals to enter a recommended amount of per diem to be paid.

  • Notifications: Choose who should be notified if per diem is requested. (Note: notifications in our system work primarily through push notifications. To ensure a person receives these notifications, they need to have notifications enabled, on their device, for the BusyBusy app.)

5. Click Update.


Turn On Per Diem on Mobile

1. From the left navigation menu select Settings.
2. Click Company.
3. Click Per Diem.
4. Toggle on Enable Per Diem.

  • Employee Requests: Allow employees to request per diem for themselves.

  • Supervisor Requests: Allow supervisors to request per diem for their crew members.

  • Requested Amounts: When making a per diem request, allow the individuals to enter a recommended amount of per diem to be paid.

  • Notifications: Choose who should be notified if per diem is requested. (Note: notifications in our system work primarily through push notifications. To ensure a person receives these notifications, they need to have notifications enabled, on their device, for the BusyBusy app.)


What Happens After You Enable It?

Once enabled, employees and supervisors will be able to request per diem through the app.

Who Can Configure This?

Only Admin or positions with the Manage Company Settings permission turned on.

Also through position permissions, you can control Manage Per Diem for which allows users to add, edit, delete, and approve per diem for others.


Where Does Per Diem Show?

Per diem totals appear when you go to Payroll. They can be seen in the Per Diem Column or by clicking the three dot icon to the left of the employee's name and clicking View Per Diem.



Note: To learn how to approve or deny Per Diem requests please click here.

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