Promotion & Salary Changes
A transparent, auditable path from request to decision
Capture a full business case for every promotion or salary change — effective date, current/proposed role and salary, business rationale, supporting evidence and budget impact — then route it through a configurable, hierarchy-aware approval chain with a complete audit trail.
What you'll see inside
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Structured request form capturing rationale, evidence and budget impact
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Automatic salary increase % calculation and side-by-side comparison
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Full detail page for approvers: salary history, previous promotions, attachments and comments
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Approve, reject, or request further information — every action logged
Why it matters
Benefits
- Structured request form capturing rationale, evidence and budget impact
- Automatic salary increase % calculation and side-by-side comparison
- Full detail page for approvers: salary history, previous promotions, attachments and comments
- Approve, reject, or request further information — every action logged
Business value
- Improves pay equity and governance around compensation decisions
- Creates a defensible audit trail for every change
Replaces email-based promotion requests with a structured, trackable workflow.
Who it's for
- Department Managers
- Hiring Managers
- HR Administrators
Use cases
- A manager requesting a promotion with full supporting business rationale
- HR reviewing salary history before approving a pay increase
Roles & permissions
- Department Manager
- Hiring Manager
- HR Administrator
- performance.promotion.request
- performance.promotion.approve
Dashboards
- Pending approvals queue
- My submitted requests
Workflows
- Request → hierarchy-resolved approval chain → decision → employee record updated
Configuration options
- Approval workflow (approvers & stages)
- Required fields
Reports
- Promotions & salary changes by status
Frequently asked questions
See it running on your own organisation structure
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