Allowances in Traffio are calculated separately from the employee's salary hour rates. It's an additional value.
Under the EBA detail page, scroll down to the 'Rates & Allowances Display Columns' table. If you enable the "Travel allowance" toggle, an additional settings block will display at the bottom.
Travel allowance dropdown menu
Common terms used
'Take Home'
People are considered to have a 'take home vehicle' if they are assigned a vehicle in the person's profile. This will still apply even if the vehicle is not assigned to the booking.
'Non Take Home'
People are considered 'non take home' if they do not have an assigned vehicle in the person's profile. The vehicle does not need to be assigned to the booking for this to apply.
'Drivers'
People are considered drivers if they have the "Driver" button selected in the booking.
'Passenger'
People are considered a passenger if they are nested underneath a vehicle in the booking tile on the booking board.
Example
(Not a passenger)
(Passenger)
'STS' straight-to-site
People are considered straight-to-site if they have the "STS" button selected in the booking.
Dropdown options
Dropdown options
No one: No one gets this travel allowance
Everyone: Everyone gets this travel allowance
Drivers only: Only drivers get travel allowance
'Driver': People are considered drivers if they have the "Driver" button selected in the booking.
Take home only: Only people with a take home vehicle get travel allowance
'Take Home': People are considered to have a 'take home vehicle' if they are assigned a vehicle in the person's profile. This will still apply even if the vehicle is not assigned to the booking.
Take home and passengers only: Those who have a take home vehicle (incl. vehicles not used on the job) and people who don't drive on the job gets travel allowance. People who drive, but don't have a take home vehicle do not get an allowance.
'Take Home': People are considered to have a 'take home vehicle' if they are assigned a vehicle in the person's profile. This will still apply even if the vehicle is not assigned to the booking.
Take home and drivers: Those who has a take home vehicle (incl. vehicles not used on the job) and people who drive on the job gets travel allowance.
'Take Home': People are considered to have a 'take home vehicle' if they are assigned a vehicle in the person's profile. This will still apply even if the vehicle is not assigned to the booking.
'Drivers': People are considered drivers if they have the "Driver" button selected in the booking.
Non take home STS: Those who do not have a take home vehicle and are marked to go straight-to-site.
To receive the travel allowance with this option the person must be:
'Non take home': People are considered 'non take home' if they do not have an assigned vehicle in the person's profile. The vehicle does not need to be assigned to the booking for this to apply.
'straight-to-site STS': People are considered straight-to-site if they have the "STS" button selected in the booking.
The person can be a passenger or a driver of a vehicle in the booking.
No vehicle, not a passenger STS: Those who are marked to go straight-to-site but are not allocated to a vehicle.
To receive the travel allowance with this option the person must be:
'Non take home': People are considered 'non take home' if they do not have an assigned vehicle in the person's profile. The vehicle does not need to be assigned to the booking for this to apply.
'STS': People are considered straight-to-site if they have the "STS" button selected in the booking.
Not a passenger or driver: In the booking, the person must not be nested under the vehicle and also not be marked as the driver.
Take home and non take home STS: Those who have a take home vehicle (incl. vehicles not used on the job) and those without a take home vehicle who are marked to go straight-to-site.
To receive the travel allowance, the person must meet either of the requirements below:
'Non take home': People are considered 'non take home' if they do not have an assigned vehicle in the person's profile. The vehicle does not need to be assigned to the booking for this to apply.
OR
'Non take home': People are considered 'non take home' if they do not have an assigned vehicle in the person's profile. The vehicle does not need to be assigned to the booking for this to apply.
'STS': People are considered straight-to-site if they have the "STS" button selected in the booking.
Everyone except take home: Everyone gets the travel allowance except for people who have a take home vehicle.
Everyone except passenger: Everyone gets the travel allowance except people allocated to vehicles that are not driving (ie; passengers).
Everyone will get the travel allowance except people who are passengers.
'Passenger': People are considered a passenger if they are nested underneath a vehicle in the booking tile on the booking board.
Non take home STS or from depot within threshold KMs: Those who don't have a take home vehicle and are marked to go straight-to-site and those who start at the depot, are in a vehicle and travel less than the threshold KM's to get to site.
People will receive the travel allowance if they...
have traveled less than the threshold KM's to get to site
start at the depot
(STS and 'non take home') OR (not STS and either a 'driver' or a 'passenger').
Everyone within threshold KMs: Everyone who travels less than the threshold KM's to get to site.
Travel allowance is per hour
Travel allowance is initially a single value, 0.00 or 1.00. You can manually change this figure in the "manually set rates" menu in the pay run.
If the 'Travel allowance is per hour' toggle is enabled, then the travel allowance will use the total shift hours for the travel allowance.
No travel allowance if entitled to LAFHA
If the person is entitled to Living Away From Home Allowance (LAFHA) then they will not receive the travel allowance.
Clients
This is a multi-select dropdown menu, so you can select as many clients as you desire.
A travel allowance is only given to people working on bookings for the clients selected. This setting is not applicable if empty.