WorkInsight - Laravel HR, Payroll, Requisition & Intelligence System

Adding an Employee

1. Navigate to Employees → Add Employee
2. Fill in: First Name, Last Name, Email, Employee ID, Department, Designation
3. Set Joining Date, Employment Type, and Basic Salary
4. Optionally add: Phone, Gender, DOB, Address, Photo
5. Click Create Employee

Search & Filter

Use the filter bar to search by name/email/ID, or filter by department, status (Active/Inactive/Resigned/Terminated), and employment type.

Employee Profile

Click any employee to view their complete profile including personal info, employment details, attendance history, leave history, payroll records, and documents.

Daily Attendance

Navigate to Attendance → Add Attendance, select employee, date, status (Present/Absent/Late/Half Day/On Leave), and enter clock-in/out times.

Bulk Entry

Use Attendance → Bulk Entry to mark attendance for all employees in a department at once. Select date and department, then set status for each employee.

Monthly Report

View comprehensive monthly attendance breakdown per employee with present/absent/late/leave days count.

Leave Types

Configure leave types (Casual, Sick, Earned, Maternity, etc.) with annual allocation days per type.

Processing Requests

1. Navigate to Leave Requests
2. Review pending requests with employee info, dates, and reason
3. Click View, Approve or Reject
4. Leave balances are automatically updated

Generating Payroll

1. Navigate to Payroll → Create
2. Select employee, month, and year
3. System auto-calculates basic salary, allowances, deductions
4. Add custom earnings/deductions as needed
5. Click Generate

Payslip

View print-ready payslips with company branding, employee info, earnings breakdown, deductions, and net salary. Employees can also view their payslips through the Employee Portal.

Creating Projects

Create projects with name, description, dates, priority, budget, and assign a project manager. Add team members and create tasks with priority levels and assignments.

Kanban Board

Visual task management with drag-and-drop columns: To Do → In Progress → Review → Completed. Tasks automatically update status on column change.

Creating Notices

1. Go to Notices and click Create Notice.
2. Enter title, message, publish date, and expiry date.
3. Set target visibility by role/department if needed.
4. Publish to make it visible on dashboard and notice list.

Internal Job Posting

1. Navigate to Internal Job Posts and create a new opening.
2. Set title, department, eligibility, and deadline.
3. Review employee applications from Job Applications.

Promotion / Transfer / Demotion

1. Open Promotions and select an employee.
2. Choose action type (Promotion, Transfer, Demotion).
3. Update department/designation/salary and effective date.
4. Save record to automatically update employee timeline history.

Generating Reports

1. Go to Reports and choose Attendance, Leave, Payroll, or Employee report.
2. Apply filters: date range, department, employee, and status.
3. Review summary and detailed rows before export.

CSV Export

1. Click Export CSV in any report view.
2. Use the exported file for audit, compliance, and external analysis.

Using Smart Alerts

1. Open Smart Alerts to view alert list with severity and status.
2. Track triggers like late streaks, contract expiry, probation end, overload, repeated leave pattern, pending approvals, project deadline risk, and low leave balance.
3. Mark alerts as read/resolved after operational action.

Workforce Intelligence Metrics

1. Review employee productivity score and attendance discipline rating.
2. Analyze workload and risk scores to prioritize interventions.
3. Use department performance index and salary cost vs productivity trends for management planning.

Changing Theme Colors

Edit the Tailwind config in resources/views/layouts/admin.blade.php:

tailwind.config = {
    theme: {
        extend: {
            colors: {
                sidebar: {
                    DEFAULT: '#0f172a',  // Sidebar bg
                    hover: '#1e293b',
                    active: '#3b82f6'    // Active item
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding Custom Modules

1. Create Model & Migration: php artisan make:model ModuleName -m
2. Create Controller: php artisan make:controller ModuleNameController --resource
3. Add routes in routes/web.php
4. Create views in resources/views/module-name/
5. Add sidebar navigation in the admin layout