Adding an employee
This screen can be accessed from the menu bar, via People > Resources (Employees and Subcontractors) > .

1 | In the Employee tab, fill in the following fields: |
Section | Description |
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Photo | To add an employee's photo, drag and drop the photo directly in the dedicated area. |
Identity | Enter basic information about the employee's identity. |
Professional contact details | Enter basic information about the employee's professional contact details. |
Details | Enter the employee's arrival date. Enter the employee's departure date, if necessary. |
Types |
Enter the employee's job type. Check the employee's status (Executive, External, etc.). If you check Generic, you will create a "virtual" employee which you can use to set up a schedule while waiting to assign a real employee to it. This employee can only be assigned to schedules. |
Organizational data |
Entity: the name of the employee's entity Line mgr : the code of the employee's line manager Service: the employee's service Sector: the employee's business sector Multi-company manager: check this box to be able to define the employee as a project manager (or in charge of a management object) in multiple companies. You will therefore be able to assign this employee to projects from multiple companies. However, this option is not available when choosing the line manager. Multi-company assignment: check this box to indicate that the employee can input their timesheets on projects of various companies. |
Additional information | Displays the custom data set up for resources, from General setup > Resources and Labor > Custom resources data (Employees and subcontractors). |
Hours |
Daily hours: the number of hours worked daily. Occupancy rate: the time percentage the employee spends working. Smoothing factor: the factor that enables you to smooth out the valuation of expected and actual timesheet entries for this employee. Model week: select the employee's standard week. This information is displayed in the timesheets completeness check and in the interactive personal dashboard. Time input becomes required if this section is filled in. Akuiteo therefore checks whether the weekly hours are followed. |
Functions |
Position: the exact title of the position. Skill: the position's rank. |
Choice of time and schedule input mode | Set the time and schedule input mode. |
Scheduled rates |
Important The Target scheduled rates management must be enabled from the Settings Portal (see Setting up target scheduled rates). Specify the target scheduled rate of the employee. It is the scheduled rate that the employee must ideally reach every month. On Project, an indicator will show if the employee is under or over the target scheduled rate. Reference For more information about the scheduled rate indicator on Project, see Using display options. |
Values |
Direct hourly cost: the gross hourly wage paid before taxes and social charges are deducted from the employee's pay, wage premiums and benefits-in-kind, payments for days not worked as well as paid leaves. Standard hourly cost: the employee's expected hourly cost. Daily cost: the employee's average daily cost. Salary: the employee's monthly pay. Employee's daily sales price: daily sales price of the employee. The intra-group rebilling allows you to rebill employee working hours to another internal or external company. Internal subcontracting - Internal project: in the case of the intra-group rebilling, daily sales price for an internal project in internal subcontracting. Internal subcontracting - External project: in the case of the intra-group rebilling, daily sales price for an external project in internal subcontracting. Internal subcontracting - Internal project: in the case of the intra-group rebilling, daily sales price for an internal project in group subcontracting. Internal subcontracting - External project: in the case of the intra-group rebilling, daily sales price for an external project in group subcontracting. |
Expense report setup |
Enter expense reports parameters, such as the associated supplier code to use when entering expense reports. An expense report profile is available when the relevant parameter is enabled via Tools > Setup > General setup > Expense reports > Expense reports profiles (DMF 041509 PURCHASES EXPENSE REPORTS SETUP required). Specify a Default allocation so the defined Customer, Project, Phase and Sub-phase are automatically specified each time an employee enters an expense. |
2 | In the Personal data tab, enter the employee's contact details (address, phone number, email address). |
3 | In the Bank details tab, enter the employee's bank details such as the Entity / Counter / Account number / Key (information retrieved from the bank account details). |

From the employee record sheet, it is possible to modify or replace the bank details. A bank details modification allows you to correct an error when specifying the bank details, the bank details replacement is to be used when a new IBAN or bank details account must be registered and use for the payment.
When the bank details are modified or replaced, it must be validated by the validator from the Web Portal > Manager module > Bank details menu in order to be used.
1 | Click on the Bank details tab. |
2 | Click on |
The Modify / Replace bank details window opens.
3 | In the New details section specify the fields to modify or replace. |
4 | Click on OK. |
The bank details are modified on the screen. A validation request is sent to the setup validator.
Reference
For more information about the bank details validation, see Validation of bank details.

1 | Click on the Parameters tab. |
2 | Set up issues' alerts: |
- Transmission method: the choice of the transmission method for issues' alerts.
- Alert recipient in the following events: enables you to include the employee as a recipient for specific situations, such as open, resolved, closed alerts, etc.
3 | Select the type of scheduling. |
4 | Indicate the IT equipments the employee can access. |

1 | Click on the Status history tab. |
2 | Click on |
3 | Check Absent only if you did enter an end date to indicate the employee's departure. This option is used in case of a sabbatical leave or if the employee changes company within the same portfolio. It enables you to block time input on absence periods. |
4 | Enter the employee's standard week in the Hours section. |
5 | Add the employee's history by validating it via |

DMF |
160852 TOOLS RESOURCES SHOW TAXABLE POWERS 160853 TOOLS RESOURCES MODIFY TAXABLE POWERS |
Prerequisite: Taxable powers must be set up (see Fiscal powers).
1 | Go to Edit > Additional parameters > Taxable powers authorized (or Vehicles and authorized fiscal powers if the Puissance Fiscale Par Vehicule feature flag is enabled). |
The Fiscal powers tab opens.
2 | Switch the employee record sheet to the modification mode, then click on |
- Select the Power from the help list.
- Select the Expense type of the Mileage allowances type from the help list.
- Enter a Deactivation date if necessary. If a date is specified, the employee will not be able to enter expenses if the expense date is after the deactivation date.
- Specify the Registration number of the employee's vehicle (submitted to Puissance Fiscale Par Vehicule feature flag).
3 | Save the employee record sheet to take the modifications into account. |
Note
The authorized taxable powers can be searched for depending on employees, from Management > Purchases > Authorized fiscal horsepowers per employee.

DMF | 160817 TOOLS RESOURCES KM HISTORY BY TYPE, POWER AND EMPLOYEE |
You can see the kilometers history of an employee by going to Edit > Additional parameters > Km history by type, vehicle and calendar year from their record sheet.
The screen displays a summary table of the number of kilometers traveled and the amounts refunded depending on the expense type, calendar year, company, and employee's vehicle for completed or validated expense reports.
The Refunded amount column displays for each line the amount of expense reports created and terminated in Akuiteo.
The Imported kilometers and Imported refunded amount columns matches the imported data thanks to the mileage allowances import template. This import is available from Management > Imports then Resources > Mileage allowances.

You can indicate the professional skills of each employee and use them when scheduling or searching for the best-suited employee for a project.
Setting up the skill types
1 | Go to Tools > Setup > General setup > Resources and Labor > Skill type. |
2 | Click on |
Setting up the skills
1 | Go to Tools > Setup > General setup > Resources and Labor > Skills. |
2 | Click on |
- the type of skill previously set up,
- the rank number in the list,
- a code and a label,
- an employee already allocated if needed,
- additional information,
- a validity end date if this skill should only be valid for a certain period of time, for a specific project for example.
3 | Save. |
Setting up the skill levels
1 | Go to Tools > Setup > General setup > Resources and Labor > Skill level. |
2 | Click on |
- the type of skill previously set up,
- a code, label and rank number,
- a validity end date,
- a color to quickly spot the skill level in the employee's skills dashboard.
3 | Save. |
Associating skills with the employee
DMF | 160879 TOOLS RESOURCES SHOW SKILLS TAB |
1 | From the employee record sheet, go to Edit > Additional parameters > Skill management. |
2 | Click on |
3 | Add the skills and the date from which they must be taken into account. |
4 | Save. |
Searching for an employee based on skills
DMF | 160879 TOOLS RESOURCES SHOW SKILLS TAB |
You want to allocate a project to an English-speaking consultant.
1 | To do so, go to People > Resources (Employees and Subcontractors) > Skills tab. |
2 | Select the employee's main skill (e.g. consultant) and other skill (e.g. English). |
3 | Indicate the skill level if necessary. |
4 | Start the search to access the list of relevant employees. |
Note
Only the employee's main skill will be displayed in the graphic schedules; it will enable you to see the different groupings of employees.
The other skills are not directly displayed in the schedules; they only help you to filter information when searching for employees.

To create a user code, go to Edit > Create the corresponding user code.

To modify an employee's code (e.g. to match it with a new last name in order to ensure compatibility with other softwares), go to Edit > Change resource's code.

To create a supplier record sheet associated with the employee record sheet, go to Edit > Create the 'Employee' supplier.
This association is used when entering expense reports.

To associate the employee with an existing employee supplier, go to Edit > Link the corresponding supplier.
This association is required to create expense reports. When creating an expense report, the employee must choose the supplier associated with the expenses.

You can modify elements linked to the status history of multiple employees at the same time.
1 | Enable the DMFs 160815 TOOLS RESOURCES MODIFY MULTIPLE RESOURCES and 0615** PROJECTS COST VALUES * (if you want to modify costs). |
2 | Start a search for employees. |
3 | In the search results, select the employees to be modified, then click on |
4 | In the Modify by batch window, check and provide details about the information you want to modify at once. |
5 | Modify the date when the modifications will be applied then validate. |
All the updated information about the employees record sheets can be found under the Status history tab.

Prerequisite: custom date must be created for the employees (see Custom data).
You can modify the custom data of one or several employees at once.
1 | Go to People > Resources (Employees and Subcontractors) and start a search for an employee. |
2 | In the search results, select the employees for whom you want to modify the custom data. |
3 | Right click on the selection and click on Modify custom data. |
4 | Check the custom data to modify and enter the new value for each checked element. |
5 | Click on Validate. |
Custom data are modified in the selected quotes.

DMF | 160884 TOOLS RESOURCES LINK TEAM |
Prerequisite: a team must be set up beforehand in the Settings Portal > Sales > Services > Teams (see Managing teams).
1 | Go to People > Resources (Employees and Subcontractors) and start a search for an employee. |
2 | In the search results, select the employees for which you want to link to a team. |
3 | Right-click on the selection then click on Add to service team. |
4 | Select the service team to which you add the employees. |
5 | Click on Validate. |
The employees are added to the service team.

DMF | 160807 TOOLS RESOURCES MANAGE ACQUIRED RIGHTS |
The counters of leave rights of an employee are managed from the employee record sheet, in Edit > Additional parameters > Follow up permissions acquired regarding to leave.
Managing a leaves counter
1 | From the Acquired rights tracking tab of an employee record sheet in modification mode, click on |
2 | In the Description section, fill in the following information: |
Field | Description |
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Leave type | Select the leave type to associate with the rights counter from the help list. |
Start of validity and Valid until |
Enter the start and end dates for the counter's validity. These dates define the counter's validity period, that is to say the period during which the employee will be able to request for leaves using this counter. Note The validity start date can be set before the employee's arrival date. The same way, the validity end date can be set after the employee's exit date. However, the employee will not be able to enter leave requests on dates outside of periods attended in the company. |
Start of acquisition and End of acquisition |
These fields are displayed and required only if the selected leave type is an Increment type. Enter the start and end acquisition dates of the counter. These dates are used when automatically calculating acquired rights, via the compteurAbsences batch. The rights will be calculated from the acquisition start date until the end date. The total number of rights at the end of the acquisition period is displayed in the Total number of rights to be acquired column. This number is calculated based on the duration of the acquisition period and the monthly increment set up in the leave type. Reference For more information about the compteurAbsences batch and calculation rules of acquired rights, see compteurAbsences batch. |
Acquired rights |
Enter the number of leave days acquired for the counter:
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Comment | Enter a comment to describe the counter. |
3 | Click on |
Tip
It is also possible to create multiple leave counters at once from the employee search results, by right-clicking on a selection > Administration > Initialize rights acquired for a period.
To modify the information of a counter, select the relevant line from the employee record sheet in modification mode, modify the desired values then click on at the top right to save the modifications.
To delete a counter, select the relevant line from the employee record sheet in modification mode then click on at the top right.
Adjusting the rights of a leaves counter
It is possible to modify the leaves counters by adding or removing rights to correct acquired rights. A person from human resources or the administration might have to impact a rights counter, particularly to manage allowances (for example for sick or paternity leaves).
1 | From the Acquired rights tracking tab of an employee record sheet in modification mode: |
- Right-click on the relevant line and click on New adjustment.
- Click on the relevant line then on
on the right of the Description section.
2 | In the adjusting window, fill in the following fields: |
Field | Description |
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Adjustment |
Enter the adjustment value:
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Reason | Give a reason for this adjustment. |
3 | Click on New. |
The number of days entered in the adjustment is added to the acquired rights or removed from the rights counter. For the relevant counter, the
icon is added in the Counter adjustment column of the Rights list section. Any adjustment made to a counter is logged in.
Note
If the leave type associated with the counter is an Increment type and if acquisition start date is after the adjustment date, the rights will be added to or removed from the Total number of rights to be acquired.
To access the history of the adjustments made on a counter:
- Right-click on the relevant line and click on Show adjustments history.
- Click on the relevant line then on
on the right of the Description section.

If a business manager works daily with an assigned assistant, you can indicate that specific link in Akuiteo. For instance, the assistant can be indicated as the main person to contact in case the manager is not available.
To do so, there are 2 steps:
- Setting up via Tools > Setup > General setup > Resources and Labor > Relationship type to indicate the links between employees.
- Creating the link from the record sheet of the main employee (the business manager in this case). The linked employee record sheet (the assistant in this case) will be automatically updated.

An expense report profile enables you to define specific expense types and thresholds per category of employees.
The idea is to set up expense report profiles (e.g. Standard profile, Assistant profile, Associate profile) per category of employees and allocate them to employee record sheets.
1 | Set up the profile from Tools > Setup > General setup > Expense reports > Expense reports profiles (DMF 041509 required). |
Reference
For more information about the setup of expense reports profiles, refer to Expense reports profiles.
2 | From the employee record sheet, add the profile in the Expense report profile field, under the Expense report setup section of the Employee tab. |
3 | Enter an expense. |
The list of expense types will be filtered according to the expense report profile. If an employee does not have an expense report profile, all expense types will be available.

To transfer an employee from company A to company B:
1 | Open the employee record sheet from company A. |
2 | Go to Edit > Transfer the resource to another company. |
3 | Enter the employee's departure date from company A and indicate the new company B. |
4 | Validate. |
The employee is being transferred. This information will then be available in the employee record sheet from company B, in the Company change history at D+1 (D being the indicated date). Therefore, the employee will have enough time to update timesheets, expense reports, etc. on company A.

DMF |
160874 TOOLS RESOURCES SHOW BUSINESS CARDS 160875 TOOLS RESOURCES MODIFY BUSINESS CARDS |
You can associate one or multiple business cards with an employee to automatically import the company's business cards statement.
1 | Go to Edit > Additional parameters > Business cards. |
The Business cards tab opens.
2 | Switch the employee record sheet to the modification mode and click on |
3 | Fill in the following fields: |
Field | Description |
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Number |
Enter the company's credit card number. Important This number will be encrypted once the business card is saved. Only the last four numbers will be visible to help you identify the card in the company's business cards statement. |
Label | Give a name to the business card to identify it in Akuiteo. |
Type |
Select the type of business card from the drop-down list:
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End date | Enter a validity end date. |
4 | Click on OK to add the business card, then save the employee record sheet to take the modifications into account. |
To duplicate an existing business card, right-click on the desired card then click on Duplicate. Select the newly-created card to make necessary modifications, then click on OK.
To delete a business card, right-click on the desired card then click on Delete, or select the card and click on
at the top right of the table.