Bonuses are off by default. Once you turn the schedule on, you set a bonus payday and import each person's amount from a spreadsheet — no approvals or workflow to manage. You pick the date, you import the amounts, and staff see what's coming.

Turn on the bonus schedule

Go to Payroll Settings and open the Bonus tab.
Enable the bonus schedule.

Once it's on, a Bonus card appears on the Payroll Calendar, and staff get their own Bonus Schedule view.

Add a bonus payday

Go to Bonus Paydays.
Click Add Bonus Payday.
Choose the Bonus Type:

- Quarterly - Annual - Ad-hoc (also labeled Special) — for one-off bonuses.

Set the Pay Date and add any Notes.
Save. The date shows in yellow on the payroll calendar.

Import the amounts

The payday sets when. To set how much each person gets, use Import Amounts with a simple CSV.

Your file needs just two columns:

email — the staff member's Enmantle email.
amount — their bonus amount.

Prepare the CSV with those two columns.
On the bonus payday, click Import Amounts and upload the file.
Review the results: how many were matched, any Unmatched emails, and any errors.

Re-importing overwrites the amounts for that payday. If you spot a mistake, just fix the CSV and import again — the new file replaces the old numbers.

Handle unmatched emails

An email lands in Unmatched emails when it doesn't line up with anyone in Enmantle — usually a typo or an address that differs from the one on file. Correct the email in your CSV so it matches the person's Enmantle account, then re-import.

What staff see

Once a payday is set and amounts are imported, each person opens their Bonus Schedule and sees:

Next Bonus — the upcoming bonus date.
Your Amount — their bonus, if you've imported it.
Upcoming Bonus Dates — what's scheduled ahead.
Recent Bonuses — past bonuses, each with a Paid badge.

Set your regular paydays alongside these in Setting up your pay schedule and paydays. Bonus amounts also flow onto stubs you bring in through Importing pay stubs from your payroll system.