Add-on Payroll

Earned Wages Access

Let employees access wages they have already earned — before payday. Configurable advance limits, an approval workflow, automatic deduction on the next payroll run and a real-time EWA dashboard.

Available as an add-on on all plans · requires Payroll module
EWA Dashboard
Active
Requests This Month 23
Total Disbursed NGN 4.1M
Pending Approval 3
Auto-Deductions Set 20 Active
Repayment Rate 100%
23
Requests this month
100%
Auto-deducted on next payroll
0
Manual deduction instructions
NGN 4.1M
Disbursed this month
What's Included

Everything you need
to run this module.

Every feature ships ready to use on day one — no configuration consultants, no hidden costs.

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Earned Wage Calculation

The system calculates each employee net earned wages in real time based on days worked in the current pay period.

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Advance Requests

Employees submit a request for a portion of their earned wages. The request includes the amount and reason.

Approval Workflow

HR or a designated approver reviews and approves or declines each request. Employees are notified instantly on both outcomes.

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Configurable Limits

Set a maximum advance as a percentage of net earned wages (e.g. 50%). Control how many requests an employee can make per period.

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Auto Payroll Deduction

Approved advances are logged against the employee. The disbursed amount is automatically deducted from their next payroll run.

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EWA Dashboard

HR and Finance see all requests, approvals, disbursements and pending deductions in a single real-time dashboard.

Plan Availability

Which plan
includes this module?

Transparent pricing. Add this module to any eligible plan with one click from your portal dashboard.

Plan 01
Standard

Core HR for growing teams.

Not available on Standard
+ Available as a paid add-on
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Plan 02 — Most Popular
Pro

Everything in Basic plus payroll and advanced tools.

Not available on Pro
+ Available as a paid add-on
Get Pro →
Plan 03
Enterprise

All modules, dedicated support, custom SLA.

Not available on Enterprise
+ Available as a paid add-on
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How It Works

Up and running
in minutes.

01
Configure limits

Set your advance policy — the maximum percentage of earned wages, number of requests per period and approval chain.

02
Employee requests

The employee logs in, sees their current earned balance and submits a request for the amount they need.

03
HR approves

The approver reviews the request in the portal and approves with one click. The employee is notified and funds are disbursed.

04
Payroll auto-deducts

On the next payroll run, the advance amount is automatically deducted from the employee net pay — no manual instruction required.

Works With

Fully integrated with
your entire stack.

Earned Wages Access shares data in real-time with your other GadaHQ modules. No duplicate data entry, no manual syncing.

👥 Employee Management 💳 Payroll 📊 Advanced Reports
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Payroll Management
Disbursed advances are deducted from net salary automatically on the next payroll run — zero manual work
Required
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Advanced Reports
EWA utilisation, request volume and disbursement totals feed into the HR analytics dashboard
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