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Employment costs now reflect the employee's actual working hours, including night shifts
By the Outstaffer Product Team
Global PayrollEORBorderless HRIS
New
- Cost estimates use the employee’s work schedule in their local time to identify hours that fall within the country’s statutory night window
- The cost of those hours is shown as a separate night differential line, labelled as a forecast, at the country rate: 10 percent in the Philippines, 30 percent in Vietnam, none in Thailand
- Work schedules show on the employee profile in both the employer’s and the employee’s timezone, matching the job offer
Improved
- Activity log entries for cost changes name each line item that moved, including base salary, statutory entitlements, 13th month pay, allowances and health insurance, in the company’s billing currency
- Editing a work schedule now updates the employee’s monthly cost and billing
- Historical cost-change entries have been backfilled with the same itemised breakdown
Fixed
- Employees whose health insurance add-on cannot be priced in their country are flagged rather than under-priced
- Device upgrades on the Costs page keep showing a device that has been deactivated in the catalogue while it remains on the contract
- Reminders scheduled for after a trigger date now send and no longer suppress earlier reminders
- The local timezone disclaimer shows consistently when editing a schedule in Role information
- Email address checks ignore letter casing
- Security hardening across interview recording storage, email availability checks and the web app bundle
Frequently asked questions
How does an employee's work schedule affect their cost?
The schedule sets the hours the employee actually works in their local time. Where those hours fall within the country's night window, a statutory night differential applies, and the cost estimate now shows that as its own line so there are no surprises at payroll.
How does Outstaffer handle payroll compliance in the Philippines?
Statutory items such as night differential, 13th month pay and government contributions are calculated automatically and passed through at cost. The itemised activity log shows exactly which charge moved whenever an employee's cost changes.
Can I see the cost of a night-shift role before I hire?
Yes. Set the intended schedule and the cost estimate includes the night-shift premium for that country, marked as a forecast, alongside base pay and other statutory costs.
