You're now moving from a basic HR system into a full HRMS/Payroll system.

The next modules should be built in this order because each depends on the previous one:

```text
✓ Employees
✓ Departments
✓ Attendance
✓ Shift Scheduling
✓ Leave Management
✓ Public Holidays
✓ Salary Settings
✓ Overtime Approval
✓ Payroll Generation
✓ Payslips

NEXT

1. Payroll Approval Workflow
2. Employee Self Service Portal (ESS)
3. Loan & Salary Advance
4. Asset Assignment
5. Performance Appraisal
6. Recruitment Module
7. Training Module
8. Exit / Clearance Module
```

---

# 1. Payroll Approval Workflow

This should be your immediate next module.

Current situation:

```text
Generate Payroll
↓
Payslip Visible
```

Recommended:

```text
Generate Payroll
↓
Manager Approval
↓
HR Approval
↓
Finance Approval
↓
Superadmin Approval
↓
Payslips Released
```

Add to `payroll_details`:

```sql
ALTER TABLE payroll_details

ADD manager_status ENUM(
'Pending',
'Approved',
'Rejected'
) DEFAULT 'Pending',

ADD hr_status ENUM(
'Pending',
'Approved',
'Rejected'
) DEFAULT 'Pending',

ADD finance_status ENUM(
'Pending',
'Approved',
'Rejected'
) DEFAULT 'Pending',

ADD final_status ENUM(
'Pending',
'Approved',
'Rejected'
) DEFAULT 'Pending';
```

Then:

```text
Manager approves
HR approves
Superadmin approves
```

Only then:

```text
View Payslip
Download Payslip
```

becomes available.

---

# 2. Employee Self Service Portal (ESS)

This is usually the biggest improvement users notice.

Create:

```text
employee_portal/

├── my_profile.php
├── my_attendance.php
├── my_leave.php
├── my_payslips.php
├── my_overtime.php
├── my_assets.php
```

Staff should only see their own data.

Example:

```text
Staff Dashboard

Attendance Today
Leave Balance
Pending Leave
Latest Payslip
Assigned Assets
```

No HR access needed.

---

# 3. Loan & Salary Advance

Most hotels eventually need this.

Create table:

```sql
CREATE TABLE employee_loans (

id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,

employee_id INT NOT NULL,

loan_type ENUM(
'Loan',
'Salary Advance'
),

amount DECIMAL(12,2),

balance DECIMAL(12,2),

monthly_deduction DECIMAL(12,2),

start_date DATE,

status ENUM(
'Active',
'Completed'
) DEFAULT 'Active'
);
```

Workflow:

```text
Employee requests
↓
Manager approves
↓
HR approves
↓
Payroll deducts monthly
↓
Balance reaches zero
↓
Completed
```

Payroll automatically deducts.

---

# 4. Asset Assignment

Very important in hotels.

Track:

```text
Laptop
Desktop
Phone
Tablet
POS Device
Radio
Vehicle
Keys
Uniform
```

Create:

```sql
CREATE TABLE employee_assets (

id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,

employee_id INT,

asset_name VARCHAR(255),

asset_tag VARCHAR(100),

assigned_date DATE,

returned_date DATE,

status ENUM(
'Assigned',
'Returned',
'Lost',
'Damaged'
)
);
```

You can instantly see:

```text
Who has which laptop?
Who has hotel keys?
Who returned equipment?
```

---

# 5. Performance Appraisal

Managers love this.

Example categories:

```text
Attendance
Teamwork
Customer Service
Punctuality
Initiative
Discipline
```

Scores:

```text
1 - Poor
2 - Fair
3 - Good
4 - Very Good
5 - Excellent
```

Output:

```text
Average Score

Promotion Recommendation

Training Recommendation
```

---

# 6. Recruitment Module

Track applicants before becoming employees.

```text
Applicant
↓
Interview
↓
Offer
↓
Hired
↓
Employee
```

Tables:

```text
job_positions
job_applications
interviews
```

---

# 7. Training Module

Track:

```text
Fire Safety
Cyber Security
Customer Service
Food Handling
First Aid
```

Store:

```text
Course
Instructor
Completion Date
Certificate
```

Useful during audits.

---

# 8. Exit / Clearance Module

For resignations and terminations.

Workflow:

```text
Resignation
↓
Department Clearance
↓
Asset Return
↓
Final Payroll
↓
Exit Interview
↓
Archived Employee
```

Prevents:

```text
Missing laptops
Missing keys
Unreturned uniforms
```

---

If you're building this for a hotel environment, I would build the next three modules in this exact order:

```text
1. Payroll Approval Workflow
2. Employee Self Service Portal
3. Loan & Salary Advance
```

because those three immediately affect payroll accuracy and employee experience. After that, move to Asset Assignment and Performance Appraisal.
