Here the allowance kinds are recorded. This is the level at which the compensations are set. These allowance kinds can be linked to the activity kinds. When you don't do that, the allowance kind of the activities are set based on the timeline.
These allowance kinds are imported along with an allowance group.
Per allowance kind you indicate whether this is duty (which is paid). This is, among others, recorded in the screen Companies, tab sheet Time administration. (Single day, First day, In-between day, and Last day.)
When the allowance kind is linked to the right allowance type, the right calculcation will be applied.
Allowance kinds will break up a time line when necessary. All acitivity kinds to which no allowance type is linked, will have an allowance type of Single day, First day, In-between day, or Last day. These settings can be done on the tab Time administration on the company settings.
When creating a new line in the time administration, by default the allowance kind if filled with the value which is entered on the employee as the default allowance kind. When nothing has been filled in there, then in the case of a holiday the allowance kind for a holiday is filled in.