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title: "Assigning posts and other payrolled benefits to employees"
slug: "how-do-i-assign-posts-other-payrolled-benefits-to-employees"
description: "Manage employee posts, grades, and benefits in Cintra iQ. Learn to assign posts, work patterns, and payroll benefits efficiently."
updated: 2026-07-29T11:44:27Z
published: 2026-07-29T11:44:27Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Assigning posts and other payrolled benefits to employees

Within the **Post History** window, you can assign a post to an employee. You can also perform the following:

1. Use spine points via S**pine Point History** tab to pay employees.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** If you have chosen not to use posts, but you do pay employees by grade and/or pay spine, then the Grade form will be available to you and configured to allow the input of grade history and/or spine point history for an employee. For more information about Grades, see Setting Up Grades and Spine Points.
2. Assign a work pattern to the employee via the **Working Pattern** tab.
3. Attach assignments to the post via the **Assignments** tab.

### To assign posts

1. Navigate to the **Post History** form. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employment Record> Forms> Post History
2. Right-click: **New** in the top pane. The **Select Post** window appears.
3. Highlight the desired post.
4. Click the **Select** button. The **Insert Employee Post** form appears.
5. Enter the relevant details on this form.
6. Click the **OK** button to save.

### To attach assignments

1. Navigate to the **Post History** form. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employment record > Forms > Post History.
2. Navigate to the **Insert Assignment** tab.
3. Right-click: **New**. The **Insert Assignments** form appears.
4. Enter the **From Date**, **To Date**, **Project**, and **Description**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** You can create project categories via the Lookup table. For more information see, [How do I add project categories to the lookup table?](/iq/docs/how-do-i-add-absence-categories-to-the-lookup-table)

## Other payrolled benefits

Within **Cintra iQ**, you can payroll any other benefits that are not vehicles or mileage, to be taxed during a payroll period instead of when the **P11D** is submitted to **HMRC** at the end of the year.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note** Other benefits can be Health Insurers, Dentists, Opticians etc.

Now that you have created an **Other Payrolled Benefit** addition heading, you can apply the desired benefit and its taxable allowance to an employee.

### To assign other payrolled benefits

1. Navigate to the **Expenses & Benefits** window. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employment Record> Forms> Expenses/Benefits
2. Navigate to the **Other Payrolled Benefits** tab.
3. Select the **Show all allowances and rates headings** option. The addition heading(s) created in the **Other Payrolled Benefits** window appears in the **Allowance/Rate Name** pane.
4. Select the desired benefit.
5. In the right hand pane, right click> New. The **New Employment Specific** form appears.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** The Annual Payment is divided by 12 months to equal the Period Allowance. The Period Allowance is the rate that is taxed.
6. Enter the necessary information and the **Employment specific amounts**.
7. Click the **OK** button. The record is associated to the selected benefit. And the active rates that are applied to the date range is displayed.

See also: [Jobs and posts](/iq/docs/jobs-and-posts)