Settings at a glance
Settings holds everything that shapes how your organisation works in Cadre: its details, its members, its structure, its pay and leave policies, and its connections to other tools. Open it from Settings at the bottom of the side menu.
Who can open Settings: Owner, HR admin, Payroll admin, Payroll approver.
Everyone who can open Settings can read most of it. Changing something usually needs a particular role, and each page below says which. If you are new, follow the setup checklist.
What’s in Settings
Section titled “What’s in Settings”Settings has its own menu, in four groups. You only see the entries your roles allow.
Organisation
Section titled “Organisation”| Entry | What it’s for | Explained in |
|---|---|---|
| Organisation | Name, registered address, logo, accent colour and document letterhead | Organisation details and branding |
| Statutory registrations | TIN, CAC number, PAYE, pension, NHF, NSITF and ITF registrations | Statutory registrations |
| Members | Who can sign in, and their roles | Members and roles |
| Support access | When Cadre support may look in, and every session it has had | Support access |
| Audit log | Who changed what, and when | Audit report |
| Billing | Your Cadre subscription, invoices and payments (owner only) | Subscription and billing |
Structure
Section titled “Structure”| Entry | What it’s for | Explained in |
|---|---|---|
| Departments, Locations, Grades, Job roles | How your organisation is arranged | Departments, locations, grades and job roles |
| Competencies & skills | The competency framework and skills catalogue | Competencies and skills |
Policies and pay
Section titled “Policies and pay”| Entry | What it’s for | Explained in |
|---|---|---|
| Leave types & policies | Leave types, entitlements and rules | Leave types and policies |
| Public holidays | The holidays leave and time respect | Public holidays |
| Pay components | The lines on a payslip | Pay components and journal accounts |
| Payroll wallet | The wallet salaries are paid from | Paying salaries |
| Journal account codes | Where the payroll journal posts | Pay components and journal accounts |
| Earned wage access | Whether employees can get paid early | Earned wage access |
| Invoice numbering | Agencies only: how client invoices are numbered | Invoice numbering |
Connections
Section titled “Connections”| Entry | What it’s for | Explained in |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and webhooks | Integrations |
| Notifications | What Cadre tells your people, by email and in the bell | Notifications |
| Writing assistant | Whether the writing assistant is available | Writing assistant |
Agency members who look after some clients
Section titled “Agency members who look after some clients”An agency can limit a member to some of its clients. Such a member sees only the Structure and Policies and pay entries their roles allow. They can’t manage members, change the agency’s own settings or connections, or read the whole audit log. See Client access.