How the mobility budget works

Employees can start using the mobility budget right away

First, select the desired invoice. A budget that is issued for the whole calendar year is displayed as the default option. If you wish the change the type of budget to a monthly amount, go to the benefit settings. Please note that selecting a mobility budget that is issued on a monthly basis will reset any budget that has already been issued. 

Select the amount of budget you wish to issue. If you want to issue an amount other than what is offered in the preselection, select “Other” and enter the amount manually. 

The employee can either start using the budget straight away or you can select a date when it becomes available to the employee. If you set a validity start date for the budget or use a monthly budget, see the instructions below.

Issue an amount for a fixed period

If you wish to issue an amount for a shorter period of time and/or select some other start date than the current one, take the following steps: 

  1. Check the box “Select the start and/or end date of the benefit”.
  2. Select the start and/or end date of the benefit in the calendar view. 

Monthly budget

If you decide to start using a monthly budget, please reserve enough time for the process of changing the budget type. Send invitations to the beneficiaries well in ahead so that they have enough time to start using the new budget type before the first monthly instalment is paid out.

If you choose to issue an amount to your employees once a month, you need to also choose whether the amount is issued to your employees 

1) on the first day of the month 
OR
2) on the last day of the month.

The selection you make applies to all beneficiaries who are provided with HSL Commuter Benefit in the form of the mobility budget. 

Example: If you choose the first day of the month as the payment date as of 1 February, you can issue the monthly budget already from 2 January. When sending invitations to the beneficiaries, set the benefit to be valid immediately and choose the desired monthly amount. Request the employees to activate the benefit immediately upon receiving the invitation to ensure that they have the benefit ready in the HSL app on the first payment date, that is, on 1 February.

Unused amount of budget will be carried over to next year

You can also choose that any unused amount of budget will not be reset at the turn of the year but will remain available also during the following year.