diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 6a49a2c..173647f 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from fastapi import APIRouter
 from loguru import logger
 
 from .crud import db
+from .views import payroll_generic_router
 from .views_api import payroll_api_router, payroll_employee_router
 
 payroll_static_files = [
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ payroll_static_files = [
 ]
 
 payroll_ext: APIRouter = APIRouter(prefix="/payroll", tags=["payroll"])
+payroll_ext.include_router(payroll_generic_router)
 payroll_ext.include_router(payroll_api_router)
 payroll_ext.include_router(payroll_employee_router)
 
diff --git a/static/js/index.js b/static/js/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abf6f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/js/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,491 @@
+// Payroll operator console — LNbits page shell (Vue 3 + Quasar 2 UMD, no
+// build step). Gotchas honored: no self-closing tags in the template,
+// `${ }` interpolation so Jinja never sees a moustache, and `:style`
+// bindings rather than <style> blocks for typography, which LNbits themes
+// override with !important. See workspace CLAUDE.md.
+
+const API = '/payroll/api/v1'
+
+const FREQUENCIES = [
+  {value: 'daily', label: 'Daily'},
+  {value: 'weekly', label: 'Weekly'},
+  {value: 'biweekly', label: 'Every two weeks'},
+  {value: 'monthly', label: 'Monthly'},
+  {value: 'quarterly', label: 'Quarterly'},
+  {value: 'yearly', label: 'Yearly'}
+]
+
+const STATUS_COLOUR = {
+  active: 'positive',
+  paused: 'warning',
+  completed: 'grey',
+  cancelled: 'grey-7',
+  paid: 'positive',
+  skipped: 'grey',
+  failed: 'negative'
+}
+
+function today() {
+  return new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10)
+}
+
+function emptyContract() {
+  return {
+    employee_id: null,
+    employee_wallet: null,
+    source_wallet: null,
+    amount: null,
+    currency: 'sat',
+    frequency: 'monthly',
+    start_date: today(),
+    // The form models duration as a toggle plus a count, because
+    // "open-ended" and "12 payments" are the two things an operator
+    // actually says; the API takes total_periods = null for the former.
+    open_ended: false,
+    total_periods: 12,
+    label: '',
+    memo: '',
+    backfill: false
+  }
+}
+
+window.app = Vue.createApp({
+  el: '#vue',
+  mixins: [windowMixin],
+  delimiters: ['${', '}'],
+
+  data() {
+    return {
+      tab: 'contracts',
+
+      contracts: [],
+      contractsLoading: false,
+      payouts: [],
+      payoutsLoading: false,
+
+      users: [],
+      currencyOptions: ['sat'],
+      currencyFilter: ['sat'],
+      frequencyOptions: FREQUENCIES,
+
+      contractDialog: {show: false, data: emptyContract(), saving: false},
+      // Live calendar of whatever is currently typed into the dialog. The
+      // cheapest moment to notice a wrong start date or frequency is before
+      // anything is saved.
+      preview: null,
+      editDialog: {show: false, id: null, data: {}},
+      scheduleDialog: {show: false, contract: null, preview: null},
+
+      ledgerFilter: {contract_id: null, status: null, since: '', until: ''},
+
+      contractsColumns: [
+        {
+          name: 'employee',
+          label: 'Employee',
+          align: 'left',
+          field: row => row.label || row.employee_username || row.employee_id
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'amount',
+          label: 'Amount',
+          align: 'right',
+          field: row => `${row.amount} ${row.currency}`
+        },
+        {name: 'frequency', label: 'Every', align: 'left', field: 'frequency'},
+        {name: 'next', label: 'Next payday', align: 'left', field: 'id'},
+        {name: 'progress', label: 'Paid', align: 'center', field: 'id'},
+        {name: 'status', label: 'Status', align: 'center', field: 'status'},
+        {name: 'actions', label: '', align: 'right', field: 'id'}
+      ],
+      payoutsColumns: [
+        {name: 'payday', label: 'Payday', align: 'left', field: 'payday'},
+        {name: 'status', label: 'Status', align: 'center', field: 'status'},
+        {
+          name: 'amount',
+          label: 'Amount',
+          align: 'right',
+          field: row =>
+            row.amount_msat === null
+              ? '—'
+              : `${Math.round(row.amount_msat / 1000)} sat`
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'instruction',
+          label: 'Contract terms',
+          align: 'right',
+          field: row => `${row.amount} ${row.currency}`
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'contract',
+          label: 'Contract',
+          align: 'left',
+          field: 'contract_id'
+        },
+        {name: 'attempt', label: 'Try', align: 'center', field: 'attempt'},
+        {name: 'detail', label: 'Detail', align: 'left', field: 'detail'}
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+
+  computed: {
+    userOptions() {
+      return this.users.map(u => ({
+        label: u.username || u.email || u.id,
+        value: u.id,
+        caption: `${u.wallets.length} wallet(s)`
+      }))
+    },
+
+    // Wallets belonging to the employee currently selected in the dialog.
+    // The API rejects a wallet that is not theirs, so narrowing the picker
+    // is about not offering the mistake in the first place.
+    employeeWalletOptions() {
+      const user = this.users.find(
+        u => u.id === this.contractDialog.data.employee_id
+      )
+      if (!user) return []
+      return user.wallets.map(w => ({
+        label: `${w.name} — ${Math.round(w.balance_msat / 1000)} sat`,
+        value: w.id
+      }))
+    },
+
+    sourceWalletOptions() {
+      return (this.g.user.wallets || []).map(w => ({
+        label: w.name,
+        value: w.id
+      }))
+    },
+
+    contractOptions() {
+      return this.contracts.map(c => ({
+        label: `${c.label || c.employee_username || c.id} (${c.id})`,
+        value: c.id
+      }))
+    },
+
+    canSaveContract() {
+      const d = this.contractDialog.data
+      return !!(
+        d.employee_id &&
+        d.employee_wallet &&
+        d.source_wallet &&
+        d.amount > 0 &&
+        d.start_date
+      )
+    },
+
+    ledgerCsvHref() {
+      const f = this.ledgerFilter
+      const params = new URLSearchParams()
+      if (f.contract_id) params.append('contract_id', f.contract_id)
+      if (f.status) params.append('status', f.status)
+      if (f.since) params.append('since', f.since)
+      if (f.until) params.append('until', f.until)
+      return `${API}/payouts.csv?${params.toString()}`
+    }
+  },
+
+  watch: {
+    // Redraw the calendar whenever a term that shapes it changes.
+    'contractDialog.data.start_date': 'refreshPreview',
+    'contractDialog.data.frequency': 'refreshPreview',
+    'contractDialog.data.total_periods': 'refreshPreview',
+    'contractDialog.data.open_ended': 'refreshPreview'
+  },
+
+  methods: {
+    statusColour(status) {
+      return STATUS_COLOUR[status] || 'grey'
+    },
+
+    _err(err, fallback) {
+      if (err && err.response) return LNbits.utils.notifyApiError(err)
+      Quasar.Notify.create({type: 'negative', message: fallback})
+    },
+
+    // --- loading ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async getUsers() {
+      try {
+        const {data} = await LNbits.api.request('GET', `${API}/users`)
+        this.users = data
+      } catch (err) {
+        this._err(err, 'Could not load the account directory')
+      }
+    },
+
+    async getCurrencies() {
+      try {
+        const {data} = await LNbits.api.request('GET', `${API}/currencies`)
+        this.currencyOptions = data
+        this.currencyFilter = data
+      } catch (err) {
+        this._err(err, 'Could not load currencies')
+      }
+    },
+
+    filterCurrencies(needle, update) {
+      update(() => {
+        const term = (needle || '').toLowerCase()
+        this.currencyFilter = this.currencyOptions.filter(c =>
+          c.toLowerCase().includes(term)
+        )
+      })
+    },
+
+    async getContracts() {
+      this.contractsLoading = true
+      try {
+        const {data} = await LNbits.api.request('GET', `${API}/contracts`)
+        this.contracts = data
+        // Next payday is derived server-side; fetch it per row so the table
+        // never shows a date this page computed for itself.
+        await Promise.all(this.contracts.map(c => this.attachNextPayday(c)))
+      } catch (err) {
+        this._err(err, 'Could not load contracts')
+      } finally {
+        this.contractsLoading = false
+      }
+    },
+
+    async attachNextPayday(contract) {
+      try {
+        const {data} = await LNbits.api.request(
+          'GET',
+          `${API}/contracts/${contract.id}/schedule?count=1`
+        )
+        contract.next_payday = data.paydays[0] || null
+        contract.ends_on = data.ends_on
+      } catch (err) {
+        contract.next_payday = null
+      }
+    },
+
+    async getPayouts() {
+      this.payoutsLoading = true
+      const f = this.ledgerFilter
+      const params = new URLSearchParams()
+      if (f.contract_id) params.append('contract_id', f.contract_id)
+      if (f.status) params.append('status', f.status)
+      if (f.since) params.append('since', f.since)
+      if (f.until) params.append('until', f.until)
+      try {
+        const {data} = await LNbits.api.request(
+          'GET',
+          `${API}/payouts?${params.toString()}`
+        )
+        this.payouts = data
+      } catch (err) {
+        this._err(err, 'Could not load the payout ledger')
+      } finally {
+        this.payoutsLoading = false
+      }
+    },
+
+    // --- create / edit ----------------------------------------------------
+
+    openContractDialog() {
+      this.contractDialog.data = emptyContract()
+      this.preview = null
+      this.contractDialog.show = true
+      this.refreshPreview()
+    },
+
+    async refreshPreview() {
+      const d = this.contractDialog.data
+      if (!d.start_date || !/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.test(d.start_date)) {
+        this.preview = null
+        return
+      }
+      try {
+        const {data} = await LNbits.api.request(
+          'POST',
+          `${API}/schedule/preview`,
+          null,
+          {
+            start_date: d.start_date,
+            frequency: d.frequency,
+            total_periods: d.open_ended ? null : Number(d.total_periods),
+            count: 6
+          }
+        )
+        this.preview = data
+      } catch (err) {
+        this.preview = null
+      }
+    },
+
+    async saveContract() {
+      const d = this.contractDialog.data
+      this.contractDialog.saving = true
+      try {
+        await LNbits.api.request('POST', `${API}/contracts`, null, {
+          employee_id: d.employee_id,
+          employee_wallet: d.employee_wallet,
+          source_wallet: d.source_wallet,
+          amount: Number(d.amount),
+          currency: d.currency,
+          frequency: d.frequency,
+          start_date: d.start_date,
+          total_periods: d.open_ended ? null : Number(d.total_periods),
+          label: d.label,
+          memo: d.memo,
+          backfill: d.backfill
+        })
+        this.contractDialog.show = false
+        Quasar.Notify.create({type: 'positive', message: 'Payroll line created'})
+        this.getContracts()
+      } catch (err) {
+        this._err(err, 'Could not create the payroll line')
+      } finally {
+        this.contractDialog.saving = false
+      }
+    },
+
+    openEditDialog(contract) {
+      this.editDialog = {
+        show: true,
+        id: contract.id,
+        data: {
+          amount: contract.amount,
+          currency: contract.currency,
+          frequency: contract.frequency,
+          open_ended: contract.total_periods === null,
+          total_periods: contract.total_periods,
+          label: contract.label,
+          memo: contract.memo
+        }
+      }
+    },
+
+    async saveEdit() {
+      const d = this.editDialog.data
+      try {
+        await LNbits.api.request(
+          'PUT',
+          `${API}/contracts/${this.editDialog.id}`,
+          null,
+          {
+            amount: Number(d.amount),
+            currency: d.currency,
+            frequency: d.frequency,
+            total_periods: d.open_ended ? null : Number(d.total_periods),
+            label: d.label,
+            memo: d.memo
+          }
+        )
+        this.editDialog.show = false
+        Quasar.Notify.create({type: 'positive', message: 'Terms updated'})
+        this.getContracts()
+      } catch (err) {
+        this._err(err, 'Could not update the contract')
+      }
+    },
+
+    // --- lifecycle --------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async transition(contract, action, params = '') {
+      try {
+        await LNbits.api.request(
+          'POST',
+          `${API}/contracts/${contract.id}/${action}${params}`
+        )
+        this.getContracts()
+      } catch (err) {
+        this._err(err, `Could not ${action} the contract`)
+      }
+    },
+
+    resumeContract(contract) {
+      LNbits.utils
+        .confirmDialog(
+          'Resume this contract? The paydays missed while it was paused ' +
+            'are written off — they are not paid retroactively.'
+        )
+        .onOk(() => this.transition(contract, 'resume'))
+    },
+
+    cancelContract(contract) {
+      LNbits.utils
+        .confirmDialog(
+          'Cancel this contract for good? It stops paying but keeps its ' +
+            'history. This cannot be undone.'
+        )
+        .onOk(() => this.transition(contract, 'cancel'))
+    },
+
+    payNow(contract) {
+      LNbits.utils
+        .confirmDialog(
+          `Pay the next period of "${contract.label || contract.id}" now? ` +
+            'It is consumed even if its payday has not arrived yet.'
+        )
+        .onOk(async () => {
+          try {
+            const {data} = await LNbits.api.request(
+              'POST',
+              `${API}/contracts/${contract.id}/pay-now`
+            )
+            // A refused payout still returns a ledger row — surfacing its
+            // reason is the whole point of triggering one by hand.
+            Quasar.Notify.create({
+              type: data.status === 'paid' ? 'positive' : 'negative',
+              message:
+                data.status === 'paid'
+                  ? `Paid ${Math.round(data.amount_msat / 1000)} sat`
+                  : `Payout ${data.status}: ${data.detail}`,
+              timeout: data.status === 'paid' ? 3000 : 8000
+            })
+            this.getContracts()
+            this.getPayouts()
+          } catch (err) {
+            this._err(err, 'Could not pay now')
+          }
+        })
+    },
+
+    deleteContract(contract) {
+      LNbits.utils
+        .confirmDialog(
+          'Delete this contract row outright? Its schedule position goes ' +
+            'with it. To stop a running payroll, cancel it instead — that ' +
+            'keeps the record.'
+        )
+        .onOk(async () => {
+          try {
+            await LNbits.api.request('DELETE', `${API}/contracts/${contract.id}`)
+            this.getContracts()
+          } catch (err) {
+            this._err(err, 'Could not delete the contract')
+          }
+        })
+    },
+
+    async showSchedule(contract) {
+      this.scheduleDialog = {show: true, contract, preview: null}
+      try {
+        const {data} = await LNbits.api.request(
+          'GET',
+          `${API}/contracts/${contract.id}/schedule?count=24`
+        )
+        this.scheduleDialog.preview = data
+      } catch (err) {
+        this._err(err, 'Could not load the schedule')
+      }
+    },
+
+    showLedgerFor(contract) {
+      this.ledgerFilter.contract_id = contract.id
+      this.tab = 'ledger'
+      this.getPayouts()
+    }
+  },
+
+  created() {
+    this.getUsers()
+    this.getCurrencies()
+    this.getContracts()
+    this.getPayouts()
+  }
+})
diff --git a/templates/payroll/index.html b/templates/payroll/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d28a7a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/payroll/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% from "macros.jinja" import window_vars with context %}
+
+{% block scripts %}
+{{ window_vars(user) }}
+<script src="{{ static_url_for('payroll/static', path='js/index.js') }}"></script>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block page %}
+<div class="row q-col-gutter-md">
+  <div class="col-12">
+
+    <div class="row items-center q-mb-md">
+      <div class="col">
+        <h4 class="q-my-none">Payroll</h4>
+        <p class="text-caption q-my-none" :style="{opacity: 0.7}">
+          Recurring payouts from a wallet you control into an employee's wallet.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-auto">
+        <q-btn unelevated color="primary" icon="add" label="New payroll line"
+          @click="openContractDialog"></q-btn>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <q-card>
+      <q-tabs v-model="tab" align="left"
+        active-color="primary" indicator-color="primary" class="text-grey">
+        <q-tab name="contracts" icon="event_repeat" label="Contracts"></q-tab>
+        <q-tab name="ledger" icon="receipt_long" label="Payout ledger"></q-tab>
+      </q-tabs>
+      <q-separator></q-separator>
+
+      <q-tab-panels v-model="tab" animated>
+
+        <!-- ------------------------------------------------ contracts -->
+        <q-tab-panel name="contracts">
+          <q-table flat dense :rows="contracts" :columns="contractsColumns"
+            row-key="id" :loading="contractsLoading"
+            :pagination="{rowsPerPage: 25}">
+
+            <template v-slot:body-cell-next="props">
+              <q-td :props="props">
+                <span v-if="props.row.next_payday">
+                  ${ props.row.next_payday }
+                </span>
+                <span v-else :style="{opacity: 0.5}">—</span>
+              </q-td>
+            </template>
+
+            <template v-slot:body-cell-progress="props">
+              <q-td :props="props">
+                ${ props.row.periods_done }<span :style="{opacity: 0.5}">
+                  / ${ props.row.total_periods === null ? '∞' : props.row.total_periods }
+                </span>
+              </q-td>
+            </template>
+
+            <template v-slot:body-cell-status="props">
+              <q-td :props="props">
+                <q-chip dense square :color="statusColour(props.row.status)"
+                  text-color="white" :label="props.row.status"></q-chip>
+              </q-td>
+            </template>
+
+            <template v-slot:body-cell-actions="props">
+              <q-td :props="props" class="q-gutter-xs">
+                <q-btn flat dense round icon="event" size="sm"
+                  @click="showSchedule(props.row)">
+                  <q-tooltip>Upcoming paydays</q-tooltip>
+                </q-btn>
+                <q-btn flat dense round icon="receipt_long" size="sm"
+                  @click="showLedgerFor(props.row)">
+                  <q-tooltip>Payout history</q-tooltip>
+                </q-btn>
+                <q-btn flat dense round icon="edit" size="sm"
+                  @click="openEditDialog(props.row)">
+                  <q-tooltip>Edit terms</q-tooltip>
+                </q-btn>
+                <q-btn v-if="props.row.status === 'active'"
+                  flat dense round icon="bolt" size="sm" color="primary"
+                  @click="payNow(props.row)">
+                  <q-tooltip>Pay the next period now</q-tooltip>
+                </q-btn>
+                <q-btn v-if="props.row.status === 'active'"
+                  flat dense round icon="pause" size="sm"
+                  @click="transition(props.row, 'pause')">
+                  <q-tooltip>Pause</q-tooltip>
+                </q-btn>
+                <q-btn v-if="props.row.status === 'paused'"
+                  flat dense round icon="play_arrow" size="sm" color="positive"
+                  @click="resumeContract(props.row)">
+                  <q-tooltip>Resume</q-tooltip>
+                </q-btn>
+                <q-btn v-if="props.row.status === 'active' || props.row.status === 'paused'"
+                  flat dense round icon="block" size="sm" color="warning"
+                  @click="cancelContract(props.row)">
+                  <q-tooltip>Cancel for good</q-tooltip>
+                </q-btn>
+                <q-btn flat dense round icon="delete" size="sm" color="negative"
+                  @click="deleteContract(props.row)">
+                  <q-tooltip>Delete the row and its schedule position</q-tooltip>
+                </q-btn>
+              </q-td>
+            </template>
+
+            <template v-slot:no-data>
+              <div class="full-width row justify-center q-pa-lg"
+                :style="{opacity: 0.6}">
+                No payroll lines yet.
+              </div>
+            </template>
+          </q-table>
+        </q-tab-panel>
+
+        <!-- --------------------------------------------------- ledger -->
+        <q-tab-panel name="ledger">
+          <div class="row q-col-gutter-sm q-mb-md items-end">
+            <div class="col-12 col-md-4">
+              <q-select outlined dense clearable v-model="ledgerFilter.contract_id"
+                :options="contractOptions" emit-value map-options
+                label="Contract" @update:model-value="getPayouts"></q-select>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-6 col-md-2">
+              <q-select outlined dense clearable v-model="ledgerFilter.status"
+                :options="['paid', 'failed', 'skipped']"
+                label="Status" @update:model-value="getPayouts"></q-select>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-6 col-md-2">
+              <q-input outlined dense v-model="ledgerFilter.since"
+                mask="####-##-##" label="Payday from" @blur="getPayouts"></q-input>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-6 col-md-2">
+              <q-input outlined dense v-model="ledgerFilter.until"
+                mask="####-##-##" label="Payday to" @blur="getPayouts"></q-input>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-6 col-md-2">
+              <q-btn outline color="primary" icon="download" label="CSV"
+                type="a" :href="ledgerCsvHref"></q-btn>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <q-table flat dense :rows="payouts" :columns="payoutsColumns"
+            row-key="id" :loading="payoutsLoading"
+            :pagination="{rowsPerPage: 25}">
+
+            <template v-slot:body-cell-status="props">
+              <q-td :props="props">
+                <q-chip dense square :color="statusColour(props.row.status)"
+                  text-color="white" :label="props.row.status"></q-chip>
+              </q-td>
+            </template>
+
+            <template v-slot:body-cell-detail="props">
+              <q-td :props="props">
+                <span :style="{opacity: 0.75, fontSize: '0.85em'}">
+                  ${ props.row.detail }
+                </span>
+              </q-td>
+            </template>
+
+            <template v-slot:no-data>
+              <div class="full-width row justify-center q-pa-lg"
+                :style="{opacity: 0.6}">
+                Nothing paid yet. Failures and skips land here too.
+              </div>
+            </template>
+          </q-table>
+        </q-tab-panel>
+
+      </q-tab-panels>
+    </q-card>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ================================================ new contract -->
+<q-dialog v-model="contractDialog.show">
+  <q-card style="width: 640px; max-width: 95vw">
+    <q-card-section>
+      <div class="text-h6">New payroll line</div>
+    </q-card-section>
+    <q-card-section class="q-gutter-md">
+
+      <q-select outlined dense v-model="contractDialog.data.employee_id"
+        :options="userOptions" emit-value map-options
+        label="Employee *"
+        @update:model-value="contractDialog.data.employee_wallet = null">
+      </q-select>
+
+      <q-select outlined dense v-model="contractDialog.data.employee_wallet"
+        :options="employeeWalletOptions" emit-value map-options
+        :disable="!contractDialog.data.employee_id"
+        label="Pay into (their wallet) *"
+        hint="Only wallets belonging to the selected employee">
+      </q-select>
+
+      <q-select outlined dense v-model="contractDialog.data.source_wallet"
+        :options="sourceWalletOptions" emit-value map-options
+        label="Pay from (your wallet) *"></q-select>
+
+      <div class="row q-col-gutter-sm">
+        <div class="col-7">
+          <q-input outlined dense type="number" step="any"
+            v-model.number="contractDialog.data.amount" label="Amount *"></q-input>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col-5">
+          <q-select outlined dense use-input input-debounce="0"
+            v-model="contractDialog.data.currency"
+            :options="currencyFilter" @filter="filterCurrencies"
+            label="Currency"
+            hint="Fiat is priced in sats at each payout"></q-select>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="row q-col-gutter-sm">
+        <div class="col-6">
+          <q-select outlined dense v-model="contractDialog.data.frequency"
+            :options="frequencyOptions" emit-value map-options
+            label="Frequency"></q-select>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col-6">
+          <q-input outlined dense v-model="contractDialog.data.start_date"
+            mask="####-##-##" label="First payday *"
+            hint="Anchors every later payday">
+            <template v-slot:append>
+              <q-icon name="event" class="cursor-pointer">
+                <q-popup-proxy cover transition-show="scale">
+                  <q-date v-model="contractDialog.data.start_date"
+                    mask="YYYY-MM-DD"></q-date>
+                </q-popup-proxy>
+              </q-icon>
+            </template>
+          </q-input>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="row items-center q-col-gutter-sm">
+        <div class="col-auto">
+          <q-toggle v-model="contractDialog.data.open_ended"
+            label="Open-ended"></q-toggle>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col">
+          <q-input outlined dense type="number"
+            v-model.number="contractDialog.data.total_periods"
+            :disable="contractDialog.data.open_ended"
+            label="Number of payments"></q-input>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <q-input outlined dense v-model="contractDialog.data.label"
+        label="Label" hint="Shown in this table, e.g. 'Alice — dev retainer'"></q-input>
+      <q-input outlined dense v-model="contractDialog.data.memo"
+        label="Payment memo" hint="What the employee sees on the payment"></q-input>
+
+      <q-toggle v-model="contractDialog.data.backfill"
+        label="Pay paydays that already passed">
+        <q-tooltip>
+          Off by default: a back-dated start normally means "we pay on the
+          15th", not "send five months of back-pay now".
+        </q-tooltip>
+      </q-toggle>
+
+      <q-separator></q-separator>
+
+      <div v-if="preview">
+        <div class="text-subtitle2 q-mb-xs">Next paydays</div>
+        <div class="row q-gutter-xs">
+          <q-chip v-for="d in preview.paydays" :key="d" dense square outline
+            :label="d"></q-chip>
+          <q-chip v-if="preview.truncated" dense square outline label="…"></q-chip>
+        </div>
+        <div class="q-mt-sm" :style="{opacity: 0.7, fontSize: '0.9em'}">
+          <span v-if="preview.ends_on">
+            ${ preview.total_periods } payment(s), ending ${ preview.ends_on }.
+          </span>
+          <span v-else>Open-ended — pays until paused or cancelled.</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </q-card-section>
+
+    <q-card-actions align="right">
+      <q-btn flat label="Cancel" v-close-popup></q-btn>
+      <q-btn color="primary" label="Create" :loading="contractDialog.saving"
+        :disable="!canSaveContract" @click="saveContract"></q-btn>
+    </q-card-actions>
+  </q-card>
+</q-dialog>
+
+<!-- ======================================================= edit -->
+<q-dialog v-model="editDialog.show">
+  <q-card style="width: 480px; max-width: 95vw">
+    <q-card-section>
+      <div class="text-h6">Edit terms</div>
+      <div class="text-caption" :style="{opacity: 0.7}">
+        The employee, the source wallet and the start date are fixed. Changing
+        them would rewrite what past payouts were for. Cancel and re-create
+        instead.
+      </div>
+    </q-card-section>
+    <q-card-section class="q-gutter-md">
+      <div class="row q-col-gutter-sm">
+        <div class="col-7">
+          <q-input outlined dense type="number" step="any"
+            v-model.number="editDialog.data.amount" label="Amount"></q-input>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col-5">
+          <q-select outlined dense use-input input-debounce="0"
+            v-model="editDialog.data.currency"
+            :options="currencyFilter" @filter="filterCurrencies"
+            label="Currency"></q-select>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <q-select outlined dense v-model="editDialog.data.frequency"
+        :options="frequencyOptions" emit-value map-options
+        label="Frequency"></q-select>
+      <div class="row items-center q-col-gutter-sm">
+        <div class="col-auto">
+          <q-toggle v-model="editDialog.data.open_ended" label="Open-ended"></q-toggle>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col">
+          <q-input outlined dense type="number"
+            v-model.number="editDialog.data.total_periods"
+            :disable="editDialog.data.open_ended"
+            label="Number of payments"></q-input>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <q-input outlined dense v-model="editDialog.data.label" label="Label"></q-input>
+      <q-input outlined dense v-model="editDialog.data.memo"
+        label="Payment memo"></q-input>
+    </q-card-section>
+    <q-card-actions align="right">
+      <q-btn flat label="Cancel" v-close-popup></q-btn>
+      <q-btn color="primary" label="Save" @click="saveEdit"></q-btn>
+    </q-card-actions>
+  </q-card>
+</q-dialog>
+
+<!-- =================================================== schedule -->
+<q-dialog v-model="scheduleDialog.show">
+  <q-card style="width: 420px; max-width: 95vw">
+    <q-card-section>
+      <div class="text-h6">Upcoming paydays</div>
+      <div v-if="scheduleDialog.contract" class="text-caption"
+        :style="{opacity: 0.7}">
+        ${ scheduleDialog.contract.label || scheduleDialog.contract.employee_username }
+        — ${ scheduleDialog.contract.amount } ${ scheduleDialog.contract.currency }
+        ${ scheduleDialog.contract.frequency }
+      </div>
+    </q-card-section>
+    <q-card-section>
+      <div v-if="scheduleDialog.preview">
+        <div class="row q-gutter-xs">
+          <q-chip v-for="d in scheduleDialog.preview.paydays" :key="d"
+            dense square outline :label="d"></q-chip>
+        </div>
+        <div v-if="!scheduleDialog.preview.paydays.length" :style="{opacity: 0.6}">
+          No paydays left.
+        </div>
+        <div class="q-mt-sm" :style="{opacity: 0.7, fontSize: '0.9em'}">
+          <span v-if="scheduleDialog.preview.ends_on">
+            Ends ${ scheduleDialog.preview.ends_on }.
+          </span>
+          <span v-else>Open-ended.</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <q-spinner v-else color="primary"></q-spinner>
+    </q-card-section>
+    <q-card-actions align="right">
+      <q-btn flat label="Close" v-close-popup></q-btn>
+    </q-card-actions>
+  </q-card>
+</q-dialog>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/views.py b/views.py
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+"""Frontend route — serves the operator console.
+
+Gated the same way the API is: super user only. `check_user_exists` is used
+rather than `check_super_user` because the template needs the full `User`
+(its wallets populate the source-wallet picker) and `check_super_user`
+resolves to an `Account`; the privilege check is then made explicitly off
+`user.super_user`. Rejecting here is a UX nicety — the API behind the page
+is gated independently and does not trust this route.
+"""
+
+from http import HTTPStatus
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Request
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
+from lnbits.core.models import User
+from lnbits.decorators import check_user_exists
+from lnbits.helpers import template_renderer
+
+payroll_generic_router = APIRouter()
+
+
+def payroll_renderer():
+    return template_renderer(["payroll/templates"])
+
+
+@payroll_generic_router.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+async def index(request: Request, user: User = Depends(check_user_exists)):
+    if not user.super_user:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN,
+            "Payroll is restricted to the instance super user.",
+        )
+    return payroll_renderer().TemplateResponse(
+        "payroll/index.html", {"request": request, "user": user.json()}
+    )