Question: How do I set up a payroll item for Unpaid Maternity Leave using Reckon Accounts Premier 20

Denise Durant

Rav

Hi Denise,
There's an entry in the Help files within Reckon Accounts that will guide you through this. Type in Paid Parental Leave in the search bar.

Denise Durant

Hi Rav, thank you for your quick response.  I have already set up the payroll item for the Paid Parental Leave pay, however I am unsure about recording Unpaid Maternity Leave which one of our employees will be taking for approx 26 weeks following the 18 weeks Paid Parental Leave period.  

Denise Durant

Hi Rav, thank you for your quick response.  I have already set up the payroll item for the Paid Parental Leave pay, however I am unsure about recording Unpaid Maternity Leave which one of our employees will be taking for approx 26 weeks following the 18 weeks Paid Parental Leave period.  

Kwikbooks (Professional Partner)

Hi Denise

What is it exactly you are trying to do, record how long a person is off?  There is not much point in a payroll item for something someone doesn't get paid for. Unpaid is unpaid.

Denise Durant

Hi Kwikbooks, thank you for your reply. My question is about recording Unpaid Maternity Leave in the system, is there a way to do this?

Kwikbooks (Professional Partner)

Hi Denise

You still haven't answered the question, "what is is you are trying to do" I know you are trying to record it but how, I have asked are you trying to do a nil pay each week they are away to the hours go into a leave report or do you simply just want to make a note of how long they were off.

If it is a case of just making a note then use the employee organiser to record leave of absense

Denise Durant

I wish to record a nil weekly pay so the leave hours can be tracked.

Denise Durant

Hi Kwikbooks, no need to reply as I have solved the problem, thanks

Wayne Seabrook

Denise I would be interested in how you solved the problem as I'm wanting to do the same.  When I enter in the employees LWOP it comes up with warning advising to either delete the employee from the payrun or make changes to the employees pay cheque??  I would like to have a record that the employee was on leave nil pay for that week.  Any help would be appreciated.

Acctd4

Because it's a payment transaction, the system doesn't allow a $ 0.00 or negative "Paycheque" to be created.  (It will allow $ 0.00 line(s) provided the overall paycheque isn't $ 0.00 / negative)

With the exception of LSL, any other leave usually only accrues on hours worked/paid so there wouldn't be any leave accrual to track whilst on Unpaid Leave ?!

I agree with Kwikbooks - I just enter the date-stamped info in the Employee's Notes.

Shaz Hughes Dip(Fin) ACQ NSW, MICB

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