Construction closed Stand Down
With the recent Construction closure in Victoria I have to stand down some employees, how do I do their payroll to make sure they are still accruing leave but not getting paid and to make sure STP is correct?
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STP is only applicable for payments of wages so you don't need to lodge anything for that 😊
Unfortunately, RA won't allow a Paycheque to be created with no monetary values. Therefore the workaround is to use a rate to multiple decimal places, just sufficient to create a minimal value. The PAYG then needs to be adjusted to the same amount to result in a $ 0 net Paycheque.
You could use an existing Hourly Payroll Item but I think it's preferable to create a separate "Stand-Down" one in order to be able to identify & report on these periods down the track.
Ensure you set the Item up as a Wage Payroll Item Type to track Hourly as Regular Pay. You can leave the Taxes both unticked & Select None for the Super Items in the Inclusions window.
The crucial configuration here is to ensure you tick the checkbox for Include in "Every hour worked" leave accruals:
This will then enable the leave hours to calculate according to the number of applicable hours you enter on the Paycheque 😁
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