LSL accrual set up for WA casual employees

Rosemary_10111123 · September 2019

Hi, I need assistance trying to set up LSL accrual. I understand the LSL accrual rate for 10 years of service is 8.667 weeks. I am having problems trying to set this up correctly in Reckon Accounts Hosted. I have one employee that has completed 13 years of service however his LSL is just sitting on 369.86 hrs and is not accruing. I have been told that someone had previously manually entered this amount in the "Hours Available as of". How do I correctly set up Hosted so that it automatically accrues. Being a casual does it need to accrue per hour or per year?

Kris_Williams · September 2019

I would think you will have to manually enter in the correct amount as of the last pay date that has been processed and then enter it just like ordinary leave, possibly on a weekly basis, or as you suggested an hourly basis.

Acctd4 · September 2019

Hi Rosemary

I always recommend accruing all leave “Per Hour”. Any other accrual will result in inaccuracies when hours worked fluctuate.

The hourly accrual for LSL (in WA) calculates out to 0.01667 Hours per Hour worked.

You will need to edit the “Hours available as of …” value by manually entering in the correct balance, then configure for accrual per hour going forward as per below.

IMPORTANT: On an “Every hour” basis, the system auto-calculates Leave based on the hours entered on an employee’s Pay. Therefore - even if someone is paid a fixed Salary amount each pay - the Hours MUST be entered in order for the Leave to calculate!

Shaz Hughes Dip(Fin) ACQ NSW, MICB

Reckon Accredited Professional Partner Bookkeeper / Registered BAS Agent (No: 92314 015)

Accounted 4 Bookkeeping Services

Ballajura, WA

0422 886 003

shazinoz2@bigpond.com

www.accounted4bs.com

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Cherie Rigby · February 2020

Hi Shaz

I have tried to setup the LSL leave according to the pic above, however it keeps changing to 0:01:00 ????

I can not get it to stay as 0.01667

Hope you can assist?

Thanking you in advance

Cherie

Acctd4 · February 2020

Hi Cherie

You have your overall Preferences set to "Minutes" instead of "Decimal"

To change this:

* Click on Edit (along top toolbar)
* Click on Preferences in the dropdown menu then as per below:

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NOTE: This will change ALL your time formats including timesheet/paycheque hours. This means you will need to use DECIMALS for 15-minute part-hour entries
eg
"15.00" minutes > "0.25"
"30.00" minutes > "0.5"
"45.00" minutes > "0.75"