Sick leave not reducing

Hi Debbie

When setup correctly, all leave hours & Time in Lieu will accrue/deduct each pay run accordingly.  If this is not working for you, something is wrong with the setup.

A few things to check ...

On the RA Timesheet:

• Ensure you use the correct Payroll Item, when recording employee hours (eg standard or Leave) 

On each Employee's Leave Details tab :

• Make sure you have each employee's Accrual Period set to "Every hour"  (This ensures if their hours change - eg from FT to PT - their leave still accrues proportionately)
• Check you have the correct accrual rate entered in Hours accrued per hour paid - For a 38-hr week, the hourly accrual for AL is 0.07692 & half that (0.03847) for SL

Based on 4 weeks (20 days) entitlement per year, on a 38-hr week, paid fortnightly, the AL formula is:

Total leave hours allowable per year / total pay periods per year / total hours per pay period (eg 150 / 26 / 75 = 0.07692 hrs per hr)

You can adjust this formula for 4-wkly or monthly pay periods accordingly.

Obviously, if you are under an Award that allows for more leave &/or other leave types, these can also be calculated back to a "per hour" accrual rate using the formula above.

• Ensure the Maximum number of hours field is blank (& NOT "0.00")
• Check the Year begins on, Day & Begin accruing time on fields (usually, set to the employee's start date)

On Payroll Items:

• Ensure Include in "every hour worked" leave accruals checkbox is TICKED on all relevant Payroll Items (eg standard Pay Items incl Leave Items & Allowances)

Once you've got the accrual/used working on each employee's Pay:

• Enter each employee's total available hours from your spreadsheet (according to the Hours available as of xx/xx/xxxx)
• If necessary, update each employee's Hours used this year field

Lastly:

• When you process a pay, make sure your Pay Period Ends date & Payment Date are correct.  (These may be the same, but usually pays are processed after the hours have been worked)

• In the Pay window, make sure the Do not accrue time checkbox is UNTICKED

Hope this helps

Hi Debbie

I think you might be confusing the timesheet's "Service Item" with the timesheet's "Payroll Item".  The Service Item picks up Items from your Item List & is completely separate/independent to Payroll.

The Payroll Item is what carries the hours through to your Payroll area (where you "Pay Employees")   For the hours to come across & work correctly, you must use actual "Payroll Items" setup as previously detailed.

Personally, I never use "Every Pay" as the employee's Leave Accrual because accrual is based on hours worked so if anyone's hours change, their accrual won't pro rata as it should.  Accrual "Every Hour" eliminates this issue.

The only result of not ticking the "billable" checkbox is that the detail is not held in the "Add Time/Costs" area (for adding to invoices).  It has no effect on the company's financials.

I hope that helps. 

Hi Debbie

You stated previously that you use Timesheets so it was my understanding that you meant those within the software.

OK, if you are using Salary Payroll Items, you need to setup Salary Leave Items for when your applicable staff take Leave:

This is how you tell RA that the Item you're creating affects Leave so that it deducts from the Leave balance(s) accordingly.  Setup up one for each Leave Type eg one for SL (listed as "Sick Pay"), one for AL (listed as "Holiday Pay") & one for LSL

Follow the setup prompts on each window - Link to your Payroll Salaries & Wages (or subaccount if broken down further) Expense account.  At Tax Tracking Type, they should all be linked to "Gross Payments", both PAYGW & State Payroll Tax apply so ensure these are both ticked & lastly make sure on "Inclusions" that you tick the checkbox & select the appropriate Super Funds to ensure Super also calculates on these Leave Items.

Most importantly, when paying an employee Leave, you MUST use the applicable Leave Item otherwise RA doesn't know it's Leave that's being paid & therefore doesn't deduct it from the balance.

You will need to enter the applicable hours on the employee's Pay because the employee's default balance records for available & used leave are in hours.  This doesn't alter their salary - RA will calculate the remainder of the pay to total up to their usual salary amount.