Holiday payroll guide (Australia)
Help with common payroll pain points in MYOB Acumatica — Payroll
Preparing payroll for the summer holidays can be stressful, as some of the most complicated pays need to be done just when you're trying to get away to the beach and wrap those last few presents!
To make things smoother and give you confidence that your employees will be paid correctly, we've gathered together tips and resources on some common payroll pain points in MYOB Acumatica — Payroll.
Check your imported holiday timesheets carefully
Always check that your annual leave and public holidays are mapped correctly. Annual leave timesheets that fall across public holidays must be manually overridden using the Days Taken dialogue.
Doing payroll in advance
If you're one of those companies who pays their empoyees early over the holidays, see Entering summer holiday pay runs in advance to take you through how to correctly enter pays in advance and then correct for any differences that crop up.
Processing public holidays
Getting public holidays right can be tricky. See Processing Public Holidays (AU) for how to load your public holidays in bulk and then add them to your employees' pays.
Leave requests
If you use the employee self-service module, here's information to make the process easy for people requesting, approving, and paying leave:
- Requesting and Keeping Track of Leave — for employees
- Managing Leave For Your Team — for managers
- Preparing Leave Requests For Payment — for payroll administrators