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acj
Experienced User
3 years ago

Opening employee leave hours

Hi,

we acquired a business and inherited the accrued leave balances for employees. Employees are also deemed to retain their original commencement date for service period calculations. 
We have entered the opening leave balances under "leave" for each employee but we noticed in the first pay run (and through the payroll reporting) that the leave balances didn't register on the pay slips (despite that optioned being selected) and that further leave was not accrued (in fact, it shows as zero).

can you please step me through how you would normally record opening leave balances for employees in this scenario.

 

Thanks 

Andrew 

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  • Sam_R's avatar
    Sam_R
    Former Staff
    3 years ago

    Hi acj,

     

    Thanks for reaching out. 

     

    Generally speaking, I'd recommend entering the opening balances by recording a zero-dollar pay with a leave adjustment value. The employee won't be paid anything, but their leave balance will be corrected. You can also add a note to the pay so the resulting pay slip will clearly show the adjustment you've made. It also provides a record and audit trail of what occured. 

     

    1. Go to the Payroll menu and choose Create pay run.
    2. For the Pay cycle, choose Unscheduled. This ensures the pay will contain zero hours and amounts.
    3. For the pay dates, choose today's date and click Next.
    4. Select the employee who's leave you're adjusting.
    5. Click the arrow  to expand the employee's pay.
    6. In the Pay slip message field, enter a note about what you're doing, like "Opening balance +76"
    7. For the relevant leave accrual, enter the adjustment in the Hours column. For example, if you need to increase the annual leave balance by 76 hours, enter 76 next to Annual Leave Accrual
    8. Continue processing the pay as normal.

    If you had any further queries on this, please do let me know.

     

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