COVID PAYROLL

Hi Donna1966 

Thanks for your post. The COVID-19 Disaster Payment is claimed by and paid directly to the employee through Centrelink, as such, it wouldn't need to be included in the employer payroll reporting. Employers would pay employees the actual hours worked, this provides the required proof for employees that their hours have reduced allowing them to claim the payment.

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Thank you for replying, so just to clarifiy; 

I put the pay throughwith NIL hours? 

Does this also mean that no Annual Leave is accrued ? 

Will the Super for that particular employee for that pay be nill in MYOB? 

Thank you. 

Thank you for the information. Can you please clarify just a bit more: when entering timesheets, do we enter the unworked hours using the 'unpaid leave' payroll category or do we simply leave the unworked hours as blank? I am concerned that if I enter the unpaid hours, STP will recognise these hours as worked and my staff won't be eligible for the Disaster payment.

Hi Protiling 

We haven't been advised by the ATO of any special requirements or obligations for reporting employee pays with regard to the COVID-19 Disaster payment. If you're not sure I'd recommend that you check with the ATO to put your mind at ease.

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Hi,

While employees are on stand down provisions (in order to be eligable for the disaster relief payment) they accrue normal leave entitlements. See Fairwork Australia links below.

My understanding is we must record the standdown hours in MYOB so that leave still accrues as it is legally obligated to. 

i.e. Standdown category: 28 hours

Normal Salary: 8 hours

AL accrual: 2.92308 

PL accrual: 1.46154

Please provide directions for creating this wage category. 

Cheers, Natalie 

https://coronavirus.fairwork.gov.au/coronavirus-and-australian-workplace-laws/pay-leave-and-stand-downs/stand-downs 

https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay/pay-during-inclement-weather-and-stand-down

Hi Natalie3121 

To record the stand down hours you could create an hourly wage payroll category and set the Pay Rate as Fixed Hourly Rate of: $0.00. If the leave entitlement payroll category has the Calculation Basis Equals % of Gross Hours leave will accrue as normal because you're entering the usual number of gross hours:

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Thank you, thats exactly what I have done. 

My concern also was ... is only the hours actually worked by employee attract leave entilements ?

in MYOB are leave entilements based on a pay period or hours??

Many thansks 

Hi Donna1966 

Fairwork determines which wage categories leave is accrued on, ie stand down hours, unpaid leave etc. If you're not sure about accruing leave you will need to check with Fairwork.

AccountRIght accrues leave as per the entitlement payroll category set up, eg, if you select Equals % of Gross Hours leave accrues on the hours entered when processing the payrun, if you select Equals x Hours per x leave accrues at that set amount regardless of the hours entered. This help article has detailed information to assist you: Leave and entitlements

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