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Adnyl
Contributing User
2 months ago

Payslip name defaulting to Pay Item name on payslip

Pay Items are set up with a concise description of the pay item; and the payslip name is simplified. Eg Pay Item Name:  18 Yr Level 1 Public Holiday.  Pay Slip Name: Public Holiday.

Pay processed and the payslip showed as it should, ie just Public Holiday.  However, with future payslips the Public Holiday for YTD is now showing as the full Pay Item name.

Below are 2 separate examples of the same thing, where the payslip name defaults.

 

Example 1:  Public Holiday

Example 2:  Weekend

 

Pay processed:

 

 

Future payslips:

The Public Holiday has now defaulted to the full Pay Item name

The Weekend has now defaulted to the full Pay Item name

 

3 Replies

  • Hi Adnyl,

     

    The secret sauce behind the pay slip description is the "Name on pay slip" field from the wage pay item setup. If you've got that set up all nice and tidy but it's still showing the wage pay item, here's a trick: try removing and reentering the wage pay item name along with its name for the pay slip. Then, don't forget to save it again. 

     

    Cheers,

    Princess

  • Adnyl's avatar
    Adnyl
    Contributing User
    28 days ago

    Hi Princess,  I'm afraid that didn't work.  No matter what I change things to it still shows whatever the pay item name is.  I logged out of MYOB and logged back in, in case that might help, it didn't.  I've got a whole bunch of payslips that are required to be delivered to employees, by law, all showing superfluous information that will only confuse the employee and generate enquiries.  The only option I can see is to have the pay item name as a loose description, for it to appear on the pay slip, and keep a separate, manual list of corresponding detailed pay item names.  This defeats the purpose of the feature. Do you have any other suggestions I could try before I go ahead and change all 50 pay item names 

  • Doreen_P's avatar
    Doreen_P
    MYOB Moderator
    28 days ago

    Hey Adnyl,

     

    Since you’re finding that the pay item name still won’t budge even after you’ve tried to change it, it's best to call in the experts. Our team of friendly whizzes is ready to dive in and take a closer look at what’s going on behind the scenes. You can reach them on Live Chat via our virtual assistant, MOCA, or by submitting a support case via MyAccount.

     

    Cheers,

    Doreen