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PW63's avatar
4 days ago

Single employee pay run

I am now the only employee in the business.  I work for a self employed mechanic who did employee a tradesman but that tradesmen left last week, leaving me as the only employee.  I work as a casual btw.

 

My question is this.  If I don't work every week - occasionally there isn't enough work for me so I leave it until the next week or so.  Should I still be doing weekly payruns but for the week I don't work do the pay run as a zero hours/zero $$ pay?  Or do I just do a pay run when I do work - meaning there could be a week or two between pay runs maybe a few times during the year.  

 

I am new to MYOB and am used to Xero where you could simply select a pay run.  MYOB seems to work a bit different.  

 

If it's correct to do the zero hours/zero $$ pay run I would prefer to do this.  My only concern is how the ATO will react to $0 pay runs being done.

 

 

  • Earl_HD's avatar
    Earl_HD
    MYOB Moderator

    Hi PW63,

    If the employee does not work during a week, no pay run is necessary for that week. You only need to process the pay run in the weeks that they work. This means you can skip the pay run entirely during the weeks without work.

    I hope this helps!

    Regards,
    Earl