I appreciate that Essentials Payroll is a basic payroll, however it would be appreciated if some necessary adjustments could be made:
* A casual employee doesn't have to have their 8% paid in e...
Apparently Payroll Essentials has no facility at all to calculate pay-as-you go Holiday Pay for casual workers (see explanation below). Given casual workers are pretty common in small businesses (your target market) I think you need to develop a system to include this calculation.
I've mentioned this to one company who recently asked me for feedback on Essentials Payroll with a view to them moving to it - they immediately said that its a deal breaker for them and they only have 7 casual workers.
From www.employment.govt.nz: If the employee’s employment pattern is so intermittent or irregular that it isn’t possible or practicable to attempt to provide 4 weeks’ paid annual holidays, the employee may be paid annual holiday pay with their regular pay (i.e. on a paid-as-you-earn basis) on the basis of not less than 8% of the employee’s gross weekly earnings.