I'm deciding on how best to set up employees on Moneysoft payroll. I am able to calculate the necessary % figures for holiday PAY entitlement based on earnings / annual pay but if an employee is off sick they will either not be paid or will receive SSP which is considerably less than the usual pay and will not therefore accumulate the holiday pay entitlement as normal earnings would. Is there a column perhaps that I can add the shortfall to so the holiday pay accumulates as it should but does not effect the pay? I'm really keen to use the % option but if I can't find a way around ensuring staff holiday pay accumulates correctly I'll have to do things differently.
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No. In fact, you should be paying holiday pay based on the employees' regular pay.
It's this sort of thing that makes the % option more difficult than it should be.
There is a user defined "addition" section in Moneysoft where you could possibly make up the shortfall or you could use the note section to note how much holiday pay is added to the fund and then use the addition section when it is paid out. Does mean you do the calculation of the amount manually but not too hard to do.
Don't overlook the importance of Lion's reply to you - even if off sick employees continue to accrue holiday entitlement as if they were working normally so why do you need to restrict Moneysoft's ability to work it out properly for you
Is the problem not the Moneysoft will work it out on SSP, rather than their regular wage ?
I'm not a % user, so I'm just guessing, like.
The percentage section takes a percentage of actual pay so if a lower pay is made under SSP that is the amount it accrues.
Payroll rules are incredibly complex and Moneysoft does well to manage as much of it automatically as it does for a relatively low cost (Having used it for the last 4 years I'm definitely a fan!)
Or ..... you can go into Holiday Pay, delete the % column for that particular week or month, and type the right number in to the "Holiday Pay Added" column.
No point in working out a work-around for things that don't actually need working around.