Learn about single-touch payroll (STP) here.

Enable STP by following the steps in this article. 

Then, once a pay run has been finalised, you need to lodge a corresponding pay event with the ATO.

Once your pay run has been finalised, sending pay slip notifications becomes effortlessly efficient with just a few simple steps:

Step 1: Locate the "Publish Payslips" Button

• Navigate to the completed pay run
• Find the Publish Payslips button within the pay run actions bar

Step 2: Click the "Publish Payslips" Button

• Click on the Publish Payslips button
• This action will trigger the pay slip notification process

Step 3: Employee Notifications

• Notifications will be sent to your employees, informing them that their pay has been processed and their pay slip is available

Step 4: Choose Notification Method

You have the option to send notifications in two ways:

• Email: An email notification will be sent to the employee's email address
• SMS: An SMS (text message) notification will be sent to the employee's mobile phone (if configured)

Step 5: Email Sender Information

For email notifications:

• The email address configured in the 'Payslip' settings (under payroll settings) will be used as the sender's email address

For other outgoing emails (not related to pay slips):

• The email address specified in the "Contact Email Address" under Payroll Settings Details will be used

Tip: Pay slip notifications will only be sent when you click the "Send Notifications" button. This gives you full control over when your employees receive their notifications.

Step 6: Manual Distribution (if needed)

If you need to distribute pay slips manually:

1. Locate the Pay slips button in the pay run actions bar
2. Click on the Pay slips button
3. Choose between:
   • All Pay slips: To view and generate all pay slips
   • Manual Notifications: For employees who do not receive electronic notifications

Step 7: Filtering Pay Slips

If you need to filter pay slips by employee location:

• Use the available filter options to select the desired location

Step 8: Printing Pay Slips

To print pay slips for employees who require physical copies:

1. Select Manual Notifications (as in Step 6)
2. Click the View Payslips button
3. Print the pay slips

Step 9: Downloading Pay Slips as PDF

To download pay slips as a PDF file:

• Click the Download Payslips button
• The PDF file will be generated and available for download

Tip: If you are using Employment Hero, please note that pay slips are generated as part of an overnight process. Employees will be able to access their pay slips on the following day.

Report Packs offer several advantages, including the ability to set up schedules for ongoing automated reporting, the option to include recipients who don't have account access via email delivery, and the time-saving benefit of bypassing manual downloading, saving, and emailing of reports.

1. Access your Employment Hero Payroll platform by logging in
2. Navigate to Business Payroll Settings Business Management Report Packs
3. Select Configuration
4. This displays the settings that will allow you to set up your own default configuration when sending Report Packs
5. By default, the email address from which the Report Pack email is sent is the one specified in the 'Contact Email Address' field within Business Settings
6. Select Add to create your custom report packs
7. Complete the required information:
   1. Name
   2. Period
   3. Schedule

Tip: To specify when the Report Pack should be sent, use "Set up a schedule" to define frequency, day, and time for recurring deliveries. Alternatively, "Send out at these times" allows for one-time scheduling. Multiple dates/times can be set using the 'Add another time' option.

Reports

Upon selecting a report to add, you will need to specify additional fields based on the chosen report. These fields include:

1. Reporting Period vs. Custom Date Range - Depending on the report's capabilities, you can choose to apply the reporting period or set a custom date range
   1. For reports like 'Pay run audit' or 'Pay run variance,' you won't have the 'Use report pack period' option. Instead, you'll select options like current pay run, previous pay run, etc. Unfinalised pay runs will be marked with an asterisk.
2. Export Format - Choose export options such as CSV, Excel, PDF (or other format options specific to the chosen report)
3. Report Filters - Various additional report filters that pertain to the specific report
4. After scheduling a Report Pack, you'll proceed to set the following:
5. Frequency - Determine whether the schedule is weekly, fortnightly, or monthly
6. Time - Specify the time when the Report Pack will be sent
7. Days - Indicate the day(s) when the Report Pack should be sent
8. Start and End Dates - Define when the schedule begins (today or a custom date) and ends (never or a custom date)

Additional settings include:

• Recipients
• Custom message

Once a report pack has been configured, recipients can access the reports in one of two ways, depending on the settings chosen during report pack setup:

• If 'Recipients must log in to download report pack' was selected: Clicking on the link within the email will direct the user to the payroll login page. They must log in before accessing the reports.
• If 'Recipients must log in to download report pack' was not selected: Recipients can directly click the provided link in the email to download and access the reports.