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Pay rates templates allow you to group pay rates together so you can assign them to employees in one instance. Sometimes your pay rates may require updating because of changes in pay conditions or interpretations. When this occurs, you will just need to update the data within the pay rate template within the payroll platform and then sync these changes over to the HR classic platform.
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What you need to do
There are three steps that an administrator needs to complete to apply a pay rate template update. An administrator needs to complete these actions on both the Employment Hero HR and Payroll classic platforms. The three steps are:
Pay rates templates allow you to group pay rates together so you can assign them to employees in one instance. These templates may require updating because of changes in pay conditions or interpretations. The steps on how to undertake this are:
- Log into Employment Hero Payroll classic.
- Click the Business Settings menu.
- Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
- Click the Pay Rate Templates button.
- Click on the Pay Rate Template that needs updating.
- Update the following fields if they have changed:
- Name.
- Primary pay category.
- In the Pay Rates table, complete the following columns if they have changed:
- Enabled.
- Rate.
- Super Rate.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save button.
The HR classic platform is the source of truth for your company settings, payroll settings, and employee file data. In order for you to apply the latest pay rate template updates to your employees, it requires you to manually import the updated information from the payroll platform. The steps on how to undertake this are:
- Log into Employment Hero.
- Click the General Settings menu.
- Click the Add-ons submenu.
- Click the Action button next to the Employment Hero Payroll entry.
- Click the Update button.
- In the Update Data screen, under the Pay Items section, click the Update from Payroll button.
Helpful Hint
The Pay Items section will now show a green Updated button. This means the HR platform has successfully imported your pay items from the payroll platform.
The HR classic platform is the source of truth for your company settings, payroll settings, and employee file data. What this means is you can view that the employee has the correct pay rate template applied through their employee file in the HR classic platform. The steps on how to undertake this are:
- Log into Employment Hero.
- Click the People menu.
- Click the People list submenu.
- Click the employee name that needs their pay rate template viewed.
- Click the Pay Details tab.
- Click the Salary History tab.
- Click the Actions button.
- Click the Edit button.
Helpful Hint
You will see the employee's pay rate template details on your screen.
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