Available for the following plans: Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited
Available for the following HR classic plan: Standard and Platinum
Available for the following user access levels: Admin
How it works
Employees can submit timesheets using a unit measurement instead of hours. For example, an employee can enter the total distance travelled instead of entering the total amount of hours travelled.
Set up units of work
Before employees can submit their timesheets, the administrator needs to set up units of work on the HR classic platform and Payroll classic platforms.
Select the payroll platform you integrated with for the relevant instructions.
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
- Click the Business Settings menu.
- Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
- Click the Pay Categories button.
- Click the Add button.
- Enter the name Fixed Units of Work into the pay category name field.
- Click the Save button.
- In the Units drop-down select the Fixed option.
- Complete the following fields:
- Name.
- Units.
- Penalty loading.
Important
We will add the penalty loading amount on top of the base rate and the rate loading.
- 52 week average.
- PAYE exempt.
- Exempt from national insurance.
- Employee pensionable.
- Accrues leave.
- Hide units on pay slip.
- Employer pensionable.
- Net payment.
- External ID.
- Rate precision.
- NMW/NLW calculation.
- Click the Save button.
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
- Click the Business Settings menu.
- Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
- Click the Work Types button.
- Click the Add button.
- Enter the name Units of Work into the Name field.
- In the Work Type Maps To section, select the Pay Category option and select the Fixed Units of Work pay category you created in step 1.
- Complete the following fields:
- Name.
- External ID.
- Automatically enabled for all employees.
- Work type maps to:
- Employee primary pay category.
- Pay category.
- Leave category.
- Short code.
- Click the Save button.
- Log in to your Employment Hero platform.
- Click the People menu.
- Click the People list submenu.
- Select the employee who needs the Units Worked, work type applied.
- Select Pay Details.
- Click the Pay Run Details tab.
- Select the Timesheet type and select either:
- Under Work Types, select the Work types that this employee can select from when submitting timesheets.
- Click Save.
Important
The work type field is only available for these two timesheet types:
- Use timesheets to submit all time worked.
-
Use timesheets for exceptions only.
Availability
| HR Plan: | Standard | Premium | Platinum |
| User Access: | Employee | Manager | Admin |
This is the default access level per user and whether they have view, edit and delete access, excluding any changes made via our Custom Security feature.
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
- Click the Business Settings menu.
- Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
- Click the Pay Categories button.
- Click the Add button.
- Enter the name Fixed Units of Work into the pay category name field.
- Click the Save button.
- In the Units drop-down select the Fixed option.
- Complete the following fields:
- Name.
- Units.
- Penalty loading.
Important
The payroll platform will add the penalty loading amount on top of the base rate and the rate loading.
- 52 week average.
- PAYE exempt.
- Exempt from national insurance.
- Employee pensionable.
- Accrues leave.
- Hide units on pay slip.
- Employer pensionable.
- Net payment.
- External ID.
- Rate precision.
- NMW/NLW calculation.
- Click the Save button.
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
- Click the Business Settings menu.
- Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
- Click the Work Types button.
- Click the Add button.
- Enter the name Units of Work into the Name field.
- In the Work Type Maps To section, select the Pay Category option and select the Fixed Units of Work pay category you created in step 1.
- Complete the following fields:
- Name.
- External ID.
- Automatically enabled for all employees.
- Work type maps to:
- Employee primary pay category.
- Pay category.
- Leave category.
- Short code.
- Click the Save button.
- Log in to your Employment Hero platform.
- Click the People menu.
- Click the People list submenu.
- Select the employee who needs the Units Worked, work type applied.
- Select Pay Details.
- Click the Pay Run Details tab.
- Select the Timesheet type and select either:
- Under Work Types, select the Work types that this employee can select from when submitting timesheets.
- Click Save.
Important
The work type field is only available for these two timesheet types:
- Use timesheets to submit all time worked.
-
Use timesheets for exceptions only.
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