Available for the following plans: Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited
Available for the following Payroll classic plans: Standard, Premium

You can use the Deduction feature within the Pay Run module to add a deduction line and specify details such as the deduction category, payment option, units, and any required supporting notes. You can also use this feature to delete an employee deduction line if you added it in error.

Deduction categories need creating before you can assign them to an employee within a pay run. To read further details on how to create a deduction category, refer to the following article. Once you have created a deduction category, a pay run needs to be created next. To read further details on how to create a pay run, refer to the following article.

Getting started

Adding an employee deduction line

Log into your Employment Hero platform.
Click the Pay Run menu.
Click on the required pay run.
Click on the required employee name.
Click the Actions button.
Click the Make a Deduction button.
Complete the following field:
- Deduction category:
  - Pension salary sacrifice.
  - Pre tax deduction.
  - Post tax deduction.
- Select payment option:
  - Pay to bank account.
  - Manual payment.
- Notes
- Amount.
Click the Save button.

Maintain

Deleting an employee deduction line

Log into your Employment Hero platform.
Click the Pay Run menu.
Click on the required pay run.
Click on the required employee name.
Click the Delete button.
Click the Delete button.

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