Available for the following plans: Essentials, Engage, Elite, Unlimited HR+Payroll
Available for the following HR plans: Standard, Premium, 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 which payroll platform you integrated with for the relevant instructions.
The table below shows which user access levels (employee, manager and admin) can use this feature, covering Enable units of work for timesheets.
| 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 classic 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.
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Complete the following fields:
- Units.
- Rate loading.
Important
We will add the rate loading amount on top of the base rate.
- Penalty loading.
Important
We will add the penalty loading amount on top of the base rate and the rate loading.
- PAYE Exempt.
- Accrues leave.
- KiwiSaver exempt.
- Parental leave.
- ACC leavy exempt.
- Exclude from average weekly earnings.
- Exclude from ordinary weekly pay.
- Hide units on pay slip.
- External ID.
- Rate precision.
- Click the Save button.
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll classic 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:
- Full time.
- Part time.
- Casual.
- Independent contractor.
- Work type maps to:
- Employees 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.
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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.
The table below shows which user types, including employees, managers and admins, can use units of work for timesheets.
| 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 classic 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:
- Units.
- Rate loading.
Important
We will add the rate loading amount on top of the base rate.
- Penalty loading.
Important
We will add the penalty loading amount on top of the base rate and the rate loading.
- PAYE Exempt.
- Accrues leave.
- KiwiSaver exempt.
- Parental leave.
- ACC leavy exempt.
- Exclude from average weekly earnings.
- Exclude from ordinary weekly pay.
- Hide units on pay slip.
- External ID.
- Rate precision.
- Click the Save button.
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll classic 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:
- Full time.
- Part time.
- Casual.
- Independent contractor.
- Work type maps to:
- Employees 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.