Available for the following plans: Employment Lite, Employment Plus
This step-by-step guide shows you how you can process an employee's overpayment, which you can do on the Pay Run module of your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
Interactive steps
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Written steps
Select which type of overpayment you want to make for the relevant instructions.
Available for the following Payroll plans: Standard, Premium
Processing an earnings overpayment
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
- Click the Pay Run menu.
- Click the New Pay Run button.
- Select the Manually Add Employees to this Pay Run tick box.
- Select the Empty Pay Packets tick box.
- Complete the following fields:
- Pay schedule.
- Pay period ending.
- Date Pay Run will be paid.
- Click the Create button.
- Click on the Actions tab.
- Click the Pay Run Actions button.
- Click the Add Employees button.
- Type the name of the required employee into the Select an Employee field.
- Click the Add Employee button.
- Click the Close button.
- Click on the employee name that needs an earnings line added.
- Click the Actions button.
- Click the Add Earnings button.
- Select the relevant pay category within the Pay Category drop-down.
- Enter the repayment value as a negative amount.
- Click the Save button.
- Click the Finalisation button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Date paid.
- Create a pay event:
- Create a pay event manually at a later date.
- Create pay, even immediately.
- Click the Finalise button.
Available for the following Payroll plans: Standard, Premium
Processing a PAYG overpayment
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
- Click the Pay Run menu.
- Click the New Pay Run button.
- Select the Manually Add Employees to this Pay Run tick box.
- Select the Empty Pay Packets tick box.
- Complete the following fields:
- Pay schedule
- Pay period ending.
- Date Pay Run will be paid.
- Click the Create button.
- Click on the Actions tab.
- Click the Pay Run Actions button.
- Click the Add Employees button.
- Type the name of the required employee into the Select an Employee field.
- Click the Add Employee button.
- Click the Close button.
- Click on the employee name that needs a PAYG line added.
- Click the Actions button.
- Click the Adjust PAYG button.
- Add any notes to the Notes field.
- Enter the repayment value as a negative amount.
- Click the Save button.
- Click the Finalisation button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Date paid.
- Create a pay event:
- Create a pay event manually at a later date.
- Create pay, even immediately.
- Click the Finalise button.
Available for the following Payroll plans: Standard, Premium
Processing a Super overpayment
- Log into your Employment Hero Payroll classic platform.
- Click the Pay Run menu.
- Click the New Pay Run button
- Select the Manually Add Employees to this Pay Run tick box.
- Select the Empty Pay Packets tick box.
- Complete the following fields:
- Pay schedule
- Pay period ending.
- Date Pay Run will be paid.
- Click the Create button.
- Click on the Actions tab.
- Click the Pay Run Actions button.
- Click the Add Employees button.
- Type the name of the required employee into the Select an Employee field.
- Click the Add Employee button.
- Click the Close button.
- Click on the employee's name who needs a Super line added.
- Click the Actions button.
- Click the Add Super button.
- Select the relevant contribution from the Super Contribution drop-down.
- Add any required notes within the Notes field.
- Enter the repayment value as a negative amount.
- Click the Save button.
- Click the Finalisation button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Date paid.
- Create a pay event:
- Create a pay event manually at a later date.
- Create pay, even immediately.
- Click the Finalise button.
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- Payroll classic tax reporting: PAYG withholding This report will show you the PAYG withholding amounts processed within your organisation and will allow you to see if there are any further overpayments that you need to action.
- Payroll classic reporting: Super Contributions This report will show you the Super Contributions made within your organisation, and will allow you to see if there are any further overpayments that you need to action.