1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
4. Click the   Leave Category button.
5. Click the Add button.
   
6. Complete the following fields:
   
   • Name.
   • External ID.
   • Leave loading.
   • Leave category type:
     • Standard (to be used for employees that accrue leave on an hours per hours worked or hours per pay run basis). 
     • Statutory sick leave.
     • Statutory maternity leave.
     • Statutory adoption leave.
     • Statutory paternity leave.
     • Statutory Parental bereavement leave.
     • Entitlement Based Leave (to be used for employees that receive their leave balance upfront at the beginning of a holiday calendar year. See the Author Recommended Section for more information on this leave type) 
   • Employee leave balance:
     • Tracked: Automatically accrues, Exclude from termination payout, Apply negative balances on termination, Hide accruals from pay slips, Hide balances from pay slips and in employee portal, Hide leave category name from employee view)
     • Automatic Accrual: Select this option if the leave is to accrue automatically. You will then be required to choose whether the leave will accrue on an ongoing basis or accrue based on a defined leave year. The leave year can be set as the employee's start date or another specific date. This date is specified via the employee's 'Leave Allowances' page
     • Hide accruals from pay slips: Select this option if you do not wish to allow employees to see the amount of leave accrued for this leave category within a pay run on their pay slips.
     • Hide balances from pay slips and in employee portal: Select this option if you do not wish to allow employees to see the balance of this leave category on their pay slips or in the employee portal.
     • Not tracked: Hide leave category name from employee view.
     • Hide leave category name from employee view: Select this option if you do not wish to have the leave category name displayed in the calendar contained within the employee's  portal. All that will be displayed is the employee name and the period of leave taken. This setting works in conjunction with the setting 'Employees can view approved leave' from the Employee Portal Settings screen.   
     • Exclude from termination payout: Select this option if you do not want any of the unused leave balance for this leave category to automatically be paid out upon termination.
   • Unit Type: (Hours, Days, Weeks).
     
     

     Helpful Hint

     If you select the Hours Per Hour Worked option as the unit type you are able to select the 30 minute rounding rule option. This means that any accruals are rounded to the nearest hour.

   • Payment setup:
     • Basic.
     • Do not pay for the leave taken.
     • Report the earnings for the leave taken against another pay category.
     • Custom.
7. Click the Save button.
   

1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
4. Click the   Leave Category button.
5. In the Leave should start on field, select either:
   • Employee start date.
   • The following date.
6. Click the Save button.
   

1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
4. Click the   Leave Category button.
5. Click on the leave category that needs editing.
   
6. Make the required changes and click the Save button.
   

Standard allowance - Enter standard weeks per year, standard days per year, number of hours per hour worked OR hours per pay run the employee is to accrue. You can also click on the calculator icon to assist with calculating the entitlement and ensuring the correct figure is being applied, for eg: 

Leave accrual capping - This setting allows you to select whether or not the number of hours accrued will be capped. If the accrual is to be capped, select 'limited to' from the drop down list and then enter the maximum number of hours that should accrue: 

The following image will only be displayed where leave is set to accrue automatically based on the employee's leave year: 

• Standard allowance - Enter the number of units the employee is to accrue. You can also click on the calculator icon to assist with calculating the entitlement and ensuring the correct figure is being applied.
• Accrue in advance - Select this option if you want employees to accrue their whole entitlement in advance. This means that the full annual entitlement will be accrued in the employee's first pay run and will be added to their leave balance. PLEASE NOTE: Accrue in Advance should not be selected while using the 'Hours per Hour worked' unit type.
• Limit leave accruals in the first pay run for the period - Enabling this option will allow the leave type to accrue in the first pay run for the pay period, and cap the leave for any other pay runs with the exact same pay period start and end date. This applies to ordinary pay runs and ad hoc pay runs.
• Leave accrual capping - This setting allows you to select whether or not the number of units accrued will be capped. If the accrual IS NOT to be capped, select 'not limited' from the drop down list. If the accrual IS to be capped, select 'limited to' from the drop down list and then enter the maximum number of units that should accrue.
• Carrying over the balance - This setting allows you to cap the number of leave units to carry over to the next leave year. If the entire leave balance is to be carried over, keep the default setting of 'the entire balance'. If only a portion of the leave balance is to be carried over, select 'a maximum of' from the drop down list and then enter the maximum number of units to be carried over. If you don't wish to carry over any leave to the new leave year then you should set the carry over unit to zero. (If you are starting a new leave year and your employee's have previously accrued leave, but you don't want them to carry it over you can: add an ad hoc pay run with a leave adjustment to clear last years balances to zero. You can then set the carried forward amount to zero moving forward.)

The setting 'Unit type' will only display if the 'Automatically Accrues' checkbox is not ticked. This setting is required so that the system knows whether to display the leave in days, weeks or hours. The display is relevant for when an employee applies for leave. When a leave category is displayed in either days or weeks, the leave will then be converted into hours in the pay run and a conversion formula will be made available to see how the conversion was calculated. 

Entitlement Based leave: This introduces both leave entitlement and tiered leave to the leave category options. 

Payment Setup: This determines whether the employee is paid for the leave taken and the pay category that is assigned when leave is taken. (The default setting for Payment Setup on the Annual Leave - leave category used to be Basic but this has been updated in later releases so that the leave is reported against a separate pay category called Annual Leave Taken - you are free to change this if necessary).

• Basic: When an employee does not use timesheets, the employee's leave balance will be reduced, earnings are not impacted. When an employee is using timesheets to submit all time worked, an earnings line will be created and the leave balance will be reduced. To check or assign the employee's timesheet setting, go to the employee's 'Pay Run Defaults' page. The timesheets option
  is near the top of the page. 
  
   
• Don't pay for the leave taken: When an employee does not use timesheets, an earnings line with negative hours will be added to reduce the earnings for the employee. When an employee is using timesheets to submit all time worked, no earnings line will be created.
• Report the earnings for the leave taken against another pay category: When wanting to report payments for leave taken in a separate pay category (for reporting/journaling purposes), select this option. The earnings related to the leave taken will be assigned against the specified pay category instead of the employee's primary pay category. When this alternative is selected, the option will be given to use the rate of pay from the employee's primary pay category.             

• Custom: For advanced users only, this option allows the user to deduct hours from an arbitrary pay category and transfer them to another arbitrary pay category when leave is taken.

 For examples of how to set up leave based on different scenarios, refer here.

1. Log into your Employment Hero Payroll platform.
2. Click the   Business Settings menu.
3. Click the Payroll Settings submenu.
4. Click the   Leave Category button.
5. Click the   Delete button.
   
6. Click the OK button.