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

Important

If importing leave balances only, complete columns that start with LC (Leave Category).

Important

Only the hours, days or weeks are required in these fields, not the dollar value of the leave liability being imported into the platform. Leave Balances must be imported in the correct format, according to the Leave Category setup. This format is based on legislation depending on the leave type.

Leave Balance Specifications

Leave Type	Specifications	Format	Required
Alternative Holiday Leave LC84542_Alternative Holiday Leave	This is a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Days (e.g. 4 days). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date.	Days	Yes
Annual Holidays LC84539_Annual Holidays	This is a required opening balance The balance must be entered in Weeks (e.g. 3.2 weeks). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date. Employment Hero will separate the Entitled leave from the Accrued Leave. Employment Hero will calculate the Accrued leave from the employees last anniversary to the last pay period end date.	Weeks	Yes
Bereavement leave LC84546_Bereavement Leave	This is not a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Days as a negative total (e.g. -3 days). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date. This opening balance is only used to track how many days have been taken in your previous system.	Days	No
Covid Leave LC84547_Covid Leave	This is not a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Days as a negative total (e.g. -3 days). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date. This opening balance is only used to track how many days have been taken in your previous system.	Days	No
Domestic Violence Leave LC84543_Domestic Violence Leave	This is a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Days (e.g. 10 days). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date.	Days	Yes
Leave without pay - (excluding annual holidays) LC84545_Leave without pay - (excluding annual holidays)	This is not a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Hours as a negative total (e.g. -25 hours). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date. This is used for LWOP components not related to Annual Holidays (e.g. Sick Leave).	Hours	No
Leave without pay - annual holidays	This is not a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Weeks as a negative total (e.g. -6.2 weeks). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date. This is used for LWOP components related to Annual Holidays.	Weeks	No
Long Service Leave LC85481_LSL	This is not a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Weeks as a positive total (e.g. 1 week). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date.	Weeks	No
Parental Leave LC84540_Parental Leave	This is not a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Weeks as a positive total (e.g. 1 week). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date.	Weeks	No
Sick Leave LC84541_Sick Leave	This is a required Opening Balance. The balance must be in Days (e.g. 15.5 days). The balance total must be the balance as of the Last Pay Period End Date.	Days	Yes