Setting up Recurring Employer Liabilities

Once you have created some employer liability categories (the tutorial can be found in Creating and Managing Employer Liability Categories), you can begin assigning these liabilities to employees as recurring employer liabilities, which will take effect every pay run.

To begin, go to the 'Employee file' > 'Pay run inclusions' page. 

You will be taken to the following screen:

To add a new recurring employer liability, click the 'Add' button on the right of 'Employer liabilities' and complete the following details:

1. Select the appropriate liability category from the drop down list.
2. Enter the liability amount to be applied per pay run. You can choose to enter a fixed dollar amount, or a percentage of gross.
3. Enter any notes if you want the employee to see them on their pay slip.
4. Enter the date the liability is to commence.
5. Choose when this liability should cease (a specific end date, never or once a particular dollar amount has been reached).
6. Click on 'Save'.

An example of an Employer Liability is as follows:

Now, the next time you create a pay run that includes this employee, the employer liability will be automatically added:

If you wish to edit a recurring employer liability after it has been created, click on its name in the list of employer liabilities that has been assigned to this employee. You'll be able to edit any details of that liability (apart from the liability category).

If you wish to delete a recurring liability, click the red X on the right hand side of its entry.

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