Business Details

The Business Details screen holds the general company information and basic system settings. You can access this screen from the payroll dashboard by clicking on Payroll Settings > Details (listed under the Business Settings screen).

An explanation of each field is explained below:

• Business Name: This is the name that will be shown throughout the system and does not have to be the company name.
• Legal Name: This is the company name that employs the staff, ie the employing entity. Ensure the name is entered correctly as it will be shown on employee pay slips, email notifications and so forth.  If there is more than one employing entity set up in the business, the other entities can be setup via the Employing Entities screen.
• NZBN: This is the NZ Business Number that applies to the legal name entered above. You will not able to save the business details if the NZBN entered is invalid.
• Contact Name: The name entered here would be the company representative and the name that would appear on the Annual Earnings Certificates.
• Contact Email Address: All system generated email notifications (leave, expenses, rostering, etc) will be sent from the email listed on the business details page, with the exception of pay slips (if there is a different email set up on the pay slips page). If the email listed here is using a restricted email domain the notifications will be sent from noreply@nzpayroll.co.nz. The reason for this is, due to the sensitive nature of payroll information that will potentially be sent from these email addresses and the likelihood of the emails being treated as spam, we have placed restrictions on the email domains we will allow and therefore what emails can be entered in this field. More information can be found here. 
• Contact Phone Number: Optional field.
• Contact Fax Number: Optional field.
• Standard Hours Per Day: This is used to predict leave and leave estimates for employees. Additionally, this number is used when calculating an employee's OWP/AWE when paying annual holidays. 
• External ID: Optional field. This field is relevant if the business is using an external system to capture payroll data and thereby need to map the code used from such external system.
• Allow SMS notifications: Tick this checkbox to allow the system to send sms notifications to employees relating to pay slips and rostered shifts. Sms notifications will then only be sent if the employee notification settings are set as "sms", that is sms notifications will not be sent out automatically once this checkbox is ticked. Please note that there is a fee associated with sending sms notifications. Details on pricing can be found via the Subscriptions screen. Additionally, messages that contain more than 70 characters will be treated as a second text and charged accordingly.
• Default KiwiSaver employer contribution: By default, employers must contribute a minimum 3% to their eligible employees KiwiSaver. Additionally, when adding a new eligible employee to the system, the default employer contribution rate will be 3% - if the employer chooses to contribute a higher amount, a manual override is required. There may be businesses who have agreed to contribute a higher employer contribution rate to their eligible employees. In this scenario, employers can choose to set a different contribution rate (cannot be less than 3%) and set that as the default contribution rate. By overriding the 3% value in this field and setting a new default employer contribution rate, any new employee set up in the system thereafter via the employee wizard will have the new default employer contribution rate apply to their profile. To update the rate in this field, simply enter the new default rate and click on 'Save'. If there are existing employees already set up in the system, the following modal will appear:

  

  If you click on 'Yes', all existing eligible employees will have their KiwiSaver employer contribution rate updated to the new default employer contribution rate. When you click on 'Yes', then click on 'Save' and the new default contribution rate will be updated as will the employer contribution rate for all existing eligible employees. The new contribution rate will be applied in the subsequent created pay run created for any affected employee. If you clicked 'Yes' in error and prior to clicking on 'Save', you have the chance to cancel your option by clicking on 'Cancel', as follows: 

   

  If you don't want the new default employer contribution rate to apply to existing eligible employees, click on 'No' in the "Update existing employees" modal. Then click on 'Save' to just update the default employer contribution rate field.