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How to process holiday pay using the Holiday Tracking and Accrual feature

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Summary

This guide explains how to process employee holiday pay in Sage Payroll.

Description

It's quick and easy to process your employees' holiday pay. Let's take a look.

Resolution

  1. On the menu bar, click Processing then click Time and Pay.
  2. Under Entry mode, select Random then click Continue.
  3. Next to the Employee box, click browse and click the relevant employee.
  4. Under Pay periods, in the Hol. Periods box, enter the number of periods the employee is on holidays for. Based on the value you enter in this box, Sage Payroll automatically allocates the correct insurance weeks and tax credits to your employee.
  5. Click the Holidays/Absence tab, then complete the following information:

    Full time salary-paid employee

    Holidays taken this period (Days) Enter the number of holiday days the employee is taking this period.
    Holidays due this year (Days) To view a detailed breakdown of the employee's holiday values to date, click Show Details.

    Full time hourly-paid employee

    Holidays taken this period (Hours) Enter the number of holiday hours the employee is taking this period.
    Holidays due this year (Hours) To view a detailed breakdown of the employee's holiday values to date, click Show Details.

    Part time employee

    Employee has worked at least 117 hours in the last calendar month Select either Yes or No.
    Holidays taken this period (Days) Enter the number of holiday days the employee is taking this period.
    Holidays due this year (Days) To view a detailed breakdown of the employee's holiday values to date, click Show Details.
  6. Click the Data Entry tab, then enter any additional pay details you want to record for this employee.
  7. Check that all payment and deduction values are correct. If not, edit as required.
  8. Click Save.
  9. Repeat steps 3 to 8 for all employees you want to record holiday pay for this period, then click Cancel.