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The Joint Labour Committee (JLC) feature

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Summary

This guide give you the simple steps of how to enable The Joint Labour Committee feature in Sage Payroll.

Description

You can use the new JLC feature to comply with the statutory minimum rates of hourly pay for workers in the Retail, Grocery and Allied Trades category.

These rates were agreed by a Joint Labour Committee (JLC) and are contained in employment regulation orders made by the Labour Court.

NOTE:  The JLC feature requires a change to your licence before you can activate it. Contact support for more information.

Resolution

To use this feature, please follow the below steps:

Enabling the JLC feature
  1. Company/Payroll > JLC Rates of Pay Compliance > select Use Joint Labor Committee (JLC) Minimum Rates Compliance feature > OK.
  2. If you want to use this feature for all new employees > select Turn on this feature for all new employees.
JLC batch set up
  1. Company/Payroll > JLC Rates of Pay Compliance > JLC Employee Batch Setup.
  2. In the Use JLC column > select the employees to use the JLC feature with > Save.
To set up an individual employee
  1. Edit Employees > JLC > select Include Employee in JLC > select an Industry.
  2. Select Class of Worker > enter the Date of Birth > enter Start Date > enter Previous Years Experience > Save. The JLC hourly rate updates automatically.
To view the JCL report
  1. Reports > Payroll Reports.
  2. Employee > select JLC > Preview / Print.