Employee
The Employee Screen lists your current employee's, their roles and the branch they are at.
If you have many employees you can use the search box to find the individual employee you wish to edit. You can simply search in the standard search box or you can tick the box next to search to give you a more detailed search which enables you to search in a specific filed, branch or for a terminated employee.
Once you find the specific staff member you wish to edit, you can double click on them which will bring you into the employee details screen. From this point you have 8 options that can be amended.
Basic Details
This basic details screen gives all the general information about the employee such as name, address & contact details. The information contained on this screen, except for the employee date of birth, cannot be changed, it is read only. The details are populated from the client details in Rego Wizard. If you wish to change the information contained on this screen you will need to go into Rego Wizard, go to the client screen and edit the staff member in question.
Employment
The employment field is where all the general employments details are set.
Start Date |
Select the data the Employee commenced their employment with your company |
Position |
Enter a description of the role the employee performs at your company |
Pay Grade |
Select the pay grade the Employee belongs to from the drop down list. |
Default Cost Centre |
This field will default to what the cost centre is in the pay grade selected. If it is not applicable then it can be changed from the drop down box |
YTD Gross Amount |
This is a read only field that cannot be changed it will display the employee 'current gross year to date wage |
Base Rate |
This field will default to what was set up in the pay grade. If it is not correct manually enter the correct base rate and the amount of time it is applicable for |
Standard Worktime |
Select the Standard working days for the employee. This will default to what was set up in the pay grade. |
Standard Holiday Group |
Select the Standard holiday group for the employee. This will default to what was set up in the pay grade. |
Taxation Tab
Tax Group |
Select the employees Tax Group from the drop down list |
Tax File Number |
Enter the employee's tax file number. This field has a validation rule. If an invalid number is entered, it will not be accepted by the system. |
Extra Tax Amount |
Enter an amount in here if the employee pays an extra tax amount. |
Annual FBT Amount |
Enter the employees annual Fringe Benefit Tax Amount (if applicable) |
YTD Tax Amount |
This is a ready only field that will display the employee's tax that has been paid for the current financial year. |
Superannuation Tab
Contribution Percentage |
This will default to 9% - leave this blank if you wish to use a set amount each period |
Contribution Amount |
Enter a set amount that will be used each pay period. Leave this blank if you are using a set contribution rate |
YTD Amount |
This is a read only field that will display your current year to date contribution amount. |
Retirement Super Fund |
Select the employee's super fund from the drop down list |
Member No |
Enter the super fund member number, as supplied from the employee |
Retirement Threshold Amount |
Superannuation Threshold amount |
Allowance
The "Allowance" screen will display the allowances applicable to the employee. Once a pay grade is selected for the employee, the allowances will default to what was set up in the pay grade. They can be modified from this screen if they are not correct. Below you also have the option to tick the boxes if you wish to have this allowance show on the employee's payslip or if this allowance is subject to tax etc.
Deduction
The deduction screen will display the deductions applicable to the employee. Once a pay grade is selected for the employee, the deductions will default to what was set up in the pay grade. They can be modified from this screen if they are not correct. Again you also have the option to tick the required boxes for this deduction if you wish to have it show on the payslip or is subject to tax etc.
Leave
The leave screen will display the leave applicable to the employee. Once a pay grade is selected for the employee, the leave will default to what was set up in the pay grade. They can be modified from this screen if they are not correct. You will also notice that there is a box you can tick if this employee is subject to Leave Loading.
Banking
The Banking Screen allows you to specify the bank details of the employee and how you pay the employee. If you have entered your employee's bank details into the "Clients" screen in RegoWizard they will be imported into the Eclipse Payroll system.
The above screen shows an allocation of 100%, this means that 100% of this employee's wage is to be deposited into the said bank account.
If your employee has multiple bank accounts in which they are wanting to split their pay into then you will see below how you apply these changes to the employee.
Once you have selected the correct amount/percentage to the main account you need to add in the employee's other bank account that they wish to deposit into.
Enter in the new bank account details and the percentage/amount that you wish to allocate.
Once you have entered in the secondary bank account details and the required percentage/amount, click "Save and Close".
Cost Centre
The cost centre screen allows you to select your pre-defined cost centre that was set up previously. This will default to the cost centre supplied in the Pay Grade. In general, most companies would have only the one cost centre to select from, however this option allows you to split costs into different cost centres/departments if required.
Standard Roster
The "Standard Roster" tab allows you to automatically set up the employee's weekly roster. In the example above you will see that this employee works a standard 38hr week, from Monday to Friday and 5hrs on Saturday at time and a half (1.5).
The "Rate Type" is to be left blank if the rate is normal, however you are able to change to a special rate by left clicking on the drop down box.
Termination
The termination screen is where you enter the termination date and reason of the selected employee. If the employee is still current, leave this screen blank.
To terminate an employee you do this via the "Payrun" screen.