Our payroll is very random, ie different amts to 2 employees at random times (ie when the Co. can afford to pay a payroll. What is the best way to do this?

Hi bronwynnagy,

 

The payroll system is accommodating! Thankfully there are a bunch of ways you tinker and setup employee's settings to get the payroll matching the the company's need.To arrange the unscheduled pay runs for the two employee's you should take a look at options of Manually Adding Employee's and Pay Runs with Empty Pays.

 

Firstly, assuming both Employee's are on the same Pay Schedule e.g. Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, but may not work the same time, you can look at Manually Adding Employee's. You can select this option if you do not want all employees (that are normally included in the pay schedule) to appear and would prefer to manually add employees to the pay run with below steps: 

 

This is assuming if the two employee are on the same Pay Schedule e.g. Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly. If the employee's work different pay schedules you can select here for steps of how to create a new Pay Schedule and apply it to the employees. Bare in mind if you ever need to back date for one employee you can do so by Adjusting the Pay period ending date which can see by the steps below. 

 

Secondly, from the scenario you mentioned the employee's are also receiving different amounts when ever they are able to work. To assist with ensuring you are not constantly removing pre-filled data or pay rates, you can also tick the option of Create pay run with empty pays, hat is, any employee default earnings, standard work hours or pay run inclusions will not appear in the pay run. This option is useful when processing an ad-hoc pay run for adjustments, bonuses, etc and want to start with a blank canvas. You can do this with similar steps below: 

 

 

See how you go with using these options in your current payroll and if you get stuck on any steps you can always contact us here.

 

Thanks,

 

-Steven