Pre-Payroll finalisation checklist

To make sure that your pay run is as accurate as possible, we have created this list of steps to follow when getting ready to finalise your payslips for a specific period:

• Check if the devices have been synchronised

• Check if there are any employees that are not in a pay run.

• Add employees to a Pay Run (if applicable).

• Check for missing Employee Personal Information and add it.

• Create rate overrides for new employees (if applicable).

• Remove terminated employees from a Pay Run (if applicable).

• Check the Employee overview report for any exceptions.

  • Process any leave on the overview report that is needed.

  • Check for any long term leave.

  • Check for any Overtime/Short time adjustments.

  • Check if any clock in's or outs are missing.

• Add any once off payments or deductions to employees.

• Load any loans or savings not yet loaded.

• Pay out leave for terminated employees (if applicable).

• Terminate employees (if applicable).

• Go through pay run health checks.

• Generate reports.

• Generate the payslips.

• Generate the bank transfer file.

• Finalise the Pay Run.

• Generate the EMP201 and UIF Declaration.

Check if the devices have been synchronised.

Your payroll is heavily reliant on the synchronized hours from either clocking devices that you use. It is always best to make sure that your devices have all sync'd before continuing with the payroll. To see when your devices last sync'd, navigate to Manage>Devices. If your devices have not sync'd within the last hour please check the below factors:

• Is your device's Wi-Fi connection that the device(s) are currently connected to.

Kindly refer to this section to see more details regarding how to add and manage your devices.

Check if there are any employees that are not in a pay run.

Employees can quickly and easily be added to the system at any time and they will be clocking in and out without the payroll administrator necessarily knowing that they have been added. It is essential that you keep up to date with new employees to make sure that they are included in your pay runs and that they get paid correctly. The easiest way to check if there are any employees loaded that are not in a pay run is by following the below steps:

1. Navigate to Payroll.

2. Select Employees.

3. Click on Filters.

4. Click on Pay run templates.

   1. Select the blank option:

      

      Filter for no Pay Run Templates
   2. Any employee that does not have a resigned icon (the yellow triangle) on the left hand side should be moved into a pay run in order to get paid this period.

      

      Check for any employees without the yellow triangle

Add employees to a Pay Run (if applicable).

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to add the employees.

Check for missing Employee Personal Information and add it.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to download the EPI sheet, what information needs to be in each field and how to import the sheet back into the system.

Employee details can also be added to individual employees, refer to this section for the steps.

Create rate overrides for new employees (if applicable).

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to override an individual employees rate.

Remove terminated employees from a Pay Run (if applicable).

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to remove employees from a pay run.

Check the Employee overview report for any exceptions.

Add any once off payments or deductions to employees.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to add and remove templates to employees either individually or in bulk.

You can also refer to this section that will help you to import templates and values.

Load any loans or savings not yet loaded.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to add loans.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to add loans.

Resign employees (if applicable).

Please refer to this section to resign and schedule leave pay outs for employees

Go through the pay run health checks.

Please refer to this section that will take you through the multiple pay run issues and what the possible solutions will be.

Generate reports.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to generate your basic payroll reports.

Generate the payslips.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to generate the payslips.

Generate the bank transfer file.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to generate the bank transfer file.

Finalise the Pay Run.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to finalise the pay run.

Generate the EMP201 and UIF Declaration.

Kindly refer to this section in our help file that will assist you with the steps to generate your Statutory reports.