Employment Hero Product Updates 27 03 25
Here are some exciting product enhancements, payroll updates, and service improvements—all designed to help you get the most out of HR and Payroll.
New Feature: Automation of Public Holiday Not Worked for Auto-Paid Employees | Available Now
This new feature streamlines payroll processing by automatically separating Public Holiday Not Worked earnings for auto-paid employees in both pay runs and payslips—saving time and reducing manual work for payroll administrators.
Key highlights:
- Automatic Processing: Public Holiday Not Worked is automatically paid to eligible auto-paid employees, whether or not timesheets are used (timesheets for exceptions only). The calculation is based on the public holidays for the state of the employee’s primary location.
- Employee-Level Configuration: A new setting in Employee Settings allows you to enable or disable this feature for each eligible employee.
- Eligibility: This feature is not available for employees linked to awards, employment agreements, pay rate templates, rule sets, or those using Split by Location/Dimension. Employees who submit timesheets for all worked hours are also ineligible.
- New Pay Category: A dedicated pay category—Public Holiday Not Worked—has been introduced for easier reporting.
- Leave Without Pay (LWOP) Scenarios: If an auto-paid employee is on LWOP during a public holiday, the holiday will automatically be excluded from pay—no need to manually reverse it.
Learn more about this feature here.
Contractor Management Enhancements | Release Date: March 31, 2025
Managing contractors just got easier with a suite of new features built to simplify setup and ensure compliance.
- Contractor Wizard: A streamlined wizard helps administrators easily create and onboard contractors directly within the platform
- Tax Withholding Support: Automatic tax calculations for contractor payments ensure compliance and reduce manual entry errors.
- Superannuation: Super guarantee settings and calculations can now be applied to contractors where applicable.
- GST Handling:
- A new system pay category, GST, calculates Goods and Services Tax automatically on contractor payments.
- A GST Exempt option is now available in both new and existing pay categories to exclude specific payments from GST when needed.
Need assistance on any of these new features? Our team is here to help! Reach out anytime for support. Call us on 1300 720 767 or email support@pbt.net.au.