Payroll Platform Update
Qualifying Earnings Enhancements
Employment Hero has released a series of enhancements to qualifying earnings (QE) calculations across the payroll platform. These updates are for 26/27 FY dated pay runs onwards and improve accuracy for superannuation guarantee (SG) calculations, redundancy payments, and API support for under-18 employee scenarios. Here are the key changes:
Deduction categories – Impact on SG calculations options updated
- The options within the “Impact on SG Calculations” setting on deduction categories have been renamed and expanded. The available options are now No Impact or Reduces Ordinary Time Earnings / Qualifying Earnings.
- When a deduction is set to Reduces Ordinary Time Earnings / Qualifying Earnings, this flows through to the pay run – the deduction will be excluded from qualifying earnings and will also reduce the SG component accordingly. This supports scenarios where a deduction should not form part of qualifying earnings.
Learn more about Deduction categories here: Setting up Deductions
Redundancy payments – Second Type R line is now supported
- With this update, users can add a second Type R line specifically for Lump Sum D, and can select whether that line should attract super.
- When reported, the Lump Sum D component (PILON) will have super applied automatically and will be reported as qualifying earnings in line with ATO guidelines.
Learn more about Redundancy payments – Second Type R line here: How do I process type r and type 0 employment termination payments?
Under-18 employees – Qualifying earnings override is now available via API
- We previously released the ability for users to manually override qualifying earnings in non-weekly pay runs for under-18 employees via the UI. This was introduced to account for the system’s limitations in accurately calculating qualifying earnings across fortnightly and monthly pay frequencies.
- This functionality has now been extended to the API, enabling integration partners to incorporate the qualifying earnings override into their own systems and workflows.
For more information on the API references please contact support.
New Timesheet Report export options: Break timestamps and paid/unpaid breakdown
The Timesheet Report now includes two new opt-in export options, giving you greater visibility over break time directly from your existing report.
What’s new:
- Tick Include break start/end times to add exact break timestamps to your CSV or Excel export – Break 1 Start Time, Break 1 End Time, and so on for each break in the shift.
- Tick Show paid/unpaid break breakdown to replace the single Break Duration column with separate Paid Break Duration and Unpaid Break Duration columns, plus a Total Duration column showing the full shift span.
- Both options are off by default – your existing reports and Report Packs are unchanged until you choose to enable them.
For more information, see Timesheets Report