Configuring the payroll calendar
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Go to the Company menu.
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Select Payroll Calendar
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Select into the grid to enter a period's start date.
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The subsequent Start and End dates will automatically be populated from the first entry to the end of the year.
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If you start using the payroll software part-way through the year, you can configure the calendar from that point.
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he payroll calendar in IRIS Earnie is used to tell the system the work period covered in your tax weeks / months. This information is required for both AE and statutory payments.
If the message is prompting you to complete the payroll calendar for a pay frequency you do not use it is likely that you have an employee set to the wrong pay frequency. Check the employee records under the “Period” to ensure that all employees are set to the correct pay pattern.
Completing the payroll calendar
The Payroll Calendar allows you to define the start and end date for each work period in the year. The calendar gives you options for monthly, weekly, two weekly, four weekly and quarterly.
The payroll calendar links with Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay in order to calculate the correct weeks to be paid in the payroll run.
You can enter the start and end dates to the calendar at any time but the data must be completed before creating a new statutory payment record or configuring auto enrolment.
I.e. if a monthly paid employee is starting on SMP, the monthly calendar tab will need to be completed before setting up the statutory payment.
Once you have entered a period’s start date, the subsequent start and end dates will automatically be populated from the first entry to the end of the year.
It is not possible to miss out any dates e.g. if the end of month 1 is set to 30th April the beginning of month 2 must be 1st May.