How to change pay elements for multiple employees in Sage 50 Payroll.
Sage 50 Payroll contains a Global Changes option, which you can use to make amendments to a group of employee records, rather than having to amend each record individually.
Change the default rate of a payment
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Change Rates.
- Make the required changes then click OK then click Yes.
Change the default hours of a payment
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Change Hours.
- Make the required changes then click OK then click Yes.
Change the default multiplier of a payment
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Change Multipliers.
- Make the required changes then click OK then click Yes.
Add or remove a payment from employees
Add a payment
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Add Payment.
- Click the required payments then click OK then click Yes.
Remove a payment
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Remove Payment.
- Click the required payments then click OK then click Yes.
Set payment 'In Use' flag
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Set Payment In Use Flag.
- Use the dropdown under Name to select the relevant payment.
- Set the In Use column to Yes or No as required.
- Select OK then click Yes.
Set the salary for a group of employees
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Set Salary.
- Click the required payments then click OK then click Yes.
Change the salary details
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Change Salary.
- Click the required payments then click OK then click Yes.
Set or clear the Apply Minimum Wage flag
Set the flag
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Set Apply Minimum Wage Flag.
- Click Yes.
Clear the flag
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Clear Apply Minimum Wage Flag.
- Click Yes.
Set or clear the Apprentice flag
Set the flag
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Set Apprentice Flag.
- Click Yes.
Clear the flag
- On the Employee List, select the required employees.
- Click Tasks then click Global Changes.
- Click Payments then click Clear Apprentice Flag.
- Click Yes.
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