Summary
Steps on how to process holiday pay to an employee using Sage 50 Payroll.
Description
When an employee takes annual leave, you can include their holiday pay in their usual salary, or show it separately on their payslip.
Resolution
Set up a holiday payment
Set up a new payment for holiday pay. Use our set up and assign payments article to help you do this.
Using a separate pay element makes it easier to report on how much holiday pay each employee receives.
Process holiday pay
You have two options to pay holiday pay to an employee.
- If you use a Holiday Fund to accrue holiday pay, you can use this to pay your employees when they take holidays instead. Pay holiday fund to an employee
- Or, set up a holiday scheme in payroll. Holiday Schemes
TIP: For help calculating the amount of holiday pay due to your employee, refer to www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights or ACAS Holidays and holiday pay.