Join us on for a special festive webinar, covering themes such as:
- Advancing pay
- Bonus payments
- Taking on seasonal staff
- and advancing your holiday year
This webinar has now taken place but a recording is now available:
Open webinar recordings
Slides from the session:
Festive payroll 2022.pdf
Recent Q&A
| Question | Answer | Article link |
| You have just mentioned that you are moving everyone to the Sage HR online services. Please advise (a) when this will have and (b) what are the differences between what we are currently using and the HR online services? | All users except accountants using the Online Bureau service will be migrated to Sage HR Online services. You will be notified if you're affected by email in advance of the date this will happen. Differences between the online services can be found in our help centre | Open the Help Centre |
| Are we able to stop showing holiday balances on payslips (online ones) in 2023 as we are changing our way of processing? | If you are using Sage HR online services for the online payslips then you can do this by going to online services settings and click on step 6. We are moving everyone over to Sage HR online services so if you are using the previous portal then this will be available to you soon. | N/A |
| One of our companies has a long term person on SSP so if i advance pay 1wk everyone else excluding them, then run 1 wk then run the next for the SSP person does that mean I'm sending 3 x FPS's? | You would send an FPS for the earliest pay date which will cover all payments for employees with advance pay. you'd then submit FPS for each seperate period for the employee on long term SSP for the pay dates they are being paid early for. | N/A |
| Just to clarify if pay day usually the last day of the month but paying a week early . Still use 31/12/2022 on the FPS & process date)? | That's exactly right. You'd still use your regular pay date for your process date, so it's submitted in your FPS and shown on your payroll reports, but give the employees their pay early on the agreed pay date. This ensures that UC claims are not adversely affected. | N/A |
| This is more a general question but do you have any procedures for holiday calculations for casual staff i.e. variable hours each week/month? | This is quite a complex area and as such I'd recommend that you check the guidance from ACAS regarding holiday pay and entitlement for employees without fixed hours. We do have calculated holiday schemes but they may or may not be suitable for your needs. | Open the Knowledgebase article |