Sage 50 Payroll
Record Employee Absences
When an employee is absent from work you can record details of their absence in their employee record. Statutory Sickness (SSP) and Parental Leave (SHPP) can also be entered via Leave Payments.
Enter absence from the employee record
- Double-click on the required employee then click the Absence
- Click Diary Entry then enter the absence details in the boxes provided.
- Click OK then click Save then click Close.
Enter absence from the Enter Payments option
- Select the required employee, then click Payroll.
- Click Enter Payments then click the SSP/Parental Leave
- Select the first date of absence then hold down the left mouse button and drag to the last absence date.
- Right-click the selected date range and then select the required absence type.
- Enter the required information.
- To record sickness click Record SSP then complete the Quick SSP window as required.
- To record sickness shared parental leave, click Record ShPP then complete the required dates.
- Click OK then continue processing payroll as normal.
Delete an absence from the employee record
If you have not updated the period, you can delete the absence entry from the employee’s record. If you have already updated the period, you need to rollback to remove the entry and correct a previous payroll run.
- Double-click the require employee(s), then click the Absence tab.
- Select the dates that you want to delete.
- Right-click then select None.
If you would like help with entering SSP and or ShPP absences or need any other help or advice with your payroll, please contact us
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