Pay and Benefits - Managers and Controllers

The Pay page shows the current pay deal for each employee (employees without pay records don't show up in this list).

The dataset is filterable using the drop-down lists at the top of the page, and the number of records shown can be configured as required.

Documents and Notes can be added against each employee's pay deal using the buttons on the right. The Actions button opens a menu for each employee, which allows new pay deals to be added, existing deals to be edited, and older deals to be deleted.

Alongside the specific entries per employee, the Pay offers some functionality for import/export and bulk updating of pay deals.

• Import pay records: this button will open the Import pay records page
• Export: this button will export all users' current pay records
• Bulk pay deal: this button will open the Bulk update function where the process is managed through steps of:
  1. Select employees using an OmniBox
  2. Specify the date the deal is to become active, the pay period, and whether the change is to a fixed value or a percentage change, along with any notes that will be attached to the pay deal for each employee affected
  3. A confirmation page provides a summary of the affected employees, their previous salary, and the proposed new one. At this point, if the employee list is incorrect, you can go back using the Previous button and remove employees from the list. When all is as it should be click Assign pay deal, or Cancel as needed.

As with other myhrtoolkit import functions, this is a simple process where a template spreadsheet is downloaded, containing pre-populated information; that spreadsheet is then filled in with the required pay information and is finally uploaded back into myhrtoolkit

The pay template file

There is a choice of downloading either a file containing all employees, or a file of just those without any pay information. The structure of both files is the same.

After downloading a template file, click the Next > button for a page of instructions about how to fill in the spreadsheet, formats, which columns are editable, optional, etc.

The upload

When the template file is filled in, either click through to the next page, or if returning to upload use the Skip to upload file > button on the first step.

Use the Upload file button to select the file. On processing the file, a confirmation page shows a subset of the new data, and if this appears to be correct click the Confirm and import button.

To use the payroll export function, use the dropdown selectors at the top of the page to filter the dataset down to the records required, then click the Export button on the right. You may be prompted to provide a filename and location, and a CSV file will be generated and saved.

The PAYE page shows the details held about each employee where a PAYE record has been assigned. If there are employees for whom a record hasn’t been assigned, they will not appear in the table. These missing records can be assigned using the Bulk assign PAYE button.

Myhrtoolkit conforms to the latest PAYE classifications used by HMRC in the UK. For guidance about classifications, please consult HMRC or an accountant.

PAYE records

In myhrtoolkit, PAYE records hold the HMRC classification, and any additional documents you may wish to assign to an individual employee's record.

Updating or deleting records is done using the Actions buttons on the right of an employee's row.

Bulk assigning PAYE records

If a large number of employees need to have their records updated, it may be convenient to use the Bulk assign PAYE button on the top right.

Bulk assign is a three stage process:

1. Select the employees who will be affected by the change
2. Select the classification they will be assigned
3. Confirm the changes by clicking the Assign PAYE button

By default, for security and privacy, bank details are obfuscated. Individual details may be revealed using the eye icon in the relevant row. The details can be hidden again by a further click.

Adding bank details

Using the Add bank details button in the top right of the page will open a two-step process of selecting an employee then inputting their bank details. This new information will then be added to the employee's record.

Editing bank details

By clicking the Actions button on the right-hand side of an employee’s row and selecting ‘Edit bank details’, the employee’s bank details can be updated as required.

Details can also be deleted by pressing the Actions button and selecting Delete bank details.

This page is only accessible to Controllers. The Define benefits page shows the existing benefits registered. Employee and management documents for each benefit can be viewed, benefits edited, and the recipients of the benefit seen.

From left to right, a benefit's row shows

• The current status of the benefit
• The name of the benefit - clicking on the name will show which employees are in recipt of the benefit
• Employee documents, with an indication of how many documents are stored
• Management documents, with an indication of how many documents are stored
• An Actions button with a context-sensitive pop-up menu

Adding a new benefit

Click Add benefit in the top right of the page, this will open the new benefit page.

Upon filling in the title and description, and adding files as needed, click the Add benefit button in the bottom right of this page. The new benefit will appear alongside the existing benefits on the main page.

Actions

The pop-up menu of available actions changes depending on whether a benefit has any employees assigned to it.

If the benefit has employees assigned to it, the menu options are:

• View assigned employees: Shows which employees are in receipt of the benefit
• Edit: Allows the benefit details to be edited
• Archive: Removes the benefit from being assignable to employees 

If the benefit has nobody assigned to it, an additional fourth action is available, allowing you to delete the benefit, removing it from the system

The Assign benefits page shows employees, the benefits assigned to them, and an Actions option for editing assignments. The view is filterable, by standard myhrtoolkit dropdown menus of Location, Department, etc., but also by Benefit.

Assigning benefits

The simplest method of assigning benefits is via the Bulk assign benefit button in the top right of the page.

• This four step process starts using an OmniBox to select employees.
• In the second step type into the selection box the benefit you wish to assign. As you type, suggestions of existing benefits in the system will be shown in a menu. When a selection has been made, any employees in the currently selected list who already have the benefit assigned will be shown, and not include in the update.
• The third step is where dates can be assigned. All the employees selected will be assigned the benefit for the time period, as specified here.
• The fourth stage is a simple confirmation. When ready use the Assign benefit button to confirm and assign.

Note – familiarity with this procedure's behaviour will help with almost all aspects of the benefit assignment functions.

Individual benefits

Clicking the ‘Edit assigned benefits’ button to the right of an employee shows the benefits assigned to them. Using the Actions button on this new page allows you to edit or delete the employee’s assigned benefits.

The Add Benefit button in the top right allows a benefit to be added, and follows a subset of the pattern used in the Bulk assign benefit procedure mentioned above.

Editing benefits

Back at the main Assign benefits page, each benefit name is also a link which, when clicked, will list all the employees you manage that have the selected benefit assigned to them, along with the details of the benefit’s assignation. Using the Actions link at the right hand side of a row, the dates of the assignment of the benefit can be edited and updated.

There is also a button at the top right of the page, Bulk assign this benefit, which operates in a similar matter to the Bulk assign benefit procedure above.