Create an unpaid leave wage category

1. Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Categories to open the Payroll Category List window.
2. On the Wages tab, click New.
3. Give the new category a name, such as Unpaid Annual Leave.
4. Select Hourly as the Type of Wages (regardless of whether your employees are on a salary or paid hourly).
5. Choose the applicable ATO Reporting Category. If unsure what to choose, check with the ATO or your accounting advisor. Learn about assigning ATO reporting categories for Single Touch Payroll reporting.
6. Select the option Fixed hourly rate of and leave the rate as $0.0000
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7. Click Employee to select the employee taking the unpaid leave.
8. Click OK then click OK again to save the new wage category.
   
   

Record unpaid leave

When you process the employee's pay, record the number of unpaid hours taken against the Unpaid Leave wage category you created above.

Depending on how much of the pay period is unpaid, you'll also need to modify other amounts on the employee's pay.

Like all payroll categories and amounts in the employee's pay, unpaid leave will also appear on the pay slip.

Track how much unpaid leave has been taken

To see how many hours of unpaid leave has been taken by an employee, run the Payroll Activity (Detail) report (Reports > Index to Reports > Payroll > Employees > Activity Detail).

You can specify a date range for the report and filter it for one or more employees.