Changing an employee's salary or hourly rate

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Whether it's a pay rise (yay!) or a pay cut (boo..), it's easy to update an employee's details. Follow the same steps for both hourly and salaried employees.

Also, remember that a pay rise might mean the employee is owed back pay.

OK, let's step you through it:

To change an employee's salary or hourly rate

Go to the Payroll menu and choose Employees.
Click the employee's name.
Click the Payroll details tab.
Click the Salary and wages tab.
Change the Annual salary or Hourly rate.
Click Save. The new pay rate will now apply.

FAQs

How do I change an employee from full time, part time or casual?

Changes to working arrangements can be updated in an employee's record. This may include changes to pay rate, hours worked, and entitlements.

If the employee has unpaid leave which needs to be paid out, you'll pay this unused leave the same way you would for processing a final pay. But there may be rules around the payment of unused leave, so check with your accounting advisor if unsure.

You can then update the employee's payroll details to match their new working arrangement. See Adding an employee for help.

Check the rules with an expert

If you're not sure what an employee is entitled to under their new arrangement, in Australia the Fair Work website is a good place to start.

You'll also find lots of experts on our community forum who are happy to provide advice on your situation.

What if I need to change an employee’s pay rate in the middle of a pay cycle?

Consider changing their pay rate at the start of the next pay cycle (week, fortnight, month).

If you do change it during a pay cycle, create a wage pay item called "Old pay rate" or similar.

When you then do your next pay run, edit the employee's pay to:

enter the hours/amount they worked on their old rate against the "Old pay rate" pay item, and
enter the hours/amount they worked on their new rate against the applicable Base hourly or Base salary pay item.

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Adding an employee

Updating an employee's details

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To change an employee's salary or hourly rate

FAQs

How do I change an employee from full time, part time or casual?

What if I need to change an employee’s pay rate in the middle of a pay cycle?

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