COVID-19 Pay Element for Part-Time Employees

COVID-19 Pay Element for Part-Time Employees

COVID-19 Part Time Employees

Under the COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme or the Short Term Absence Payment, companies are currently subsidised $359.00 per employee per week for part-time employees (who work fewer than 20 hours per week before COVID-19), or the employee's normal salary, whichever is the lesser. 
In order to record the government subsidy payment to employees, you need to use 2 pay elements for the value of the subsidy and for the accrual of leave. 
For more information here: Work and Income Support for Employers 

Set up COVID-19 PT Pay Element

To easily follow any instructions in our Help Guide using this pay element, we recommend you make the Payment Code 'COVID-19 PT' and 'COVID-HRS'  as in the example below.

  1. In iPayroll, select Setup > Pay Elements.
  2. Select the +Add button.
  3. In the Basic Details section, complete as per the screenshot below:
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  4. In the Payment Type section, complete as per the screenshot below:
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  5. Select Save.
  6. The Pay Element is added to the Active Special Payments table.
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  7. Add a new Pay Element COVID-19 HRS
For more information here COVID-19 HRS Leave Accrual Pay Element
To find out how to apply this pay element to a timesheet, so your employee receives the government subsidy, see How do we set up the government subsidy in iPayroll for a part-time employee?.

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