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Payroll Terminology

This article goes into more details around understanding sections of the payroll cost centre

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Choosing EBA TYPE

Select the relevant enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) or trade agreement that applies to your employee's payroll. This ensures the correct pay rates, allowances, and conditions are applied based on the specific terms of the agreement.


Set Start-Point Shift Configurations

Use the scroll bar to select where your employee’s pay starts for shifts at the depot and site. This will determine the starting point for calculating their pay.


Set Week Breakdown

Select the billing schedule for your days, specifying when your weekend begins and ends.


Shift Split Rate Options

Split shifts occur when the night shift overlaps with the day shift, or when the day shift extends into the night.


Night Rule

Hours are calculated as the first 8.00 hours at Night Ordinary (1.5x rate), followed by any remaining hours at Night Overtime (2x rate).

  • No: All night shifts will be considered regular night shifts.

  • Yes: If five consecutive nights are worked within a pay period, they will be classified as five-night shifts. Shifts that occur on weekdays will automatically be set as night shifts if there have been five consecutive shifts that started after 6:00 PM during the week.


Leading Hand Allowance

If selected, employee team hand allowances will be included in pay runs. You can adjust the maximum team size for allowances, with a limit of 4.

The team leader is counted as part of the maximum team size. In other words, the 'maximum team size' includes the team leader.


Set Travel Options

Review the options to determine who qualifies for a travel allowance, including both drivers and non-drivers.


Set Distance Conditions

If enabled, travel time will apply if a person travels beyond the distance specified in the 'Distance threshold (KMs)' field.


Set First Aid Allowance

Select whether and how first aiders will receive allowances.


Set Meal Allowance

If you toggle the meal allowance, set the hour thresholds for the first and second meal allowances. If no second meal allowance is applicable, leave the second threshold at 0.

You can also set the number of hours that must be worked in a shift before a meal allowance is granted. If the second meal allowance threshold is met, two meal allowances will be provided. The second threshold must be greater than the first one to be valid; any lesser value will be ignored.


Minimum Hours

When minimum hours are applied, the worker's calculated shift will not be shorter than the specified minimum. Extra time will be calculated as if the shift had been extended, and this takes precedence over a four-hour minimum.

Unless the end time has been manually adjusted, the system will use the manually set end time.


Double Time Overrides

A double-time override will be triggered for any shift that occurs less than 10 hours after a shift lasting at least 8 hours. If selected, the entire shift will be paid at the double-time rate, and no ordinary time will be accrued.


Call-backs

Call back occurs when an employee is asked to return to work after having already finished their shift and gone home for the day. If selected, set the limit for time and a half pay, and any additional time worked beyond that limit will be paid at the double-time rate.


Large Team Overrides

You can set up large overrides for team leaders who receive a higher pay rate based on the size of their team. You can create up to 5 team overrides.


Vehicle Driver Orders

This allows you to adjust the person's pay category if they were the driver of a specific vehicle during a shift.


Ordinary Hours

Select your ordinary hour overrides from the options below:

  • Limit Ordinary Time: By limiting your ordinary overrides, any hours worked beyond the maximum ordinary hours you’ve specified will be paid as overtime.

  • Use Saturday Ordinary Hours: Apply ordinary hour rates to Saturday shifts.

  • Use Sunday Ordinary Hours: Apply ordinary hour rates to Sunday shifts.

  • Use Public Holiday Ordinary Hours: Public holidays can also be set with ordinary hour rates. A weekly limit will affect all ordinary hours worked.


Choose Earning Items

Select the earning items you wish to apply to this cost centre. This will determine the columns visible in pay runs and how Traffio calculates them. Once you sync your cost centre, these earning items will be linked and matched to the rates in your accounting package.


Tax-Free Rate

This lets you modify the person's pay category if they were the driver of a specific vehicle during a shift.


Pay Run Display Options

You can toggle on specialisation and vehicle details to have them displayed during your pay runs.

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