Processing a pay with Workers Compensation

Rather than enter Workers Compensation or WorkCover (SA and QLD) through the Lists menu, you can enter a claim and then just process the pay. By using the Compensation rate you can have Elite Payroll automatically record the details in the Workers Compensation window.

There are three ways to record Workers Compensation or WorkCover payment or claim:

$image\bullet.gif$ Enter a payment or claim through the employee record

$image\bullet.gif$ Enter a payment or claim through the Workers Compensation list

$image\bullet.gif$ Enter a payment when processing a pay. Instructions for this method are covered in this section.

Paying an employee Workers Compensation

1 Choose Prepare Pays from the Activities menu, or click Pays on the toolbar to display the Pays Summary window.

2 Select the employee and then click Activities>Edit Pays. The Pay Details window displays pay details for the employee.

Note You cannot edit a past pay unless the þ Edit Past Pays checkbox has been selected. You also cannot edit a past pay if you have been set up as a user without the rights to edit a past pay.

If the employee is paid using the Spreadsheet method, the Spreadsheet Entry window is displayed. Click the drop-down $image\downarow.gif$ list arrow in the Details column to display the Pay Details window.

3 On the Hours tab, click Insert to insert a compensation payment line.

4 In the Pay Rate column, click the drop-down $image\downarow.gif$ list arrow, and select Compensation.

5 In the Type column, click the drop-down $image\downarow.gif$ list arrow, and select Items.

6 In the Amount column enter the amount of the payment.

7 In the Super column, click the drop-down $image\downarow.gif$ list arrow, and select No.

8 Enter or modify other pay details, if required, and click OK.

9 Process the Pays with the other employee pays.

10 To enter a description of the injury, you'll need to enter the details through the employee record. This can be done before or after the pay is processed.

$image\dash.gif$ From the Lists menu, choose Employees. Select the employee and click Employees>Edit.

$image\dash.gif$ On the Compensation tab, enter their injury details.

$image\dash.gif$ Click OK.