How do I set up shift loadings?

Here’s a step-by-step guide to setting up shift loadings:

Go to Payroll Categories and click the Wages tab.
Click New to create a new wages category for each shift loading, typing ‘Saturday Loading’, ‘Sunday Loading’ and so on as the Wages Name.
If the loading is the same dollar value for all employees, select Hourly as the Type of Wages and enter the amount of the loading as the Fixed Hourly Rate.
If the loading varies depending on the age and grade of each employee, select Salary as the Type of Wages.
Click Employee to select those employees that receive this shift loading.
Go to the Standard Pay for each employee (found on the Payroll Details tab of their card).
If you set up shift loadings to be Hourly, then simply record ‘1’ in the Hours column (or ‘2’ if you pay fortnightly).
If you set up shift loadings to be Salary, then enter the correct amount in the Amount field.
With this setup complete, you should find that shift loadings come up automatically when you go to process your employee pays.

Advanced tip: Shift Loadings and Superannuation

In almost all awards, shift loadings are considered part of ordinary time earnings and are subject to superannuation. Overtime, however, is not.

The contents from this page are taken from Making the Most of MYOB Payroll, 2nd edition, by Veechi Curtis, available online for only $19.95