Generally, there is no need to export timesheets for salaried staff as most payroll software does not require a timesheet to calculate pay for salaried staff.
Salaried employees can still use Tanda like any other employee.
The main benefits of having your salaried employees use Tanda are:
Accurate roster and timesheet costs for reporting in Tanda
Making it easier to manage leave (leave will export even if you don't export timesheets for salaried staff)
Recording the worked hours of salaried employees is a requirement under many awards
Payroll Setup
In your payroll software, you should have your salaried staff set up with a recurring payment. In Xero, this is done on their Pay Template by entering an Annual Salary and Hours, and in MYOB this is done through Standard Pay.
To learn about how this is done in Tanda Payroll, please see our help guide Pay Salaried Staff Using Autopaid Earnings Templates.
Tanda Setup
In the Pay Conditions tab in the employee profile, enter the Salary amount in the Annual Salary field:
If you’re using a Tanda Managed Award Template
Choose the Award and change the Employment Type to Salaried:
Note:
Salaried staff shouldn’t have an hourly rate. It is recommended to leave this blank.
Salaried employees also don't need a classification/Level. Adding a Classification or Level will assign an hourly rate.
If you’re not using a Tanda-Managed Award Template:
If you don't use our managed templates and use custom rules instead, you will need to create a custom tag and rule.
You can create a tag called 'Salaried' to classify these staff. This can be done under Compliance > Customise your Setup > Classification Tags > Manage > Create a new award tag.
Once you’ve created the tag, you can create a Custom Award Rule for them to ensure that their timesheet hours can’t be exported. Under a managed template, this is called the ‘9.99 Salary’ rule.
When creating the rule, you’ll just need to make sure the setting ‘Do not export this to Payroll’ option is ticked in Step 4:
This will make sure the timesheet hours can’t be exported to payroll, and it is only the preset earnings (and other configured rules, leave or allowances) that come through to the payslip.
Timesheets
To generate timesheets for salaried staff, they will still need to clock in and out for their shifts, just like non-salaried staff.
If your salaried staff are under our managed templates, their worked hours will not be exported to your payroll software. This is intentional, as we do not want to override any pay templates they may have set up there. However, any leave hours and applicable allowances will still be exported.
Costing in Timesheets and Reports
To determine how the Salary will be distributed in the timesheet, you can choose the Salary Allocation Method in All Settings > General Settings:
To learn more about the calculation and allocation method, please see How are salaries calculated?