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AU Payroll - New Employee - Online Commencement Forms

Ability to send and generate online commencement forms from Xero Payroll.

Purpose: Employees can complete and submit their own online commencement forms, rather than having to ask the employers to submit it.

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In discovery  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded  · 

Hi everyone, we're looking into this idea as part of research our teams are doing on managing employees, particularly looking at our customer's experiences onboarding new hires and setting them up in payroll.

Knowing the interest from our community in this here, we wanted to share an opportunity to get involved.

If you'd be willing to take part, our teams will be scheduling sessions which will be about 60 minutes via video call.

You can share your interest by taking a few minutes to fill in this form ✍️ - We really appreciate your time.

Thanks, and I'll make sure to share any outcomes from this discovery back with you all here.

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  • Katy Sykes commented  ·   ·  Report

    I just switched from MYOB and can't believe XERO doesn't have this feature. Going back in time with manual forms :(

  • Lauren Horne commented  ·   ·  Report

    All other major packages allow this feature. A big shortcoming of Xero Payroll.

  • Tim Stone commented  ·   ·  Report

    A great feature idea that is on the roadmap for development in our businesses' back office systems. It would be a huge advantage if it were offered as a feature of Xero instead of needing to develop it specifically for our own use.

    a lot of comments RE MYOB offering this feature. Maybe after around 10 years of Xero use it is time to return to or at least review what the competition has on offer?

  • Emma Rosenblatt (Accounts) commented  ·   ·  Report

    This would be such a great feature! I have made our company our own to help our new employees get set up in the meantime. Most people have phones now so the document I made is all digital making it a very easy process.

    However, this would be more beneficial to have on Xero's behalf and maybe a bit easier. At the moment many employees are overwhelmed by all the apps they need to download and we do not really appreciate having to ask them to download everything....Xero me, Xero verify, Xero projects, Xero Expenses...it is a lot and can be very confusing in the set up stage.

  • Pina Micali commented  ·   ·  Report

    Come on Xero. You have the XeroMe app, so this should of been part of that release. This is an essential part of payroll these days.

  • Debbie Pollard commented  ·   ·  Report

    New employees | Australian Taxation Office (ato.gov.au) - Employer software linking to forms in myGov

    The specifications are now available for software developers to build services that link your software to the online commencement forms. Check with your software provider to find out if this service will be offered.
    With this service, you can allow your employees to access the ATO online services form through their own payroll software or onboarding solution. They would:
    • only be able to access these forms from the link you give them
    • need a myGov account linked to ATO online services.
    On the ATO online services screen, your employee can:
    • view pre-filled information about their tax affairs (for example, residency status or education loans)
    • see information related to their superannuation, including their existing funds and your default fund
    • complete and submit the employee commencement forms to us.
    Once the form is submitted, your payroll software will request the information from us through SBR2-enabled software. The information we give you will include the employee's tax file number, residency status, tax free threshold, Medicare levy details and chosen super fund.

  • Katrina Dingley commented  ·   ·  Report

    Another very small reason I am shifting to back to MYOB after only using Xero for less than a year after taking a job using it.

  • Tracy Sant commented  ·   ·  Report

    Sick to death of not being able to read employees handwriting and or missing info, an onboarding feature would be much appreciated asap.

  • Abhilash Bagaria commented  ·   ·  Report

    hi, Can I have option to send a link to my employees for onboarding, the link will be used to fill tax, super and bank details and reduce the work for admin. Can this be done? I used to use MYOB and they have this facility. Can this be provided. It is hard to us to fill these details as we hire 2-3 staff daily. Also, is it possible to do payroll for more than 200 people? as this is what we will be planning to do in next 3-4 months.
    If this can't be facilitates, please let us know so we stay with MYOB. Thanks

  • Simone Black commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is something that should have already been implemented. MYOB already have this feature and definitely something that should be a given to implement. Would certainly be an awesome feature. The amount of time wasted trying to get new employment forms and processing manually is a killer!

  • Rowena Bowes commented  ·   ·  Report

    This will be fantanstic. At the moment we have to use another app. Thereafore staff members have to familiar with two apps. Not using the apps often they are not familiar and and keen to use the app. Pleae add onboarding to you r payroll feature......

    MYOB has it!

    Don't let MYOB be the leader......................

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