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Absolutely crazy that this is an issue in Xero. Why can't xero accrue leave on all "ordinary earnings" category pay items. Simple!!!! Why this was setup the way it is with only one ordinary earnings category to be able to accrue leave is beyond me. Please fix this!!!

I had a light bulb moment regarding this issue. I have a client that I initially provided with a pre-populated spreadsheet so they could enter the total hours eligible for leave accrual calculations so they could manually enter the hours accrued each pay run (weekly). So frustrating for them!

I thought I could add a new Pay Item to use for the Ordinary earning rate for calculation of leave accruals. I have tested and it works! A few steps to it, but super easy to set up and no more manual calculations necessary - I have written step-by-step instructions for this work around and attached to this comment. Please share any feedback if you see any issues with it :)

pls fix it asap.

Xero, this feature has been requested for a number of years can you please inform us as to when you would be implementing such a need feature for this software.

Why can't you implement a check box to get the software to accrue leave when we choose the "Rate per unit" option like it does with the "multiple of OER"

This is a defect in the current design. I cant believe we have to suggest this as an idea.
This is a critical issue and need to be resolved urgently.
The 'workaround' is completely ludicrous!
To calculate an accrual on ordinary earnings I need to create a new overtime pay item?????
There are other instances where multiple lines calculate correctly (eg Leave, public holidays). It is nonsensical that the calculation is not consistent across all items.
Further, when you add a Pay Item that fits within this defect - you get a "Green - success" message, when Xero knows that is not the case.

I am very surprised that Xero has not resolved this issue already, with all the comments I have been reading. Please put this on the top of your list and lets get this sorted out.

Xero should realise this is a very important issue. The time and effort it takes to manually amend the accrued hours seems such a 'backward' step and errors can be made so easily! Xero was such a forward thinking company with great ideas but now you are slipping behind.
We must have leave accrue for weekend, after hours etc etc etc. It is imperative this be sorted.

If we can simply add more Ordinary Hours under Ordinary earnings rate and all hours worked in Ordinary Hours would accrue leave this would be much simpler than having to setup "multiple Earnings Rate" and having to calc the multiplication for each pay change.
Also creates a problem that we need one Ordinary Hours as a Rate per unit to put in a rate amount, but different staff have different combinations of which ordinary hours used so can't have one main with rate per unit and rest as multiple rate.

I've been asking Xero to fix this exact issue for years. They don't listen and simply say:

"At this stage there is no option to select leave accruals to calculate on hours worked that are not classified as 'Ordinary Time Earnings'."

Very poor if you ask me. I can't imagine how many employers are not aware of this issue in Xero and such their employees leave entitlements are being under accrued.

We need to have the option to select leave accruals to calculate on hours worked that are not classified as 'Ordinary Time Earnings'.

Employees with different pay rates that are not necessarily a specific 'multiple of employee's ordinary earnings rate' still require leave to accrue on these hours - it is too time consuming (and frankly absurd) for employers and bookkeepers to have to calculate these hours manually for each pay run!

We need to have the option to select leave accruals to calculate on hours worked that are not classified as 'Ordinary Time Earnings'.

Employees with different pay rates that are not necessarily a specific 'multiple of employee's ordinary earnings rate' still require leave to accrue on these hours - it is too time consuming (and frankly absurd) for employers and bookkeepers to have to calculate these hours manually for each pay run!

This will a very beneficial update to the system. In many industries people work on a roster, and may have different base rates which are not multiple earnings of each other. Currently we always have to manually calculate the leave accrual amounts for such employees.

This should be a priority for xero. We have to deal with so many different scenarios everyday and something like this should already be in practice! I really would just like the ability to enter a pay rate for a pay item and select that item to accrue leave. Sounds easy enough but I realise lots goes on in the background but we already accrue leave for other items!

I am interested to know why Xero do it this way? It seems a long way around. In MYOB it’s a simple tick on each pay item if leave is to accrue.

Leave accrual should be the default option on all ordinary time earnings, and vary according to the leave assigned to the employee, not the pay item. It would be too easy with the current set up for an employer to trust that the leave is correct, especially for casuals only accruing LSL, and end up in breach of their obligations.

Many businesses work hours at different pay rates to the ordinary hours, but still need to accrue leave on these hours. Currently you can only use the 'Multiple of Ordinary Earnings' option to select to accrue leave on a pay item other than the main Ordinary Hours item. This doesn't always work as the rate is not always a multiple to 2 decimal places, and different staff have different rates, so an item has to set up for each staff member for each different rate. Would be much easier to just select 'Accrue leave on this item' on all pay items.

Currently we have to adjust the leave balances for every employee for every Saturday or Sunday they work and which not overtime so not multiples of their weekly pay rate

Currently the option to " Accrue Leave for this earnings rate" is enabled only when you select " Multiples of an employee's ordinary earnings rate".

Some industry Awards have different pay rates for different days which all apply to an individual employee , so these are all considered " Ordinary Earnings Rates" and should accrue leave

Please enable the "Rate per unit" Type to " Accrue Leave for this earnings rate"

Leave no longer accrues on all pay items unless selected 'Multiple of Employee's Ordinary Earnings Rate'.
Leave needs to be available to accrue on all selected pay items.

I have been requesting this for years!!! Surely it is not that hard Xero to add a payroll item with a $ amount!!