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It makes total sense that timesheet hours don't override set amounts in a pay template. It is hard to understand why it was programmed to override. So yes please do correct this. It is of particular importance to a client who has a number of employees with a base salary & variable overtime each fortnight. I would think this is a fairly common scenario. They are presently having to correct manually each pay run.

I have just started using XERO and the idea that something setup in the pay template is overridden by the timesheet seems counter productive and a waste of time, why have a template at all then ?

Yes, absolutely critical for some of our part-time employees who also get called in on casual shifts. We are a school.
At the moment we have to re-instate their ordinary hours whenever they do a casual shift.
This is higly inefficient and adds risk to the overall payroll accuracy.

critical

I would love to have the option to not override the payroll with timesheet entries.

This is super important for processing payroll were staff get commission, management fees etc.

This is the best idea. it will automate payroll for so many businesses

I would like Xero to have ability for timesheets to NOT override the Pay Template.
I have a a salaried employee paid a set amount weekly, but when they complete their timesheet it reverts his pay to the actual hours worked(which are sometimes lower and sometimes higher) His contract is set number of hours over an 8 week period. I would love to be able to keep track of his hours and pay a set price per week.

Yes !!!!! We need this actioned desperately !!!!!!!

totally support this request - I have it happen for a client that pays bonuses everyweek and he finds it frustrating adding back the bonus pay item becuase it has been overwritten by timesheets

Absolutely agree with Christine! We need this actioned desperately!

I have many employees that have an on call bonus which is the same amount pay cycle and is set up on their pay template. However, when I add their timesheet this overights the pay template and I then have to go and re enter their on call bonus. This is very time consuming. It is the same amount each pay and every time I have to re enter the on call bonus after I have done their time sheet. Pay templates entries should stay regardless of the timesheet. I also enter the travel allowance but this alters each pay cycle so that is ok but not the on call bonus as it does not change.

This will be very important for us now that travel can't be added to a timesheet anymore

This is very important as certain employees have fixed weekly car allowances but still submit time sheets.

This will save a huge amount of time if this can be rectified

As a company providing rates outside award for contractors and this being integrated with client and employee management system (Care Master) it is very important to me

Totally agree with Christine.

When an employee pay template is setup only the matching Earnings Rate should be overwritten by entries in Timesheets. Other saved earning rates that are set up in the pay template should appear in the the Pay Run. For example bonuses.
If an item is listed on the pay template it should appear on the pay run, using timesheets should only replace the ordinary matching hours not other earning types.

Currently Xero Central Help has advised there is no way to remove the 'Other Earnings Rates' category from the earnings selection in Xero Me.

This is an issue and one which one of my bigger clients is unhappy about as it means employees can select Other Earnings Rates outside of their Pay Template setup leading to payroll errors and overpayments. Given there are 30 odd employees on the payroll for this client it is too much to expect managers when approving timesheets to know each individuals Earnings Rates if an incorrect item may have been selected by an employee.

Would it not be better to have only each employee's Pay Template setup Earnings Rates available for them to select in Xero Me when submitting Timesheets?