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We are currently transitioning to Xero and spending an incredible amount of time entering employee data that can not be imported. It surprises me how little data can be imported. I imagine there are companies with many more than our 60 employees but even this number is taking hours. I would fully support this being addressed.

We are restructuring and wish to move our staff to the new entity. Current reports are inadequate as they only support the basics. A csv file with all employee data would be SUPER USEFUL. A quick 10min report and import would eliminate tedious hours of Admin work.

Completely agree, needs to be implemented ASAP

We are currently managing payroll in Xero for multiple entities and are looking to transition a group of employees from one Xero organisation to another, due to internal restructuring.

We've moved to a new branch number within our ABN. We need to report STP figures separately for each branch. Xero's suggestion is to create a new Xero account to manage the old branch STP data but this means bringing across employee data. I can do some of this by importing, but some needs to be done manually. A functionality to bring all data across would be super helpful.

I run a large retail & hospitality group with multiple staff. At a time when we are reducing back office head count, I need improved Xero solutions to help me automate back office functions further. Xero does still seem to be a manual data entry heavy application.

I run payroll for a hospitality group which has 4 separate companies with staff often working between. Currently I have to copy details from one Xero to another do run payroll. It would be good id Employee details could be copied between businesses that you have Xero access for. or if staff details could be saved in a "Group" location with active members working locations added like in Deputy.

To be able to transfer employees from one Xero file to another would be helpful also.

Considering the importance of Tax, the fact that there is no report with employees' TFN is unfathomable!

It's crazy that you cannot import more than just the basics. So time consuming.

Import pay items from another Xero client that has the same award so you dont have to re-enter the same Pay items.

Can we please get a upgraded bulk upload new employee feature that the template is not only for the basic personal info but also optional to include TFN, bank account detail, super account, emergency contact, leave type, pay template etc. basically uploading one file and the employee is read for payroll

There is a lot of manual data entry to do which is prone to errors. I fully support that Xero should have the option to import ALL employee data.

Allow more options with new employee bulk imports. Right now, you can only create a new employee with their personal details, which is fine, however if you have multiple employees to create, you still need to manually go into each profile to update employment and salary details. Having to still manually go through each profile defeats the purpose of the current bulk import because it takes just about as much time.
To have the functionality to also include employment and salary details in a bulk import would save a lot of time and clicks. For us where our HR platform system is not fully connected with Xero, this option would allow us to create a new employee in that system as well as on Xero from one spreadsheet. Streamlining manual processes like these are critical for growing companies.
The fields I would include for example would be: Employment Type, Income Type, Payroll Calendar, Employee Group, Holiday Group, Ordinary Earnings Rate, Pay Template etc...

BULK IMPORT PAYROLL : Ability to import all bfwd information from another Payroll system into Xero, must include Personal details, BACS details, tax codes, Gross Annual Salaries, Pension contribution %tages, it is archaic to enter all these details manually!!! . At present the Xero Import Template is too basic, it must be adapted to simply add the fields you want to be imported by using the Xero name label. This is basic & can be fixed easily by Xero