UK Payroll - Set time and day when scheduling payslips
I love that you can now schedule payslips but it would be much better if you could choose date and time rather than 1 day/2 days/3 days etc this is fussy, a calendar and time would be fanastic !!!!
Thanks for the great discussions here, just wanted to touch base to let you know we’re listening. The idea is still open and currently gathering support on Xero Product Ideas, so we don’t have a public timeframe to share right now. We’ll continue to keep a close eye on support here and update if anything changes.
-
Bex Clark
commented
Very much in agreement here
-
Kayleigh White
commented
Absolutely agree to emailing the payslips on the actual payment date rather than on or after posting the pay run.
Most of the comments on the feature request thread asked for a PAYMENT DATE AUTOMATION not pay run posting.
What if we posted on the 10th of the month but the payment date wasn't until the 30th - why would you send the payslip so early???!! Plus there is a chance that it may get changed between then and the pay date.Please make it make sense!
-
Scott G
commented
The new update to email payslips to employees doesn't really make any sense.
The original suggested idea was to allow flexibility to payroll processors so they don't have to log in to Xero for each payroll client and release the payslips manually. The new update for scheduled automation just really moves the responsibility to the posting date so we now need to remember to log in to Xero to post the payroll with the automation either being automatic on the day, or within a 5 day window after posting!
Having a 1 to 5 day delay does nothing to really assist with the original query/request. Most payroll pay dates change month by month, dependent on whether the date of the pay day lands on a working day, a weekend or a bank holiday. We need the ability to post the payroll on whatever day we have the time availability to process and then be able to set a specific DATE that the payslips are released to employees.
The current update doesn't really improve the situation or make things any easier. I am a bit confused by the update to be honest and why it was released and I think others who requested this will agree!!