do not update historical payslips
I have noticed across all my clients' Xero books, that when changes are made to employee's profiles (either their Earnings Rate Name or Leave Balances) that this change is then reflected across all their PREVIOUS payslips. I find that concerning because when audits are done or simply references are made to previous pay runs, that the incorrect Earnings Rate Name is shown (although the pay rate of course, remains the same) or that the Leave Balances are capturing the change made later, in earlier payslips. I realise that Leave Transaction Reports can be run, however, a running balance is not shown on those reports, so it is difficult to then see when the change took place.
So for example, if an employee had an AL accrued balance from 4 weekly processed pay runs and then an Opening Balance was introduced / entered, when we go back to look at earlier payslips, that OB is included in the Leave Balance - hence changing the details on the payslip. So, what the employee received previously is now different to his payslip should it be reprinted. I realise that OBs should be reflected 'at the beginning' but I would prefer that issued payslips 'remain static' so that changes can easily be seen/traced.
If the OB is changed at any stage, then the employee's next payslip should reflect a different balance.
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