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Hi everyone, these are the sort of updates I like sharing! This idea has remained top of mind for our product teams - We appreciate all your feedback and how we could improve managing and reviewing employee timesheets in Xero Payroll.
With that I'd like to let you know that we're updating the timesheet admin experience, including a new timesheet list and a redesigned details view to help you find what you need faster.
Join our early access program ✨
We’d love your help to shape these improvements. We’re looking for customers who manage or approve employee timesheets to join an early access program. You’ll try the new interface and give feedback directly to our team.
What you can expect:
- Easier admin tasks: Navigate your list and details views faster (this only impacts admins, so there’s no change for employees)
- Early access: Try these updates before they’re available…
Whitebream Australia
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184 votes
Hi everyone, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this! With Payday Super legislation now active, superannuation contributions align directly with regular pay runs. Because of this shift to real-time processing, quarterly due date reminders are no longer necessary.
To assist with compliance under the new legislation, we have added reminder prompts directly to the super payment page to highlight which accruals are at risk of being late.
As a result, we won't be moving forward with quarterly reminder updates for this request. We really appreciate everyone’s feedback on this topic, please continue to share your ideas on how we can keep improving your Xero experience!
Whitebream Australia
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196 votes
Hi everyone, I wanted to share another update regarding timesheet flexibility.
Our product team is currently working on a feature that will allow employees to add other unit-based earnings types directly to their timesheets via Xero Me. This means your team will soon be able to record allowances and other non-ordinary earnings pay items alongside their regular hours.
We know this has been a highly requested feature to help reduce manual adjustments for admins. We are currently in the development phase and will provide a further update here once we’re closer to a release date.
Whitebream Australia
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219 votes
Thanks everyone, we appreciate you continuing to share your feedback on automating Super calculations for under-18s who work more than 30 hours a week. We understand how accounting for this 30-hour threshold would reduce manual adjustments during pay runs.
Our product team has been reviewing this idea as part of their roadmap planning, however at this stage it isn't on our immediate roadmap.
For now, this idea will remain Accepted and will continue to be evaluated as the team plans future Payroll improvements. We’ll be sure to share an update here if there is any progress.
Whitebream Australia
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256 votes
Hi everyone, thanks for your feedback and votes on adding birthday notifications to Australian payroll - we understand how this could help with team celebrations and managing age-based award rate compliance.
After reviewing with our product team, this feature isn't currently on our roadmap, and we'll update the status to 'Not in Pipeline'. Right now, setting up an external calendar could help you track these important dates.
We appreciate you all taking the time to share your feedback with us, and will continue to watch the traction this idea receives through Votes. If there is any change, we will share an update here.
Whitebream Australia
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275 votes
Thanks for continuing to follow along and join in the support of this idea, community. To reiterate on our last update we appreciate and understand the need in being able to easily view an employees' leave balances when reviewing leave.
As already spotted from comments here, I'd like to share an update with the release of projected leave balances in Xero Payroll Australia. This feature has just been rolled out to Payroll admins, where you'll be able to view an employees estimated leave balance when adding, editing or approving leave. You'll be able to view a calculation breakdown and will see a warning when a leave request may result in a negative balance. Helping you to better assess and manage leave for your organisation. 😁
We understand this feature is desired in other regions we offer Payroll and we'll continue to consider how this may be adopted in other…
Whitebream Australia
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416 votes
Thanks for the great discussion and all the votes on this idea. We know that without the ability to set specific leave approvers, it can be harder to keep governance clear, avoid self-approval and ensure requests go to the right person.
While we’re not planning to develop dedicated approval workflows in the near term, we want to share a tip that many have found useful. You can help streamline the process by guiding employees to select their direct manager from the approver list. While all payroll admins and leave approvers are listed, this step helps make sure requests reach the right person and keeps oversight clear.
Your feedback here is incredibly valuable for future planning and we’ll continue to keep an eye on this idea’s traction. We’ll keep it open for voting and will share any updates if plans change down the track.
Whitebream Australia
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520 votes
Thanks for your feedback about setting working days for part-time employees, everyone.
We’re pleased to share that working patterns are now in development, with the first release planned for later this year.
You’ll be able to set a one-week work pattern for each employee, which will automatically be used for leave and public holiday calculations in the pay run. For this first release, you’ll still need to update the employee’s pay template separately to reflect their standard working hours.
We plan to build on this by connecting working patterns with standard hours in the pay run and supporting a broader range of working patterns. We’ll share another update as the release gets closer.
Whitebream Australia
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20 votes
Hi there and thanks for your feedback.
I’ve moved this to Gaining Support so we can gather input from other users, and updated the title to reflect the request for separate buttons.
We appreciate you sharing how this change is affecting your workflow.
Whitebream Australia
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49 votes
Thanks for sharing your idea about logging probation periods in Xero payroll.
We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!
Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.
Whitebream Australia
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69 votes
Hi everyone, thank you for sharing your feedback and adding your support to this idea.
Having a clear history trail for edits and approvals in timesheets is valuable for managing payroll accuracy. This is something our product team is aware of, and while it isn’t on our current roadmap, it is something we want to look at in the future.
We appreciate you keeping this top of mind for us. We'll continue to track community votes and comments on this thread and will update you here as soon as anything changes.
Whitebream Australia
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146 votes
Thank you for your feedback on this idea. To account for differing regulations and payroll features across regions we’ve split this idea into separate threads for AU, NZ, and UK.
We also wanted to highlight a related feature recently delivered: Payroll admins can now see an estimated leave balance when adding or approving future leave requests. The workflow prompts you if a request might result in a negative balance.
That said, we recognise there is a gap regarding the ability to set hard limits on how far negative a balance can go. While we understand how useful this control would be, setting specific negative leave limits is not on our immediate roadmap.
We’ll continue to monitor interest here and update this post if there is movement.
Whitebream Australia
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155 votes
Hi team, we appreciate the interest here especially with upcoming Payday Super. I'd like to share that notifications and prompts are being developed with some of the changes we're working on, and achieve what's being asked here.
I'll round back when this is live and confirm what these look like to help in your processing of Superannuation here.
Whitebream Australia
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107 votes
"Thanks for the idea. We’ve reviewed your submission, and it is now available for the community to support.
To help your idea gain traction, please share it with colleagues so they can vote for it, too. The comment section is also open for other members to share how this feature would improve their Xero experience."
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72 votes
Hi everyone, thank you for your feedback and for highlighting how much Award automation would help your payroll workflow.
While we don't have immediate plans to build this directly into Xero Payroll, there are fantastic tools available right now that solve this. We highly recommend exploring the Xero App Store, where several third-party integrations offer embedded Awards as part of their software. These apps are specifically designed to handle complex Award interpretation and can automate the manual matching process.
We are moving this status to Not in pipeline, but we’ll be sure to update you if that changes.
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Hi Xero Team,
I’ve noticed many comments from users requesting this upgrade to the Payroll module, yet there still doesn’t seem to be any response or indication of an action plan from Xero.
Other payroll providers — including some free platforms — have already implemented similar functionality. If they can offer this capability, it’s unclear what is preventing Xero from doing the same. This upgrade would be a genuine value‑add and a significant win for many of your long‑term and loyal customers.
Could you please provide an update or clarity on whether this enhancement is being considered?
Thank you.
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What We’re Hoping Xero Can Improve
✔️ Automated award rate updates whenever SCHADS pay tables change
✔️ Built‑in award interpretation, reducing manual configuration
✔️ Simplified tools for maintaining classifications, penalties, and allowances
✔️ Improved visibility and accuracy across complex shift types
Impact for the Sector
This enhancement would:Improve payroll accuracy and compliance
Save businesses significant time and cost
Reduce risk associated with manual updates
Support disability, aged care, community, and social services providers who rely heavily on SCHADS workforce structuresAn error occurred while saving the comment Whitebream Australia
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Enhanced SCHADS Award interpretation in Xero Payroll, with automated and easy-to-update pay rate changes whenever the award is updated.
Why This Matters
The SCHADS Award is highly complex, with frequent adjustments to:Minimum hourly rates
Allowances
Overtime and penalty structures
Sleepover and broken-shift arrangements
Industry-specific entitlementsManually updating these changes every time Fair Work releases an adjustment is time‑consuming, prone to error, and risky from a compliance perspective—especially for organisations managing large casual and part‑time workforces.
Whitebream Australia
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73 votes
We can see you raised this a little while ago, thank you for your patience whilst it was being reviewed. We can see this idea has been steadily gaining support so have now updated the status accordingly. Whilst this is not currently on our product team's roadmap, they are keeping an eye on this idea and we will continue to share updates as things evolve.
Whitebream Australia
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84 votes
Hi everyone, thank you for your continued feedback. We appreciate you sharing how important selecting multiple employees is for you when running payroll reports.
The good news is our product team has reviewed this idea and agrees it is a valuable addition to Xero. We have updated the status to Accepted.
This feature is not currently on our immediate development roadmap, however by accepting it we are formally adding it to our backlog for consideration.
We will keep tracking interest here and update you as soon as we have news.
Whitebream Australia
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344 votes
Hi everyone, thanks for your continued feedback about managing working patterns for part-time employees.
We’re pleased to share that we plan to begin rolling out working patterns in AU Payroll later this year.
The first release will allow you to set a one-week work pattern for each employee. This pattern will automatically be used for leave and public holiday calculations in the pay run. At this stage, you’ll still need to update the employee’s pay template separately to reflect their standard working hours.
We plan to build on this foundation by connecting working patterns with standard hours in the pay run and supporting a broader range of working patterns. We’ll share more details as the first release gets closer.
Whitebream Australia
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103 votes
Hi there, as part of our ongoing review process, we’re in the process of updating our idea statuses to better track Xero Product Ideas.
We’ve taken another look at this idea. Whilst we can see the value for payroll administrators to be able to view the payslip in PDF from within the Employee’s record, this update doesn’t currently fit into our product team’s road map. We’ll move this idea to a status of Accepted and will continue to review this in future planning.
Whitebream Australia
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64 votes
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We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.
Whitebream Australia
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This would be really amazing feature as this gives us the flexibility at the same time reduces any manual error or missed pay.