Leave categories

Leave categories

This screen allows you to set up your leave categories and control which of them accrue automatically, how they will behave in the pay run, whether or not to include them in termination payments, and decide which should appear in your employee's pay slips.

All required leave categories are available in Keypay. But if you need to create any new leave category; 

1. Go to Navigation menu > Payroll Settings > Pay Run Settings < Leave Categories.​

2. Click on the Add button on the top right corner of the leave categories page.

3. Fill in Required fields

• Name- Leave Category Name
• External Id ( Optional) - If you are using an external system to capture leave
• Leave Loading percentage - Used to automatically apply leave loading, such as annual leave loading;
• Leave Category Type - Eg : Standard, LSL
• Employee Leave Balance -Specify whether you need to track or not
• Automatically accrues - Select this option if the leave is to accrue automatically.
• Exclude from termination payout  -   Select this option if you do not want any of the unused leave balance for this leave category to automatically be paid out upon termination.
• ETP - Select accordingly
• Hide accruals from pay slips - Select this option if you do not wish to allow employees to see the amount of leave accrued for this leave category within a pay run on their pay slips
• Unit Type - Select the relevant unit type
• Payment Setup - This determines whether the employee is paid for the leave taken and the pay category that is assigned when leave is taken. Select the preferred option accordingly.

4. Click Save to save the Leave category

To view the existing leave categories 

• Scroll down in the leave categories page.

• Click on the leave category you want to view