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Sage 300 People
Payroll

The Payroll module in Sage 300 People is packed with great features that put you in control of your payroll processes.

Sage 300 People

Sage 300 People Payroll Overview

Sage 300 People boasts a robust payroll system designed to streamline your business’s payroll processing and ensure accuracy.

Here’s a breakdown of its key functionalities:

  • Automated Calculations

    Say goodbye to manual calculations and errors. Sage 300 People automates calculations for salaries, wages, taxes, deductions and net pay, saving you time and minimizing the risk of mistakes.

  • Tax Withholding & Deductions

    Stay compliant with automatic tax calculations and deductions for federal, state and local taxes. You can also configure the system for various deductions like health insurance, retirement contributions and garnishments.

  • Multiple Payslips per Pay Period

    Issue consolidated payslips for employees receiving multiple payments within a pay period. This simplifies recordkeeping and employee access to their earnings information.

  • Integrated Reporting

    Generate comprehensive payroll reports for various purposes, including tax filings, employee earnings summaries and departmental cost analysis.

  • Multiple Pay Types

    Handle various pay structures with ease. The software accommodates hourly, salaried, commissioned and other pay types with flexible configurations.

  • Net Pay Options

    Configure a minimum net pay feature to ensure employees always receive a minimum amount after deductions.

  • Customizable Pay Codes

    Create custom pay codes to track specific earnings or deductions relevant to your business.

  • Pro-Rata Calculations

    Accurately calculate pay for new hires, terminations, or employees working partial pay periods.

  • Multiple Payment Methods

    Issue paychecks directly, enable direct deposit, or offer a combination of methods for employee convenience.

Track Claims & Upload Documents

The Tracking Claims Function includes:

  • Uploading and Managing Policies

    It allows companies to easily upload important documents like leave and gift policies for employee access.

  • Handling Employee Claims

    The system uses a claims function to reimburse employees for job-related expenses.

  • Tracking Policy Acceptance

    It can gather information and pull reports about employees who have accepted policy terms and conditions.

To accept a policy, employees navigate to the claims section, select the “policy acceptance claim,” choose the relevant policy, and confirm their agreement to the terms.

Salaries, Wages & Calculation Management

Comprehensive Salary and Wage Management Across Business Units

Our salaries and wage management module allows you to record all employee and compensation data across multiple business units. It is a multi-legislative, multi-currency and multi-frequency solution. Weekly, monthly, and biweekly companies can be paid from one single database. Sage 300 People also offers you a remuneration structure, which offers you the ability to structure different salary packages such as Cost-to-Company, Salary + Benefits, or even Net Up structures. Pay scales can also be linked to employees to automate salary increases in a specific period.

  • Create unlimited Earning, Deduction, Company Contribution, Fringe Benefit, or Provision definitions.
  • Create unlimited companies, hierarchical levels, employees, pay period configurations and Pay Runs to make the system boundless.
  • Receive all the latest statutory updates.
  • Allow multiple payslips per pay period, which can be consolidated into a single printable payslip.
  • Store a full history of every period separately and recall it at any time.
  • Customize the leave functionality to meet company policies.
  • Extract reports for a single company or consolidated reports for multiple companies.
  • Allocate pay scales to each position within a company. Pay scales refer to graded scales of wages or salaries paid within an organization, commonly used by municipalities in South Africa.

Leave Management

Sage 300 People offers you a leave management module that allows you to configure the leave function to meet your company policies.

Certain rules can be built in to monitor the leave on Monday & Friday, as well as before and after a public holiday. Each leave type is clearly defined by using different colors. Complex calculations can be linked to automate the leave calculation. Leave reports can be scheduled to managers or can be displayed online via the Self-Service portal.

Catering for an unlimited number of leave types and different leave entitlements applicable to different employees:

  • Unlimited number of leave types.
  • Unlimited history automatically maintained.
  • Accommodates company leave naming conventions.
  • Automatic calculation of accurate and up-to-date balances for all leave types. Ability to view future planned leave.
  • Leave by Division / Department / Section / Cost Center level.
  • Comprehensive leave reports are standard.
  • Financial accrual and liability of leave days.
  • Leave reports per leave type, Division / Department / Section / Cost Center, etc.
  • Overtime management & links to the payroll module.
  • Calendar view of leave for each employee.
  • Notifications of leave expiry based on user-defined dates.
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