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Differences: Transactions

Meridian Payroll Manager /
QuickPay / Express Pay

User preferences now included as options for all transactions.

Limited to two user preference changes.

On-screen viewing of calculations and results in real time.

Limited.
Not available for Super calculations.

Instant access to full transaction history of all current and past pays for viewing
or reporting.

Have to restore the database to access transaction history.

Ability to hold a Date Worked field for employees who work individual days. This prints on pay advices.

Not available.

Ability to take current Leave Transactions into account for Leave on Pay Advices
and Terminations.

Not available.

Additional Leave Schemes included in Employee for:

  • Public Holiday accrual
  • Shift Leave accrual
Only standard leave schemes available.
Module will allow additional leave to display for use.

Employee Records van be viewed from all transactions screens and the employee grid.

Not available.

Ability to suspend Leave Entitlements at Transaction entry or on the Employee record.

Currently a manual workaround exists.

Ability to make express timesheet entry faster and easier with customisation and user's own shortcut keys.

Generic numeric shortcut keys only.

Termination Transaction has been redesigned, offering:

  • Automated terminations including Leave updating to the last day. Worked and looking at any current leave transactions.
  • Linked into termination reasons from ATO for calculation purposed.
Need for manually update fields for terminations.

EFT file can be produced before pay advices.
Meet payment deadlines more easily.

EFT can only be run after Pay Advices have been printed.

EFT File – can be run to anywhere on the network.

EFT File – can only be run to the root of a drive.
  • Advices for back pays are always generated.
  • Advices for manual payments are always generated.
  • Advices for terminations are always generated.
Advices are only printed if Payroll Manager EFT’s the back pay, manual payment or termination.

Ability to adjust previous earnings including financial years.

Only current financial year’s earnings can be adjusted.

Update Pay Rates.
Global back pays - can be generated by Pay Class and Company. Can be selected for a range of pay classes or just by updating the pay classes ticked.

  • Pay Class Pay Rates – can be increased by Pay Classes with a rate or percentage.
  • Employee Rates – can increase employees' rates by selecting a range of employees, by pay frequency, by employment type, rate increase code or by cost account
  • Update Pay Rates:
    Global back pays - Can only be generated by Pay Classes by selecting a range.
  • Pay Class Rates can be increased manually, individually.
  • Employee Rates are increased manually, individually.

Ability to view employee records without closing transaction screen.

If entering transactions and needing to view an employee records, user must close the transactions in order to view employee record then re-key the transaction.

Superannuation Calculation

Superannuation calculations and monthly processing
 

Employment-Terminations

Automated termination calculations
 

Employee Leave

A full history of employee leave is maintained
 

“Payroll processing now takes a fraction of the time and staff can respond quickly to ad hoc queries.”

Lynette Wittig - OCRO

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