Setup Additional Employees

This article is for users who are setting up additional employees and already have their Wagemaster File Setup done. Click here for Wagemaster File Setup.

Before setting up a new employee record, the below areas need to be set up first:

• Set up a new Base Pay Rate
• Set up a new Superannuation Fund
• Set up a new Bank
• Set up a new Tax Table (set up if not already done previously)
• Set up new Allowances (set up if not already done previously)
• Set up a new Award (set up if not already done previously)

 To create a new employee record: 

1. From the Wage Easy Payroll menu, click Employee > New Employee Wizard 

   

2. The wizard will open. Click Next 

   

3. Click Next
4. Fill in the boxes with the employees details as shown in the example below

   Note: the fields highlighted with the red boxes in the following steps will need to be filled in before you can continue  

   

5. Click Next
6. Leave the employee number as it is and click Next
7. Fill in the employee’s address details as shown in this example. Click Next 

   

8. Select the appropriate department for the employee (if you only have one, click Next) 

   

9. Fill in the employment information 

   

   • Salaried Employee: Check if you do not want to display the number of hours worked by the employee (optional)
   • Use Standard Pays: Check if your employee works the same number of hours during the pay period
   • Standard Hours: Enter the number of hours your employee works for the pay period
10. Click Next
11. Choose a payment method to pay your employee. If you choose Bank, select the bank your employee uses and fill in the details. Click Next 

    

12. Select the appropriate tax table for the employee from the list and fill in the employee’s Tax File Number. Click Next 

    

13. Select a Superannuation fund from the dropdown list and enter the employee’s Superannuation fund member number. Click Next 

    

14. Click Finish at the completion of each record 

    

Next step:

• For businesses with full-time and/or part time staff, set up your employees' leave accruals 
• For businesses with only casual employees, set up the following below as required
  • Set up predefined timesheets (optional)
  • Set up child support (optional)
  • Set up salary sacrifice (super) (optional)
  • Set up salary sacrifice (non super) (optional)