Pay Categories & Export Codes in ClickTime Australia | Payroll Rates, Overtime Rules & Exports

Pay Categories & Export Codes Explained

Pay Categories and Export Codes in ClickTime Australia define how different types of worked time are calculated and exported for payroll. By assigning pay rate multipliers to categories such as ordinary hours, overtime, and penalty rates, you can ensure accurate payroll calculations and seamless integration with systems like MYOB, Xero, and KeyPay. These codes also appear in pay sheet summaries, making it easier to review and verify payroll data before processing.


Pay Categories & Export Codes

Pay categories & export codes are labels used to identify pay rate multipliers – they allow you to apply pay rate multipliers to users' time. They are used in overtime rules and pay rules and payroll calculations, and they display in the pay sheet summary.

How pay codes are used in overtime rules and pay rules

Pay categories & export codes are used in overtime rules and pay rules to specify at what rate users should be paid for different categories of time worked. These codes will also be used when you export the staff timesheet into other payroll softwares such as MYOB, XERO, KeyPay...etc

For example, you might create and assign the following pay codes:


Pay Category
Description
Night Rate
Pay category used to label the time that was performed at night time
Sat Rate
Pay Category used to label the work performed on Saturday
OT (1.5x)
Overtime paid at 1.5x
OT (2.0x)
Overtime paid at 1.5x
Weekly OT (2.0x)

Weekly Overtime paid at 2.0x


Create Pay Category & Export Code
To create your pay categories & export codes go  to setting > payroll > Pay categories / Export Codes