Processing Holiday Pay

Entering Holiday Pay in BrightPay

1) Select the pay period

Select the pay period in which the holiday pay is to be processed on the schedule bar.

2) Select the Employee

From the employee listing, select the employee's name.

3) Additions And Deductions

Under Additions & Deductions, click Add, followed by Holiday Pay. Enter the amount required.

4) Finalise Payslips

Once all the employee's pay data has been entered on the payslip, simply click 'Finalise Payslips' to update the pay period.

To Pre-Pay Holiday Pay In Advance

To pre-pay an employee their holiday pay in a current pay period, simply click Payroll:

1) Select the pay period

Select the pay period you wish to pre-pay on the schedule bar. This must be the period that immediately follows the current pay period yet to be finalised.

 2) Select the Employee

From the employee listing, select the employee you wish to pay in advance.

 3) Pre-Pay Details

Click the button 'Pre-Pay Period XX in Period XX' and enter the employee's payments, additions, deductions etc. as required.

4) Pre-Paying more than one period

Should you wish to pay an employee more than one pay period in advance, simply select the following pay period and repeat step 3.

5) Finalise the pre-pay periods

Return to your current open pay period by selecting this on the schedule bar. A confirmation message will appear to state that that this is a 'pre-paying payslip' and will confirm the future pay periods that will be included on the payslip. Simply click 'Finalise Payslips' to update the current period as well as the pre-pay periods.

Any pre-paid period will subsequently be blocked from editing when this pay period is selected in the payroll.

To Un-do a Pre-Pay Period

Should you need to amend or un-do a pre-paid period for an employee, click Payroll:


1) Select the pay period in which the pre-paid payslip was included.

2) Select 'Re-open Payslips' on the menu toolbar, tick the employee in question and click 'OK'.

3) Now select the pre-paid period you wish to undo on the schedule bar and click 'Undo Pre-Pay'. Click 'Yes' to confirm you wish to undo this pre-paid payslip. The pre-paid period is now undone.

4) Return to the pay period in which the pre-paid period was originally included and finalise accordingly.