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Allocating An Employee's Pay across Departments

If you have employees assigned to more than one department, their pay can be allocated across these.


1) Within the ‘Payroll’ function, select the employee’s name from the summary list to access their payslip

2) Click the ‘Edit’ button within the ‘Pay’ section and set the employee’s weighting in each department by dragging the bars to the percentage required.

This will facilitate accurate departmental analysis at the reporting stage.

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