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Pay Points

Pay points allow you to categorise your employees according to the structure of your business. They can be used to divide employees into departments, branches, or categories, etc.

📚 How-To Guides

How to add a pay point

Employees paid from a different bank account

If any of your employees will be paid from a bank account other than your primary one, set up an additional bank account before creating your pay points.

  1. In the left sidebar, click on Settings.
  2. Click on Pay Points, then click on Add Pay Point.
  3. Enter the Name of the pay point.
  4. (optional) Tick the Not paid from Primary Bank Account box, and then select the relevant Additional Bank Account.
  5. Click on Save.
  6. Repeat the process for all your pay points.
  7. Once you have created your pay points, assign each employee to their respective pay point.

How to deactivate a pay point

Deactivating pay points

You can only deactivate pay points that have no employees linked to them. If you have employees assigned to a pay frequency you want to deactivate, follow these steps to move them to a different pay frequency first.

  1. In the left sidebar menu, click on Settings.
  2. Click on Pay Points, then click on the relevant pay point.
  3. Click on Delete, then click on Confirm.

How to reactivate a pay point

  1. In the left sidebar menu, click on Settings, then click on Pay Points.
  2. Click on Inactive, then click on the relevant pay point.
  3. Click on Activate.

How to assign employees to pay points individually

  1. In the left sidebar menu, click on Employees, then click on the relevant employee.
  2. Click on Edit Info, then click on Basic Info.
  3. Click on the Pay Point drop-down (under Essentials), and select the relevant pay point.
  4. Click on Save.

How to assign employees to pay points in bulk

  1. In the left sidebar menu, click on Employees, then click on Bulk Actions.
  2. Click on Essentials (under Informational Inputs).
  3. Find the Pay Point column, and select the relevant pay point from the drop-down.
  4. Click on Save.

With pay points in place, you can post different pay points' accounting information separately to Xero and QuickBooks Online, pull reports based on these divisions, and restrict users' access to specific groups of employees. More information on each of these aspects can be found in the following articles:

You can also assign pay points via the employee Excel import once you've set up your pay points.