2021.2.301 Hot Fix Release Notes
The 2021.2.301 hot fix resolves rate calculation issues for New Zealand sites, ensuring that the calculations now comply with the Holidays Act 2003.
Resolved issues
The following issues have been resolved and they won't occur again. For one issue, there are extra steps you need to take to fix your customisations or historical data.
Region | Description | Reference |
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NZ | MYOB Advanced Payroll calculates annual leave payments using the greater of two rates: Ordinary Weekly Pay (OWP) or Average Weekly Earnings (AWE). This is in accordance with the Holidays Act 2003 (Act), which provides for three different OWP rates, one of which is the 4-week average. To calculate the AWE and OWP 4-week averages, MYOB Advanced Payroll relies on a lookback period. We have identified an issue with how the lookback period is calculated. Depending on the leave start date, pay frequency and any out-of-cycle employee payments, the AWE and OWP 4-week average calculation may not recognise pay runs at the beginning of the lookback period. This may result in incorrect annual leave rates for some leave payments. This issue affected leave payments and also impacted the Employee Leave Summary screen (MPPP4045) and the AWE Inspection window. This has been resolved, including for termination payments in processed in a current open pay. Back-dated terminations will still warn you to manually check the calculations. | N/A |
NZ | Previously, MYOB Advanced Payroll ignored liabilities for deduction pay items when calculating annual leave rates and FBAPS leave rates. This has been resolved. You'll now see correct leave rates in all current and future pays, even when a current pay includes backdated leave. If a deduction pay item has been set as:
ACTION REQUIRED If you have any open pay runs with annual leave taken pay items, you need to recalculate the leave rates. When upgrading, if there are any open pay runs with annual leave taken pay items, you need to recalculate AWE, OWP 4 Week Average and OWP standard holiday rates. This corrects the rates as they on the Employee's Current Pay and Employee Leave Summary forms. There are two ways you can recalculate the rates:
To force MYOB Advanced Payroll to recalculate
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NZ | If an employee went on annual leave on two dates in one pay period, then different leave payment rates were calculated for each date. This has been resolved. | CE00031107 CE00030815 |
NZ | If an employee's pay frequency changed, their AWE and OWP 4 weekly rates became incorrect. This has been resolved. | CE00033191 CE00032616 |
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