Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Payroll packages should do more than just "payroll".

Payroll packages tend to be designed just to process pays and keep accounting/ taxation records.  Business owners and Human Resource manager's know that there is a lot more to looking after staff than just processing their pay.
My quest for an alternative payroll / HR package began when I started getting requests from organisations that were satisfied with their current accounting packages but needed payroll.  When I started enquiring, I found that many businesses had purchased small business accounting packages which included payroll, but were only using it for pay processing.  In addition to this, businesses were still running separate records to manage their human resource and occupational health and safety requirements.


After in depth research I finally found Wage Easy by Micropay.  It is not a well known package, but the more I learned about it, the more I realised what a comprehensive a piece of software it really is.  It has all the features of a payroll package but includes the little things that can make an employee feel special.  For example, it has user defined fields where you can record information such as employee's spouses and children's names and birthday and anniversaries.


Apart from standard payroll features, Wage Easy can record and report the following:
  • User Defined Data
  • Career Aspirations
  • Disciplinary Actions
  • Licenses
  • Performance Reviews
  • Qualifications and Skills
  • Training
  • Company Issued Cards
  • Grievances
  • Medical Information
  • OS&S Incidents
  • Company Issued Property
  • Company Vehicle
  • Leave data


As payroll packages go, Wage Easy really is one of the best.  If you need any assistance in choosing payroll or accounting software, please feel free to contact me personally.  I am happy to help.

Kind Regards
Andrew Valentine