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Employment - General

An employer is responsible for ensuring all their employees receive certain basic employment rights. Although some industries require employers to meet different requirements, the main obligations include:

A "Day 5" Statement to be provided within 5 days of commencing employment
A written statement of terms and conditions of employment within 2 months of commencing employment
A written statement of pay or ‘payslip’ at each pay period
A minimum wage
A maximum working week
Unpaid breaks during working hours
Annual leave from work
A minimum amount of notice before termination of employment
The maintenance of records in relation to their employees and their entitlements

To help employers meet their legal employment obligation, Thesaurus Software Ltd offers Bright Contracts.

Bright Contracts is software that lets users create tailored employment contracts and staff handbooks. Additional services include an online portal with access to template HR letters and forms, HR guidance and an Employment Law webinar library - vital for dealing with day-to-day HR issues.

To book a free online demo of Bright Contracts click here
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Or for further information call us on 01 8499 699 or visit www.brightcontracts.ie

Need help? Support is available at 01 8352074 or [email protected].

Coronavirus (Covid-19) - Guidance for BrightPay users

BrightPay's Covid-19 Resources Hub Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) - effective from 1st September 2020Layoff and Short-time Working under Covid-19 Returning staff to work How to use BrightPay if you need to work from home

2022 BrightPay - System Requirements Bright ID

Order BrightPay using your Bright ID

2022 Budget - Employer Summary 2022 BrightPay - Availability Introduction to BrightPay Starting the New Tax Year

Ordering for the new tax year How do I start processing 2022 payroll?Will my ROS digital certificate import over to 2022 BrightPay?Revenue Payroll Notifications - Transition to the new tax year Why are my employees on Emergency Basis at the start of the 2022 tax year?

Importing from the Previous Tax Year

Importing from BrightPay 2021

Installing BrightPay

Installing the software on to your PC Setting Up BrightPay for Multiple Users Download a Sample Employer File

Moving from Thesaurus Payroll Manager to BrightPay

Importing from Thesaurus Payroll Manager - start of year Importing from Thesaurus Payroll Manager to BrightPay - mid tax year

Moving to BrightPay from another payroll software

Importing from Thesaurus Payroll ManagerImporting from MicroPay Importing from PayBack Payroll Importing from Quantum Payroll Importing from Pay Doc Payroll Importing from XPay Payroll Setting up Employees using the RPN Setting up Employees using CSV File Updating Existing Employee Details from a CSV File Importing Multiple Employers from CSV File

Moving BrightPay to a new PC Bureau Enhancements - Additional Functionality

BrightPay Start Up Window Client Details Importing Multiple Employers from CSV File Bureau Statistics Report Importing Saved Reports from another BrightPay Data File Updating Existing Employee Details from a CSV File

Adding a New Company (using the New Company wizard)Adding Employees using a Revenue Payroll Notification (RPN)Additional Employer Information Adding/ Amending Departments Setting up Initial Rates of Pay Adding/ Amending Hourly Rates Adding/ Amending Daily Rates Adding/ Amending Piece Rates Adding/ Amending Addition Types Adding/ Amending Deduction Types Adding/ Amending Pension Schemes Adding/ Amending Savings Schemes Adding/ Amending Bank Accounts Employer Calendar

Digital Certificates

Why do I need to add my Revenue Digital Certificate?Adding a Revenue Digital Certificate - Employers Adding a Revenue Digital Certificate - Agents Saving a ROS Digital Certificate on to your computer Transferring a ROS Digital Certificate from one computer to another

Personal Employment Revenue Details Payment HR CSO Setting up Employees using the RPN Updating Existing Employee Details from a CSV File Re-hiring an Employee Generating Employee Works Numbers Employee Count Report Employee Address Labels

Revenue Payroll Notifications (RPNs)

What is a Revenue Payroll Notification (RPN)?Employment Identifier RPN Number Retrieving your Employee RPNs each pay period Setting up Employees using the RPN

Payroll Calendar Processing Payroll

Processing Weekly Payroll Processing Fortnightly Payroll Processing Monthly Payroll Processing 4-Weekly Payroll Net to Gross Payments Allocating an Employee's Pay across Departments Additions and Deductions Entering Pension Deductions Setting a Pension AVC to repeat Pre-paying an Employee Cycle to Work Scheme Zeroising Payslips (Batch Operation)Setting pay items to auto-zeroise Finalising Payslips Week 53

Importing Pay Data from a CSV File

Importing Periodic Payments using CSV file Importing Daily Payments using CSV file Importing Hourly Payments using CSV file Importing Additions using CSV file Importing Deductions using CSV file Importing Notes using CSV file Importing Payments, Additions & Deductions in a single CSV File

Payroll Deductions

PAYE PRSI Local Property Tax (LPT)USCAdditional Superannuation Contribution (ASC)

Payroll Submission Requests (PSRs)

What is a Payroll Submission Request (PSR)?Submitting your periodic pay data to Revenue Correction PSRs

Distributing Payslips

Printing Payslips Emailing Payslips Exporting Payslips Customising Payslips

Paying Employees

Paying Employees using Modulr Paying Employees by Cash Paying Employees by Cheque Paying Employees by Credit Transfer & Creating a Bank File

SEPA format - Banks catered for in BrightPay Making Corrections to Payroll

Correction PSRs Re-opening the last pay period for one or more employees Re-opening more than one pay period for one or more employees

Revenue Payments

Remittance to Revenue - Overview Viewing/Accepting your Monthly Statement in ROS Payment Due Dates Making Payment to Revenue - Payment OptionsRevenue Payments - Finalised totals Revenue Payments - Revenue Reconciliation

Revenue - Contact Telephone Numbers Analysis

Saved Reports Creating a New Report Viewing Reports Editing Reports Saving Reports Printing/Emailing Reports Exporting Reports Importing Saved Reports from another BrightPay Data File

Payroll Journals

Payroll Journals - Overview AccountsIQ (API)QuickbooksSageSurf Accounts Xero

Processing Starters

Setting up a new employee mid-year

Processing Leavers

Processing a Leaver Processing a Post-cessation Payment

Benefit in Kind

Benefit in Kind - General Information Company Cars & Vans Preferential Loans Accommodation Medical Insurance - Annual Medical Insurance - One-Off Share Based Remuneration Annual Benefits One-Off Benefits

Illness Benefit

Illness Benefit - Employer Responsibilities Employer does not pay employee while out sick Employer pays employee while out sick but employee retains the illness benefit Employer pays employee while out sick and receives the illness benefit

Parenting Benefits

Maternity Leave & Benefit Adoptive Leave & Pay Paternity Leave and Benefit Parent's Leave & Benefit

Adding/Amending Pension Schemes Entering Normal Pension Deductions Normal Pensions Report CWPSNECI

Switching an Employee's Pay Frequency Backing Up & Restoring Data Files

Backing Up Your Payroll Data Restoring a Payroll Data File

Year End - Frequently Asked Questions Employment Details Summary (P60 Replacement)Do I need to file a P35 annual return?Do I have a Week 53?Year End Summary Report Making an Advance Payment in 2021 for 2022 Where a Credit Transfer Payment will fall on 1st, 2nd or 3rd January 2022 How do I start processing 2022 payroll?When will 2022 BrightPay be available?Will my ROS digital certificate import over to 2022 BrightPay?Revenue Payroll Notifications - Transition to the new tax year Why are my employees on Emergency Basis at the start of the 2022 tax year?

Leave Reporting & Employee Calendar

Recording Employee Leave on the Calendar Batch Processing of Employee Leave on the Calendar Defining and Setting Custom Leave Types on Employee Calendar Adding Notes to Calendar Entries Viewing/Printing Employees' Annual Leave Entitlement Calendar Report

Processing Holiday Pay - Current Pay Period Processing Holiday Pay - Pre-paying in Advance Recording an Employee's Annual Leave Batch Processing of Employee Annual Leave on the Calendar Holiday Entitlements - Useful Information Accrual of Annual Leave Whilst on Sick Leave

Leave Entitlements

Holiday Entitlements Maternity Leave Paternity Leave Parental Leave Adoptive Leave Carers Leave Parent's Leave

Employment - General Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 Minimum Wage Minimum Notice, Dismissals etc.Children & Young Persons Sample HR templates and forms Workplace Relations Commission

CSO EHECS (Earnings, Hours & Employment Costs Survey)

Glossary of Terms (Pre 2019) - Foreign Language Help Sheets

Cantonese Czech English Hungarian Latvian Lithuanian Mandarin Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian

BrightPay Connect

Registering for BrightPay Connect Connecting an Employer to BrightPay Connect Customising your BrightPay Connect Account Assigning a New User in BrightPay Connect Editing/Deleting a User from BrightPay Connect Enabling Employee Access to Self Service Configuring Employee Self Service Options Disabling/Editing Employee Access to Self Service Inviting Employees to use Self Service Backing Up to BrightPay Connect Restoring from a BrightPay Connect Backup Uploading Previous Year Data to BrightPay Connect Deleting a Company in BrightPay Connect Two Factor AuthenticationEmployer Self Service PortalEmployee Self Service PortalConnect for BureausConnect MultiUser EnhancementsBrightPay Connect - Terms of Service

Frequently Asked Questions GDPR and Thesaurus Software GDPR and the Payroll Bureau Data Processor Agreement

Bright Terms and Conditions and BrightPay End User Licence Agreement