Company Overtime Settings

You can easily set up your company’s overtime settings by heading to "Company Settings", then selecting "Payroll Settings", and finally clicking "Overtime Pay Settings".

In this menu, you can configure settings so that additional income is provided after default hours or when a specified threshold is reached. You can base this on a working day, week, or pay period. You can also set up conditions and exemptions for overtime payments, like including paid leave hours in calculations.

By enabling "The following pay rate settings are applied to all employees", these rules will apply to all employees, including casual staff but excluding salaried employees. If you only want to set up overtime pay for specific employees, please follow our guide: Overtime Pay Settings Per Employees.

You can also adjust the rate for public holidays. The rate can be as high as you like but must be at least time and a half (1.5) to ensure compliance.

You can set up to three different pay rates and define the "Threshold for Pay Rate 2" and "Threshold for Pay Rate 3", based on your needs.

For example, you could pay an employee time and a quarter for working over 40 hours, time and a half for working over 45 hours, and double time for working over 50 hours. Alternatively, you might pay time and a half for over 40 hours, then revert to the normal rate after 50 hours.

The option "Employee can accrue Overtime in Lieu leave" allows employees to accumulate hours worked beyond their contracted or threshold hours and use them as leave later. Even if "The following pay rate settings are applied to all employees" is enabled, you’ll still need to set this up at the employee level by going to "Employee Settings", "Employee Details", and "Default Hours".

Important: Do not enable "Overtime Pay will be classified as Conditional Income" unless advised by a Crystal Payroll staff member, as it could cause non-compliance.