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How does Sage Payroll and HR work?

Intuitive, compliant, and flexible, Sage Payroll gives you everything you need to run your online payroll and manage your team right. It's easy to use, with included HR capabilities, so you don't need to be an expert.

Run your payroll without headaches

All the functionality you need to confidently manage your payroll and HR needs. That includes:

  • Simple, three step pay run.
  • Set up your team's time and pay. Your team's default pay will automatically sync each pay run to simplify the process. Adjust pay components according to your unique needs. Review and submit your employees’ payslips accurately and within minutes.
  • Easily manage deductions such as income tax, PAYE, UIF, SDL, and ETI to help you stay compliant with the latest legislation. 
  • We provide ISO27001 certified, cloud based software that enables POPIA compliance. 
  • Adjust pay schedules with total flexibility based on your team's needs. Process weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly pay runs quickly and efficiently.

Payroll software built with compliance in mind

  • Accurate pay runs with HR features that enable compliance.
  • We keep up with the changing tax legislation, so that you'll have peace of mind when filling out complicated paperwork.
  • Simply review an automatically generated remittance report and instantly generate EMP 501 returns instantly. The automation helps you achieve a stress-free year end.
  • Stay on top of the HR documents required for your employees. Import standard policies for your region and set up custom policies.

Manage employee leave and HR tasks easily

Centralise employee records and automate time-consuming HR processes in one, unified platform.

  • Manage leave requests from your employees on the go.
  • Provide an online portal for employees to update their own information.
  • Import default leave policies and create your custom ones.
  • No more manual timesheets. Employees can enter their work hours and you can approve their time.
  • Keep track of employee documents like contracts and employee handbooks with their records.
  • Easy and intuitive Sage HR mobile app for anytime, anywhere access.

Make corrections easily

  • No need to restore data or reprocess pay runs; simply make the corrections and they’ll be updated in the next pay run.
  • Revert previous pay runs, make corrections, and reprocess easily.
  • Regularly update employee records and information, so you always have a single source of truth when it comes to your team.

Integrate with Sage Accounting

  • Sage Payroll integrates seamlessly with Sage Accounting to give you total visibility of your business.
  • After every pay run, payment data syncs with Sage Accounting in just a single click.
  • Minimise manual work and mistakes to help you focus on running your business.
  • Easily reconcile the payments made to your employees within your accounting dashboard.

Ready to make payroll and HR a breeze?

30-day free trial

Get everything you need in single package with Sage Payroll, an online solution including HR capabilities, security, accuracy, and compliance.

Payroll Standard

With HR features Manage payroll, people and mobile expenses
includes VAT (15%) per month

Payroll Premium

With HR features Payroll with advanced HR like tracking hours
includes VAT (15%) per month

*Price is based on the number of employees added to the system. There are no set up or extra transaction fees.
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