Hello Lesia Craft,
Thanks for posting in the Community! If you'll be processing the Unpaid parental leave for the employee, you can either record the leave or exclude the employee from pay runs.
Option1 Recording the leave:
Set up a pay category for unpaid parental leave. If you've set up the pay category no need to add one. To set up the pay category, click on Payroll Settings > click on Pay categories > click Add.
Note: You may need to enable the leave type so that the employee can apply for it. You can do this via the Employee file by going to your employee list > Leave allowances page. If they're on a leave allowance template, you'll need to go to Payroll Settings > Leave allowance templates.
Once done, you can create a pay run as usual and click on the Actions button > click Take Leave. Select the pay category.
Option2 Exclude the employee from pay runs
If the employee is still included in your regular pay schedule and doesn't want to include on any pay runs while they're gone, you can create a new pay schedule and assign it to that employee temporarily and later on change it to the regular pay schedule. To do this, you can use this link to create a new pay schedule. Call it unpaid leave or something easy for you to track. You can then go to the Employees tab and select the employee, click on Pay Run Defaults and assign the pay schedule, and click Save.
Another option is to manually remove the employee on the pay runs you'll be processing. On the pay run page click on the Employee name and click on the Actions button > click on Exclude from pay run.
If you need more help on the process, I'd also recommend reaching out to our Customer Care Team to guide you using SmartLook session.
Post again in the Community if you have more questions. I'll be around to help you.
