On the 10th November 2022, it was announced that employees will soon be able to access 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave in a 12-Month period.
Previously, the ATO stated that the FDV leave needed to be implemented as per the dates below:
From 1 February 2023, for employees of non-small business employers (employers with 15 or more employees on 1 February 2023).
From 1 August 2023, for employees of small business employers (employers with less than 15 employees on 1 February 2023).
The ATO has now advised that they will allow a grace period until the 4th June 2023 to give employers time to update their payroll systems. Further information about pay slip requirements can be found at Fair Work Ombudsman.
For more information, see the Family and Domestic Violence Leave (FDVL) section on the ATO page: Reporting the amounts you have paid.
See the details below for the relevant information, setups, and tracking and reporting methods.
Payslip related information
From 1 February 2023, there are rules about information that must not be included on an employee’s pay slip relating to paid family and domestic violence leave. This is to reduce the risk to an employee’s safety when accessing paid family and domestic violence leave.
Employers need to keep a record of leave balances and any leave taken by employees. However, pay slips must not mention family and domestic violence leave, including any leave taken and leave balances.
For more information, see the Paid family and domestic violence leave on pay slips section on the Fair Work Ombudsman page: Pay Slips.
Set up Family and Domestic Violence leave
With Attaché Payroll version 23.1, you can now:
Set up a FDV leave income type.
Set up a FDV leave table.
Link the leave table in the Employee Masterfile.
Enter and process payroll data in timesheets or adjustments.
Report FDV leave through Single Touch Payroll.
See: Access Attaché version 23.1 desktop release (April 2023) for installer files, install instructions and release notes.
Set up the Family and Domestic Violence leave income type
Go to Setups, Payroll, Income Types, Maintain.
Enter the Income Type code of "FDV".
Setup the description to say Normal hours which will be printed on the employee's pay advice, but you can enter a different description if you wish but it must not relate to Family and Domestic as per the Fair Work Ombudsman requirement.
Select Income Category as "Family and Domestic Violence Leave".
Make sure you UN-TICK Show Hours, Show Rate and Show YTD on Pay Advice.
Make sure you tick Reduce Normal Hours and Include in OTE.
Set up the Family and Domestic Violence leave table
Set up the leave table for FDV as per the screen shot below.
Assign the Family and Domestic Violence leave table in the Employee Masterfile
Navigate to Payroll, Masterfiles, Employee Details, Maintain.
Enter the Employee Code and click Enter.
Click the Leave tab.
In the Leave Table, on the Family and Domestic Violence row, click on the NIL. value in the Leave Table column and change it to the FDV value.
The comments screen will appear. Enter a comment if you require, and then click Accept (F9) to save the change.
Repeat the process for all employees.
Track leave balances and reporting for Family and Domestic Violence leave
In Attaché version 23.1, you can now:
Track report FDV leave balances from the Employee Masterfile, Leave tab.
Report on leave taken and current leave balances from the Payroll, Reports Leave, Leave History report.
Report on leave liability from Payroll, Reports Leave, Leave Liability report.