If you normally pay weekly you may want to combine a few weeks together to allow your payroll staff a holiday, at Christmas for example.
This means that 2 or 3 weeks’ pay are combined together.
There are 2 options on the WPT system for dealing with this situation depending on how it has been processed on your payroll.
- If the payroll system has treated this as 1 week's pay, then the contribution file should also show dates for that 1 week and then zero files should be uploaded for the other weeks. Otherwise, there will be a gap in contributions.
- If the payroll system knows that it is for a number of weeks and applies the qualifying earnings limit to reflect this then the contribution file should show the dates for the longer period.
When the file is uploaded the system will highlight that the dates do not match the normal payment frequency as they are for more than a week. The option – use PRP period - should be ticked so that the system applies the qualifying earnings limit correctly.
No zero file will be required as there will be no gap in the dates.