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# Payroll and Leave

You will receive an email inviting you to join the Xero employee portal, simply follow the instructions in the email to accept and log in.

Once you've accepted the invite, log in to Xero to access your own payroll information under Payroll > My Payroll.

| Item                       | Instructions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| **Request Leave**          | <ol><li>Log in to Xero.​</li><li>Go to Payroll > My Payroll.​</li><li>Click the Leave tab.​</li><li>Click Apply for Leave.​</li><li>Leave Type: Select your leave type using the drop-down arrow or start typing and matching leave types will come up.​</li><li>Title: Give your leave request a brief title.​</li><li>Description and Dates:​</li><li>Leave a note for your payroll administrator (up to 100 characters).​</li><li>Select the start and end date of your leave. You can only enter whole days, not hours.​</li><li>Selected Authorisers: check the box next to the name of the person who should authorise your request.​</li><li>Save your request.​</li><li>If you are ready to send your request, click Save & Send for Approval.​</li><li>If you want to send it later, click Save draft.​</li></ol><p>Your payroll administrator or manager will get an email about your leave request. You will get an email back when they approve or reject your request.</p> |
| **View your details**      | <p></p><ol><li>Log in to Xero and go to Payroll > My Payroll to see your personal details, pay and leave information.​</li><li>Your salary and year to date earnings are hidden for your privacy. Move your cursor over the View text at the top of the screen to see the figures underneath. Move away to hide again.​</li><li>Annual leave: view your current annual leave balance at the top of the screen.​</li><li>Personal details: the Your Details tab shows the information your payroll administrator has entered about you. Check that the email address shown is correct. This will ensure your leave approvals and payslips go to the right place.</li></ol>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **View your own payslips** | <p></p><p>You can view a PDF of your own payslip from any pay period on the Payslips tab. You can also print it or save it to your computer.​</p><ol><li>Log in to Xero.​</li><li>Go to Payroll > My Payroll.​</li><li>Select the Payslips tab.​</li><li>Select the pay period you want.​</li><li>Click Print to open the payslip as a PDF in another browser tab. From here, you can print or save the payslip.​</li></ol>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |