On occasion, a flag notification may appear next to an employee's name in the Payroll section. BrightPay is alerting you that some attention is required for this employee.

If a flag is visible next to an employee's name in the Payroll section, click on the employee to view the reason for the notification. The reason for the flag notification could be one of the following reasons:

1) Automatic enrolment duties - automatic enrolment assessment is required for a new employee or re-enrolment assessment is due in that period for an employee who has previously opted out or ceased membership.

2) Pension scheme contribution rates - the pension contributions are below the required minimum level. This is based on the legal minimum rates required (3% for employer, with 8% in total), but will also flag if the contribution rates are below what has been set up in the pension scheme on BrightPay (even if these rates are higher than the legal requirements)

3) National Insurance letter - the employee requires a change in their national insurance letter due to a birthday during the pay period, so requiring a change in categories. Ie from letter M to A when the employee turns 21 or from letter A to C when the employee reaches state retirement age.

4) National Minimum Wage - the employee is on an hourly rate that is below the national minimum wage for their age group (hourly paid employees only)

Note: The national minimum wage flag will only appear if the NMW settings are enabled. This can be enabled in the Employer tab > Typical Employee > Minimum Wage > 'Flag where employees are paid below minimum wage'.