Organisation and Payroll Setup for Mauritius

The following describes the general process flow for configuring your organisation and legal entities for using the Dayforce Payroll feature in Mauritius. Each of the main stages in the following list contains links to general information about the related conceptual and task information that you need for each stage.

Pay and Payroll Setup

The following is a list of the main components required for pay and payroll setup with links to relevant topics:

• Pay Groups
  • General conceptual information is available in the topic Pay Groups.
  • Pay group setup task information is available in the topic Create Pay Groups.
• Deductions and Earnings
  • General conceptual information and links to related tasks are available in the topic Deductions and the Deductions Tab
  • General conceptual information and links to related tasks are available in the topic Earnings and the Earnings Tab
  • Mauritius Payroll has the option to configure mid-period proration for six (6) working days in both the Deductions tab and Earnings tab of Payroll Setup > Earnings and Deductions. To do so, select the Annual 312 Days option in the Mid-Period Proration drop-down list of the General tab. Selecting this option prorates elections for a work week of six working days, that only excludes Sunday as a non-working day. See Mid-Period Proration of Auto Pay by Annual 312 Days.
• Bank Accounts
  • General conceptual information and links to related tasks are available in the topic Bank Accounts
• General Ledger
  • General conceptual information and links to related tasks are available in the topic General Ledger Setup
  • The Account Numbers and Chart of Accounts tabs in Payroll Setup > General Ledger contain Mauritius deduction codes. For example, if you select the Deduction, Deduction Arrears, or Memo Deduction options in the Payrun Category Type drop-down list of the GL Override Configuration section in the Chart of Accounts tab, the Eligible Category Type, Eligible Code, and Ineligible Code columns are populated with Mauritius deduction code values.
• Payroll Policies
  • General conceptual information and links to related tasks are available in the topic Payroll Policies.
  • Mauritius Payroll has an Auto Pay Rule in Payroll Setup > Payroll Policies where you can configure mid-period proration of auto pay for 6 working days a week by selecting the Annual 312 days option in the Mid-period proration drop-down list. See Mid-Period Proration of Auto Pay by Annual 312 Days.

Organization Setup

General conceptual information about organization setup and configuration is available in Org Setup Configuration.

Make sure that you are familiar with the concepts, prerequisites, and processes described in that section before you begin configuring individual components in the following list:

• Organizational Groups and Sub Groups
  • This can entail setup and configuration of various organisation levels (for example, sites or on-site departments), depending on the size and complexity of your organisation. Details are available in Configure Organizational Groups and Subgroups.
• Locations
  • Details are available in Configure Locations.
• Jobs and Job Assignments
  • General conceptual information and specific task topics begin in the topic Jobs and Job Assignments Configuration.
• Legal Entities
  • You should first understand the concepts related to legal entity setup in Dayforce before setting up legal entities. General concepts, and specific information about prerequisites, requirements, and considerations are available in the topics beginning with Org Payroll Setup.
  • Taxation parameters are required for legal entity setup for Mauritius. See the topic Mauritius Legal Entity Taxation Parameters Settings.
  • Manual check payments have a check payment control for customer funding identifiers. To view manual check payment information of employees in the Payments tab of Payroll > Pay Run Management, select a legal entity record in Org Setup > Org Payroll Setup > Legal Entity and in the Bank Transfer tab of the Customer Funding Identifiers tab, select the value in the Customer Bank Account field. See Mauritius Payroll Processing.

Employee Setup

The following is a list of the main components for organization setup with links to relevant topics:

• Jobs, Job Assignments, and Work Assignments
  • General conceptual information about jobs and job assignments and specific task topics begin in with the topic Jobs and Job Assignments Configuration.
• Employee Profile Setup
  • General information about maintaining employee records in the People feature begins in the topic Employee Administration.
  • Specific information about setting up employee compensation and policies is available in the topic Employment > Employment Settings.
• Employee Profile Payroll Setup
  • General information about configuring tax definitions, direct deposit information, and payroll elections and deductions in the employee profile are located in the topic Payroll in the People Feature.
  • Instructions for setting up direct deposit for an employee is available in topic Enter Direct Deposit for Mauritius Employees.

Pre-Tax Deductions for Mauritius Payroll

The following three types of pre-tax deductions are available for Mauritius in Payroll Setup > Earnings and Deductions in the Deductions tab when you are adding new pre-tax deductions:

• Pre-Tax Deduction PAYE Only: This is an option in list of system options. The PAYE checkbox is selected for this tax type, and it will only reduce taxable wages for PAYE.
• Pre-Tax Deduction All Taxes: This is an option in the list system options. All checkboxes (PAYE, NPS, NSF, Training Levy, and PRGF) are selected for this tax type, and it reduces taxable wages for PAYE, NPS, NSF, Training Levy, and PRGF.
• MUS Pre-Tax: This is an option in the list of custom options, with which you can configure the tax compliance rules for a Mauritius Payroll pre-tax deduction with one or more of the options (PAYE, NPS, NSF, Training Levy, and PRGF) selected.