Answer
Lightning Payroll includes specific sick leave settings so you can control when sick leave starts becoming available and how much unused sick leave can carry forward.
Sick leave wait months
This setting controls the qualifying period before sick leave is granted. A common setup is a qualifying period of 6 months. Until that point is reached, the employee does not receive the sick leave grant.
Sick leave carryover cap days
This setting limits how many unused sick leave days can accumulate. For example, if the cap is 20 days, Lightning Payroll will stop carrying forward additional sick leave once that cap has effectively been reached.
How Lightning Payroll uses these settings
- It uses the wait period when calculating due sick leave grants.
- It applies the carryover cap when deciding how much further sick leave can be inserted into the balance.
These settings help the leave balances reflect the employer's intended entitlement rules inside the desktop app.
