Payroll

Overview of employment insurance and who must enroll.

Procedures for employment insurance enrollment and termination.

How unemployment benefits are calculated and eligibility requirements.

How to apply for childcare leave benefits and calculate the benefit amount.

Overview and application for eldercare leave benefits.

Workers compensation insurance coverage for work-related and commuting accidents.

Step-by-step guide for filing a workers compensation claim.

How employment insurance premiums are calculated, deducted, and paid.

Annual labor insurance renewal: filing and paying confirmed and estimated premiums.

When commuting accidents qualify as labor accidents.

Step-by-step process for filing a workers compensation (Rosai) claim.

Procedures for annual labor insurance renewal filed between June 1 and July 10.

Employment insurance benefits and procedures during pre/post-natal leave.

Using My Number Portal to streamline employment insurance administrative procedures.

Assign base pay, allowances, deductions and statutory deductions per employee, then run payroll.

Where to find your payslip, what each section means, and how to register your bank account.

Wages paid at legally-mandated premium rates for overtime, late-night, and holiday work.

Configure paperless pay slip delivery and let employees view/download their slips online.

Switch an employee between monthly salary, hourly wage, and daily wage, and understand the impact on payroll.

Configure commuter allowances (transit pass, actual expenses, or distance-based) and manage tax-free limits.

How to configure salary structures including basic pay and allowances in WorkVell.

How to run monthly payroll calculation and check pay slips in WorkVell.

How to access your digital payslip in WorkVell and what each line item means.

Tax-free commuting allowance limits and how to configure commute routes and amounts in WorkVell.

How to calculate and process severance pay for retiring employees in WorkVell.

How to configure monthly salary, hourly, or daily pay types to match each employee's employment form.

End-to-end monthly payroll calculation process.

How to configure various allowances and their taxable/non-taxable treatment.

How to calculate overtime premium pay for different types of overtime.

How to pro-rate monthly salary for partial months, new hires, and leavers.

Bonus calculation setup, payment processing, and payslip generation.

Zengin-format transfer files are still in preparation. Here is how salary payment works today.

How to configure electronic payslip distribution and how employees access them.

How to investigate and debug payroll discrepancies.

Definitions of prescribed and non-prescribed wages and their effect on overtime calculation.

How to configure payroll calculation periods and payment dates.

How to process payroll for employees on parental or maternity leave.

How to set up automatic payroll deductions for employee loan repayments.

Learn about transportation, housing, position, and other allowances included in payroll.

Register or update your bank account for salary deposits from the employee portal.

How overtime caps are automatically applied and reflected in payroll.

How to configure and calculate performance and seasonal bonuses.

Legal requirements for executive compensation and how it differs from regular payroll.

Types of employee allowances and their tax-exempt conditions and limits.

How to update salary and allowances when an employee transfers to a different location.

How to properly create labor-management agreements for payroll deductions.

How to calculate hourly rates and overtime pay for employees on annual salary contracts.

How to check that all salaries meet the regional minimum wage requirement.

How housing allowances and commuting allowances differ in purpose and tax treatment.

How to configure different payroll cut-off and payment date schedules.

How to reimburse remote work expenses and what is tax-exempt.

Mandatory 60% pay guarantee for work suspensions caused by the employer, as required under labor law.

How to calculate health insurance and pension premiums withheld from bonus payments.

What 'standard monthly remuneration' is, how it determines your social insurance premiums, and when it's updated.

How to read 'fixed overtime pay' or 'deemed overtime allowance' on your payslip and what it means for actual overtime worked.

How bonus amounts are determined, their relationship to performance evaluations, and how to view them in WorkVell.

Complete guide to processing bonuses in WorkVell: calculation basis, social insurance deductions, and payment steps.

Bonus withholding is calculated based on the previous month's salary. Learn how it works.

Overview of social insurance deductions withheld from wages (health, pension, employment, nursing-care insurance).

Export social insurance enrollment/withdrawal forms for new hires and terminations.

Process the annual standard monthly remuneration declaration submitted every July.

Companies withhold income tax from each paycheck and remit it to the tax office on behalf of employees.

Process ad-hoc social insurance remuneration revisions when salary changes by 2 or more grades.

Full year-end adjustment workflow: collect declarations, calculate refunds/charges, issue withholding slips.

Calculate employment insurance premiums and export the annual labor insurance renewal forms.

Steps for administrators to run the year-end tax adjustment process in WorkVell.

How employees submit year-end tax adjustment forms in WorkVell.

How to collect and securely store employee My Number (Individual Number) in WorkVell.

Step-by-step guide for the annual year-end tax adjustment process — both employee and admin sides.

How to collect and securely manage My Number (individual number) for payroll and tax certificate purposes.

How companies withhold resident tax from salaries monthly, plus the June rate-change process.

Switching resident tax collection methods for retirement, leave, and other events.

How income tax category A (with withholding deduction declaration) vs B differs in withholding calculation.

How year-end adjustment refunds and additional collections work and where to check them.

How to calculate monthly income tax withholding using the tax table.

How to switch between employer withholding and self-payment of resident tax.

How to update resident tax amounts at the annual June switchover.

How the reconstruction special income tax is applied to withholding tax.

How to switch between main and secondary employer income tax rates.

How to calculate income tax on retirement pay using special deductions.

How changes in social insurance grade affect income tax withholding.

Understand how resident tax (住民税) is withheld monthly from your salary.

Learn how employment insurance premiums are calculated and deducted from your paycheck.

How to calculate and withhold tax on retirement income payments.

Every June, resident tax amounts change based on the prior year income. Learn how WorkVell handles the June switchover.

Every year, companies must report April-June salary data to determine new standard monthly remuneration. This guide explains the process.

When a fixed salary changes significantly, a monthly revision (Zuiji Kaitei) must be filed within a few months. Learn how to determine eligibility and process it in WorkVell.

When an employee joins or leaves, employment insurance eligibility must be reported to Hello Work (public employment security office). This guide explains the process in WorkVell.