The Wine Industry Award 2020 is now a Tanda Managed Award Template!

Find this among the other award templates under .

The Wine Industry Award Managed Template contains:

In addition to the above, award rules have also been configured for piecework. Since piecework employees are paid by the piece/unit, the award rules configured for the Piecework stream capture only the worker's start, finish, and break times. Ordinary hours of work do not cost.

We recommend setting the pieceworker rates as allowances so the total piece/units can be easily entered at the end of each shift.

We’ve recently rolled out some small improvements across Tanda to make certain tasks quicker and easier.

: A new option in the Spotlight menu highlights the shifts that employees have accepted.

: Typing '{{' in the contract template editor now opens a popup showing available dynamic fields, making it easier to create your template and avoid errors.

: You can now indent regular text in the contract template editor, making it easier to format structured sections.

: A new option in Teams lets you quickly clear all staff assigned to that team.

: Multi-select dropdowns, such as column selectors in reports, now include a button to deselect all options at once.

: Admins can now impersonate a user directly from their profile page using a new icon next to their name.

You can now send payslip previews to employees while a pay run is still in Draft.

This allows employees to review their upcoming payslip before payroll is finalised, helping catch any issues early.

From a draft pay run, you can send preview emails to all employees in the pay run or send them individually from an employee’s payslip page.

Employees will see an alert in the mobile app home screen when a preview is available and can view it alongside their historic payslips.

You can now onboard new UK employees with a simpler tax declaration flow that’s aligned with HMRC’s recommended new starter process.

Instead of asking employees for details they might not know, we guide them through two clear options:

This makes it easier to capture the right tax information, especially for employees starting their first job or working for multiple employers.

You can now save multiple tax codes per employee to track history and support retrospective payroll calculations (only one tax code can be active at a time).

You can now allow employees to use ESS without being able to change their tax details, keeping tax updates with payroll/admin users.

To view this setting, navigate to

In preparation for the upcoming improvements to how Availability and Unavailability are managed in Tanda, you may notice some changes to unavailability in your rosters.

Approved Unavailability requests now have updated styling and show the specific times the employee is unavailable for without needing to click into the tile.

The reason for the unavailability request can be viewed in the side roster menu.

Unavailability clash warnings now also include the specific times an employee is unavailable, giving you more context when resolving scheduling conflicts.

These changes are part of a larger update to how Availability will work in Tanda.

When hiring candidates under 18, you can now collect parental consent directly through the application process.

The age threshold for required parental consent can also be adjusted in > > .

This streamlines hiring for roles that commonly employ minors while ensuring the required parental consent is recorded and stored.

Learn more about this here.

You may have noticed some more recent improvements to the Communications feature in Tanda.

Some of these changes include:

You can now set a for NZ employees who have an IRD exemption.

By default, the standard 12% rate applies. However, you can now override this rate to anywhere between .

Once set, the adjusted deduction automatically flows through to payslips and IR filing.

You can now catch incorrect National Insurance Category (NIC) setups before exporting timesheets, helping you resolve issues earlier in the payroll process.

Previously, NIC eligibility errors would only appear during timesheet export. Now, the error will also surface directly within the employee’s profile.

You’ll also see this new check included in the Payroll checks within the

Payroll > Central Pay Check Report > Payroll checks

You can now automatically catch when an employee’s National Insurance Category (NIC) may need updating, helping prevent incorrect payslip calculations caused by missed category changes.

You can now see a new NIC PayCheck when an employee’s current NIC may no longer be valid.

For example, if an employee is on M category and turns 21, but their category isn’t updated to A, you’ll now get an alert prompting you to review and update it.

You can click to go straight to the employee’s Tax Information tab to update their NIC.