Pay Cat Toolbox · Redundancy Template
Build a redundancy worksheet in Google Sheets.
Enter the termination details and choose the employee. Toolbox generates a payroll worksheet, then an HR worksheet, as tabs in your sheet.
A payroll worksheet and an HR worksheet
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Why is a redundancy payment hard to put together?
It is more than one amount, and the figures come from different places.
Several amounts in one payment
The worksheet lists annual leave and leave loading, long service leave, severance pay, payment in lieu of notice and any other genuine redundancy payment.
Dates and pay rates feed the figures
Date of birth, start date, standard hours and pay rate all sit on the worksheet, alongside the age and service period worked out from the dates.
The payment is split into parts
The worksheet shows tax free and taxable amounts, with a tax column, and ends in a net payment.
Toolbox lays all of this out in a worksheet in your Google Sheet.
See it in action
Watch the Redundancy Template build both worksheets
Two short videos. First the payroll worksheet, about a minute and a half. Then the HR worksheet, about half a minute.
1. The payroll worksheet
2. The HR worksheet
How does the Redundancy Template work?
Five steps. You only connect once.
1
Connect once
Install Toolbox in Google Sheets and paste in your Pay Cat Payroll API key. That's the most technical it gets.
2
Open the template
Go to Extensions, then the Toolbox menu, then Payroll, then Redundancy Template, and click Generate Template.
3
Enter the termination details
Choose the financial year and the termination date. Tick the box if the employee has been provided notice. Enter the severance pay in weeks and any other genuine redundancy payment, then click Next.
4
Choose the employee
Pick the employee from the list and click Generate Template. Toolbox adds a Redundancy: Payroll Worksheet tab.
5
Generate the HR worksheet
Go back to Redundancy Template and click Generate HR Worksheet. Toolbox adds a Redundancy: HR Worksheet tab. Do the payroll worksheet first.
What goes in, and what comes out?
You enter the termination details and choose the employee. The worksheets show the rest.
What you enter
Financial year Termination date Notice provided (tick box) Severance pay (weeks) Other genuine redundancy payment (amount) Employee (chosen from a list)
What the payroll worksheet shows
Employee details Date of birth Start date Age at termination Service period Base hourly rate Base weekly rate Annual leave Annual leave loading Long service leave Severance pay Payment in lieu of notice Tax free and taxable amounts Net payment
The worksheet's title says estimate only.
What the HR worksheet shows
✓Employee details, dates, hours and pay rates
✓Annual leave, leave loading and long service leave
✓Severance pay, payment in lieu of notice and any ex gratia amount
✓Tax free and taxable amounts, then a net payment
An example from the demo
✓A termination date of 3 August 2026 and 4 weeks of severance pay, with notice ticked as provided.
✓At a base weekly rate of $1,482.00, the 4 weeks come to $5,928.00 on the worksheet.
✓The employee's name, job title, date of birth and start date appear on the payroll worksheet once the employee is chosen.
What do the windows and worksheets look like?
The Settings window, then the two worksheet tabs it generates.
The Redundancy Template Settings window
The Redundancy: Payroll Worksheet tab
Further down the payroll worksheet
The Redundancy: HR Worksheet tab
Sample data from a test business file. Some empty rows are trimmed from the HR worksheet image.
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Questions people ask before turning Toolbox on
It builds a redundancy worksheet in Google Sheets. You enter the termination details, choose the employee and Toolbox generates a payroll worksheet tab. A second menu option generates an HR worksheet tab.
The financial year, the termination date, whether the employee has been provided notice, the number of weeks of severance pay and any other genuine redundancy payment, such as a gratuity or golden handshake amount. Then you choose the employee from a list.
The employee's details and dates, their age and service period, annual leave and leave loading, long service leave, severance pay, payment in lieu of notice and any other genuine redundancy payment. It shows tax free and taxable amounts and ends in a net payment.
The payroll worksheet's title says estimate only. Check the figures before you make a payment.
A second tab, Redundancy: HR Worksheet, with the employee details, annual leave, long service leave, redundancy payment and net payment laid out for HR. Generate the payroll worksheet first. If you haven't, Toolbox shows a message asking you to.
In Google Sheets, go to Extensions, then the Toolbox menu, then Payroll, then Redundancy Template. Click Generate Template, enter the termination details and choose the employee. Then click Generate HR Worksheet for the HR tab.
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