Process to record benefit deductions for employees on a leave with no pay

Prem Application: Oracle EBS R12.2.14 - HRMS, Payroll, Benefits. Canada Payroll.

Looking for a process that other companies are following to properly record in the system benefit deductions for employees on a leave of absence with no pay. In order to maintain benefits while on unpaid leave, our employees are required to pay the employer their portion for benefits (Medical, LTD, Dent, GrpLife, Pension) while on leave. We are currently recording their payments through "Sundry" deduction element. Each pay period, when a payment is received, we deduct required benefits and use "Sundry" deduction element with negative balance to produce zero gross pay. This process is a very time consuming as we