How do I make the payroll entries for an employee (semi-)automatically appear in the cashbook transaction list?
To make all pays for a specific employee also be added to the cashbook as an expense:
Step 1

Step 2
Now, as you add new pays for this employee (providing you have not marked this employee as "Pay by cash" in the Applicable Pay Rates tab), you will be asked to confirm that you wish to add the pay into your cashbook as well.

Step 3


Step 4
The pay with dissection details will appear in the cashbook.

If a pay has already been added for an employee ticked as above and has not been added into the cashbook and you would like that done:
