Employee Payroll Class
Form ID: (PR202000)
By using this form, you can define employee payroll classes, to be used to group certain types of employees. Employee classes may be used to establish certain default settings for new employee records or in GL account postings.
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Summary Area
You can use the elements in this area to specify the ID and name of a new class or to select the ID of a class whose settings you want to view (and possibly change).
Element | Description |
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Payroll Class ID | The unique identifier of the employee payroll class. |
Description | The description of the employee payroll class. |
Default Settings Tab
The values entered on this tab are used to establish the default settings for employees that belong to this class. Any of these settings may be overridden at the employee level on the Employee Payroll Settings (PR105000) form.
Element | Description |
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Employee Type | The general classification of the employee. The following options are
available:
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Pay Group | The employee pay group, which is a group that includes employees that are paid on the same pay period cycle. You use the Pay Groups (PR205000) form to create pay groups. |
Default Calendar | The work calendar to be used by default to import the hours to the payroll batch for quick pay and to calculate the number of hours worked during the week. You define work calendars by using the Work Calendar (CS209000) form. |
Working Hours per Week | Read only. The standard number of working hours per week, which is used in combination with the work calendar to create standard earnings transactions for the quick pay functionality. |
Working Weeks per Year | The employee's standard number of working weeks per year, which is used to calculate the number of working hours per year. |
Working Hours per Year | The standard number of working hours per year, which is used to calculate the hourly pay rates of salaried employees for some kinds of proration calculations. It corresponds to the hours worked per week multiplied by the number of working weeks per year. |
Override Hours per Year for Certified Project | A check box that enables you (if selected) to manually specify a number of certified project hours in the Certified Project Hours per Year box, which appears below. |
Certified Project Hours per Year |
The number of certified project hours that the system will divide by the value specified in the Working Weeks per Year box to determine the number of hours applicable for the calculation of the benefit rate. This box appears only if the Override Hours per Year for Certified Project check box is selected. |
Exempt from Overtime Rules |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that employee is not subject to overtime rules. This check box is selected and non-editable if Salaried Exempt is selected in the Employee Type box; it is cleared and non-editable if Salaried Non-Exempt is selected in the Employee Type box. |
Net Pay Minimum | The amount to be used when deductions and garnishments are applied. Net pay is not allowed to drop below this level (except on adjustments, which can be negative, and manually issued checks, which are considered to be “after the fact”). |
Maximum Percent of Net Pay for All Garnishments | The maximum percent of net pay that can go to garnishments. |
Default WCC Code | The work compensation code to be used as a default code when a transaction is generated on creation of a payroll batch and a paycheck if no specific code is specified. You use the Workers' Compensation Codes (PR209800) form to define the codes. |
Default Union | The union to be used as a default union when a transaction is entered if no specific union is specified. Unions may be used to override multiple different data entry parameters. You use the Union Locals (PR209700) form to define unions. |
Exempt from Certified Reporting | The default setting for newly created employees that belong to the class. If
this check box is selected, none of the following will be applied to a new paycheck
or adjustment created for the employee or a payroll batch generated for that
employee:
Employees with the Exempt from Certified Reporting check box selected are not included in the certified reports generated through the Government Reporting (PR504000) form. |
Element | Description |
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Use Payroll Work Location from Project | A check box that indicates (if selected) that the system uses the work location specified for the related project in the Payroll Work Location box on the Summary tab of the Projects (PM301000) form. If the check box is cleared, the system uses the default work location from the table below. |
The table in this section has the following columns. | |
Location | The identifier of the work location. |
Location Name | The name of the location. |
Default | A check box that indicates (if selected) that this location is selected by default on transaction entry but any other location from the list can be selected if necessary. |