Establishing Pay Plans

Select the pay plan's classification authority from the Translate table: Equivalent to GS Class System; Equivalent to Title 5 FWS; Title 38, United States Code; Title 5, GS Class System; Title 5, Other; and Title 5, Prevailing Rate Sys.

When selected, the system caps employee base pay at the base pay limit for the plan. For existing pay plans, the system selects the check box by default. If you are adding a new pay plan, you must select the check box to enable pay limit processing for that plan.

Select the special accumulator that is used to accumulate FEGLI.

Select the special accumulator to associate with night differential pay for the group of employees in this pay plan.

This field is information only. The system does not process it.

Defines the processing order of caps or limits. Each row must have a unique sequence number.

If an employee qualifies for two scenarios, the system applies the cap or limit with the lower sequence number. However, the Overtime Cap calculation is done before any other caps and limits are calculated.

Each Earning Process Type row represents an individual pay rule. If there are two limits, create two rows with the same Earnings Process Type and LEO / LOC Rule. Select the type of pay caps or limits that apply to this pay plan.

Danger Pay: Earnings are capped to a defined percentage of Basic Pay per period.

Overtime: Base pay plus overtime is subject to a pay period limit. Overtime hourly rate is subject to an hourly rate limit.

Pay Cap - Basic Pay: The sum of base pay, law enforcement officer pay, and locality pay is subject to a defined limit.

Pay Limit - Premium Pay: Earnings are subject to a pay period limit.

Pay Limit -Total Annual: Total annual earnings are subject to an annual pay limit.

Select if the cap or limit applies to employees who receive Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) pay.

Select if the pay cap or limit applies to employees who receive Locality pay.

Select the pay rate determinant to which the pay cap or limit applies. Values are defined in Title 5 of the U. S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations.

The pay plan, salary plan, grade, and step that determines the maximum limit of the cap or limit.

The Step field value cannot exceed two characters, except for the EX pay plan.

Select the action to use when the employee's compensation exceeds a limit: Defer to Following Year to the first pay period of the next calendar year or Forfeit.

To pay out deferred earnings, select Defer to following Year. The deferred earning will be paid out on the first pay period of the next calendar year. The system determines the pay period and year by the settings in the pay calendar.

This factor is used for all caps or limits except overtime. The overtime earnings code multiplication factor is used for overtime.

If an emergency has been declared for the pay period, select this check box for all Pay Limit - Premium Pay earning process types.

To change a pay limit to the emergency limit, select the Emergency check box. You may make this change at any time. To remove the emergency limit, deselect the Emergency check box.

With the Emergency check boxes selected, the system applies the annual limit instead of the premium pay limit for the pay period.

Enter the conversion factor to use for converting standard hours to the hourly rate.