Understanding Earnings Assignments

This topic discusses:

  • Delivered earnings.

  • Earnings processing rules.

  • Viewing delivered earnings.

PeopleSoft Global Payroll for United States delivers a number of earnings to demonstrate the flexibility of rules used to meet common processing requirements. These include:

  • REGULAR (for hourly payees).

  • WAGES (for exception hourly payees).

  • SALARY (for salaried payees).

  • OVT 1.5 (overtime at 1.5 times regular rate).

  • OVT 2.0 (overtime at 2.0 times regular rate).

  • PREMIUM (premium pay).

  • BONUS (bonus pay).

  • COMPANY CAR (personal use of company car).

  • SHIFT - R (shift differential - hourly).

  • SHIFT PCT (shift differential - percent).

PeopleSoft Global Payroll for United States also delivers absence-related earnings. These include:

  • HOLIDAY.

  • BEREAVE PAID (paid bereavement leave).

  • BEREAVE UNP (unpaid bereavement leave).

  • SICK PAID (paid sick leave).

  • SICK UNP (unpaid sick leave).

  • JURY PAID (paid jury duty leave).

  • JURY UNP (unpaid jury duty leave).

  • VAC PAID (paid vacation).

  • VAC UNPAID (unpaid vacation).

  • VAC PAYOUT (pay vacation balance).

Note: Absence-related earnings are discussed in a separate topic in this product documentation.

See Understanding Absence Elements.

In PeopleSoft Global Payroll for United States, REGULAR, WAGES, and SALARY earnings are added to the process list before other earnings. In general, when processing earnings, be sure to order your earnings based on the impact they'll have on each other.

PeopleSoft Global Payroll for United States delivers a query that you can run to view the names of all delivered elements designed for the United States. Instructions for running the query are provided in the PeopleSoft Global Payroll product documentation.