Entering Employee Earnings

This topic lists the prerequisites and discusses how to enter employee earnings.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Regular Earnings Page

ADDITIONAL_PAY1_NL

Enter all types of permanent extra payments made to employees in addition to regular salary. Do not enter incidental earnings on this page.

Incidental Earnings Page

EARNINGS_INC_NL

Enter incidental payments made to employees.

Hourly Time/Overtime Page

ADDL_HRS_INC_NL

Enter incidental payments made to individual employees on an hourly basis.

Hourly Time by Calendar Page

ADDL_HRS_DE_INC_NL

Enter incidental hourly earnings data, which are payments made to an employee group on an hourly basis. Do not use this page to enter information about incidental earnings; enter incidental earnings on the Incidental Earnings page. (You must have first set up valid earnings codes on the Earnings page and have set up one or more pay calendars for the pay groups to which the employees belong.)

Before you can enter employee earnings, you must first set up valid earnings codes on the Regular Earnings page and create pay calendars.

Use the Regular Earnings page (ADDITIONAL_PAY1_NL) to enter all types of permanent extra payments made to employees in addition to regular salary.

Do not enter incidental earnings on this page.

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Workforce Administration > Benefit Information NLD > Assign Earnings and Deductions > Regular Earnings > Regular Earnings

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Regular Earnings page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Regular Earnings page

Field or Control

Description

Earnings End Date

Enter the date that the earnings end. To enter repeated earnings end dates, add data rows.

Compensation Rate/Frequency

Displays the rate of compensation and frequency of that compensation for the employee.

Standard Hours

Displays the standard hours that the employee works per work period.

Work Period

Displays the standard work period. This is the time period in which employees must complete the standard hours.

The system uses the annualization factor of the standard work period in combination with the standard hours to calculate full-time equivalency (FTE).

Employee Type

Displays the employee type according to predetermined variables.

Reason

Select a reason for the payment.

Goal Amount

If there is a limit to the total amount that you want to pay the employee, such as when the payment is made in a series of smaller payments over several pay periods, then enter the limit here.

Use the Incidental Earnings page (EARNINGS_INC_NL) to enter incidental payments made to employees.

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Workforce Administration > Benefit Information NLD > Assign Earnings and Deductions > Assign Incidental Earnings > Incidental Earnings

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Incidental Earnings page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Incidental Earnings page

Field or Control

Description

Unit/Hours

Enter the applicable units or hours for which the employee should be compensated.

Rate/Perc (rate/percentage)

Enter the applicable rate or percentage of compensation.

Use the Hourly Time/Overtime page (ADDL_HRS_INC_NL) to enter incidental payments made to individual employees on an hourly basis.

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Workforce Administration > Benefit Information NLD > Assign Earnings and Deductions > Assign Hourly Time/Overtime > Hourly Time/Overtime

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Hourly Time/Overtime page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Hourly Time/Overtime page

Field or Control

Description

Other Hours

Enter the amount of other hours worked.

Hourly Rate

Enter the hourly rate for the other hours worked.

Regular Shift

Select the employee's regular shift.

Use the Hourly Time by Calendar page (ADDL_HRS_DE_INC_NL) to enter incidental hourly earnings data, which are payments made to an employee group on an hourly basis.

Do not use this page to enter information about incidental earnings; enter incidental earnings on the Incidental Earnings page. (You must have first set up valid earnings codes on the Earnings page and have set up one or more pay calendars for the pay groups to which the employees belong.)

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Workforce Administration > Benefit Information NLD > Assign Earnings and Deductions > Assign Hourly Time by Calendar > Hourly Time by Calendar

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Hourly Time by Calendar. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Hourly Time by Calendar

Field or Control

Description

Hours Type

Select the hours type. The hours type is an earnings code.

Available codes include only those earnings codes that are defined as incidental and that are based upon hours on the Regular Earnings page. If there is more than one type of incidental hours for this employee, add additional data rows.

Although you can enter an unlimited number of incidental earnings for an employee, the possible types of incidental earnings for an employee depend upon the employee's company and pay group.

Shift

Select the employee's regular shift.