Effective Dates in DBAs

For DBAs, the system performs calculations that use rates that are in effect during the current payroll cycle. The system does not consider rates or data that might have been in effect during previous payroll cycles.

When you set up a DBA to prorate within a payroll cycle, the system calculates the DBA in one of these ways:

• DBAs that include flat calculations such as dollars or accrued hours use this calculation method:

  Number of days in the pay period in which the instruction is valid divided by the total number of days in the pay period equals a proration factor. The system then multiplies the flat amount by the proration factor to produce the final DBA calculation.

• All other DBAs use this calculation method:

  Only data that includes an effective date that falls within the effective date of the instruction or within the effective dates of the calculation range is included in the final DBA calculation.

When you enter changes into the system that affect pay rates, the system automatically marks timecards that are affected by the changes. When you run a payroll, these timecards are evaluated and paid based on the date-effective rate changes. Rate changes to these tables trigger the date-effective evaluation process:

• F069106

• F06106

• F069116

Changes to these items could trigger a mid-cycle PDBA rate change:

• Home Company (HMCO).

• Home Business Unit (HMCU).

• Union Code (UN).

• Job Type (JBCD).

• Job Step (JBST).

• Pay Rate (PHRT).

• Billing Rate (PBRT).

• Piece Rate (PPRT).

• Shift Rate (SHD).

• Shift Code (SHFT).

• Salary (SAL).

You specify the rate that the system uses to calculate a DBA by entering a value in the Date Effective Rate Control field (data item DEFR) of all applications that you use to create DBAs. Examples of these applications are:

• PDBA Setup (P059116)

• Employee DBA Instructions (P050181)

• Group Plan DBA Setup (P059101)