Understanding Earnings Information Setup

You set up earnings information to define the types of pay that your employees receive. Earnings information consists of these rates and tables:

Item	Description
Shift rate differentials	You set up shift rate differentials to add a flat dollar or percentage amount to an employee's hourly rate when the employee works a shift that receives an additional amount of pay per hour.
Occupational pay rates	You set up occupational pay rates for employees who perform various job types and have different hourly rates for each job type.
Pay type cross-reference tables	You set up pay type cross-reference tables to indicate valid pay types by job type and job step.