Required Supporting Elements

Many earnings require that you define the value of supporting elements to be processed correctly. This table lists the required supporting elements for the earnings delivered by PeopleSoft Global Payroll for United States, and explains how to define the values of each element.

Earning	Description
REGULAR, OVT 1.5, OVT 2.0, and PREMIUM	The earnings OVT 1.5, OVT 2.0, and PREMIUM calculate shift differentials by using the formula ERN FM VT RATE to retrieve the shift rate or percentage from the bracket ERN BR SHIFT DIFF. Note: This bracket is keyed by shift group and shift ID and returns a rate or a percentage based on the value of the supporting elements ERN VR SHIFT GRP and ERN VR SHIFT ID. To process shift pay, you must assign payees to shift groups and shift IDs. To do this: Select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Payee Data, and then Assign Earnings and Deductions, and then One Time (Positive Input) select the Supporting Element Overrides button, and enter the shift group and ID for the payee and earnings element you are assigning. Alternately, select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Absence and Payroll Processing, and then Prepare Payroll, and then Manage Positive Input by Cal select the Supporting Element Overrides button, and enter the shift group and ID for the payee and earnings element you are assigning. Note: You can also define default shift groups and shift IDs for payees by specifying the values of the variables ERN VR SHIFT GRP (shift group) and ERN VR SHIFT ID (shift ID) on the Supporting Elements page. You can then override these values as needed for specific pay periods using positive input.
REGULAR and WAGES	The system stores the hours of REGULAR and WAGES (by shift group and shift ID) in the accumulator SHIFT DIFF UNIT. This accumulator serves as the Units component in the calculation rule of the earnings SHIFT R and SHIFT PCT. For payees to receive shift pay based on the hours (units) of REGULAR and WAGES, you must define the values of the supporting elements ERN VR SHIFT GRP (shift group) and ERN VR SHIFT ID (shift ID). Note: The system processes SHIFT R and SHIFT PCT automatically if the value of SHIFT DIFF UNIT is greater than zero and payees are assigned to shift groups and shift IDs. To do this, Select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Payee Data, and then Create Overrides, and then Supporting Elements and specify the default values of ERN VR SHIFT GRP and ERN VR SHIFT ID for each payee on the Values tab. To override the default shift group and shift ID for a payee in a specific pay period, access the Positive Input - Details page and specify the shift group and shift ID for the payee and the earnings for which you are calculating the shift differential (WAGES or REGULAR). You can access the Positive Input - Details page in two ways: Select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Payee Data, and then Assign Earnings and Deductions, and then One Time (Positive Input) and select the Supporting Element Overrides button. Select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Absence and Payroll Processing, and then Prepare Payroll, and then Manage Positive Input by Cal and select the Supporting Element Overrides button. Note: You can enter overrides for a full period or a partial period. To enter partial period overrides, create multiple rows of data for WAGES or REGULAR with the number of hours associated with each shift, and then specify the shift group and shift ID for each row.
All Delivered Taxable Earnings	All of the delivered taxable earnings required the definition of the supporting elements TAX VR RPT TYPE (report type), TAX VR STATE (U.S. state/territory), and TAX VR METHOD (tax method) to ensure correct tax processing. You define default values for these supporting elements at the payee or element level, and then override these values as needed: Specify the default report type for payees on the Payee Tax Profile page. Specify the default state or territory for a payee by selecting the UI Jurisdiction check box for the payee's state on the State Tax Data page. Define the default tax method at the element level on the Supporting Element Overrides page of the Earnings component. To override the default tax report type, U.S. state and territory, and tax method on a one-time basis, access the Positive Input - Details page of the One Time (Positive Input) component, or the Element Detail page of the Element Assignment by Payee and Payee Assignment by Element components, and enter the override values. See Maintaining Payee Tax Information. See Overriding Tax and Payment Methods.

Earning

Description

REGULAR, OVT 1.5, OVT 2.0, and PREMIUM

The earnings OVT 1.5, OVT 2.0, and PREMIUM calculate shift differentials by using the formula ERN FM VT RATE to retrieve the shift rate or percentage from the bracket ERN BR SHIFT DIFF.

Note: This bracket is keyed by shift group and shift ID and returns a rate or a percentage based on the value of the supporting elements ERN VR SHIFT GRP and ERN VR SHIFT ID.

To process shift pay, you must assign payees to shift groups and shift IDs.

To do this:

Select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Payee Data, and then Assign Earnings and Deductions, and then One Time (Positive Input) select the Supporting Element Overrides button, and enter the shift group and ID for the payee and earnings element you are assigning.
Alternately, select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Absence and Payroll Processing, and then Prepare Payroll, and then Manage Positive Input by Cal select the Supporting Element Overrides button, and enter the shift group and ID for the payee and earnings element you are assigning.

Note: You can also define default shift groups and shift IDs for payees by specifying the values of the variables ERN VR SHIFT GRP (shift group) and ERN VR SHIFT ID (shift ID) on the Supporting Elements page. You can then override these values as needed for specific pay periods using positive input.

REGULAR and WAGES

The system stores the hours of REGULAR and WAGES (by shift group and shift ID) in the accumulator SHIFT DIFF UNIT. This accumulator serves as the Units component in the calculation rule of the earnings SHIFT R and SHIFT PCT.

For payees to receive shift pay based on the hours (units) of REGULAR and WAGES, you must define the values of the supporting elements ERN VR SHIFT GRP (shift group) and ERN VR SHIFT ID (shift ID).

Note: The system processes SHIFT R and SHIFT PCT automatically if the value of SHIFT DIFF UNIT is greater than zero and payees are assigned to shift groups and shift IDs.

To do this, Select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Payee Data, and then Create Overrides, and then Supporting Elements and specify the default values of ERN VR SHIFT GRP and ERN VR SHIFT ID for each payee on the Values tab.

To override the default shift group and shift ID for a payee in a specific pay period, access the Positive Input - Details page and specify the shift group and shift ID for the payee and the earnings for which you are calculating the shift differential (WAGES or REGULAR).

You can access the Positive Input - Details page in two ways:

Select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Payee Data, and then Assign Earnings and Deductions, and then One Time (Positive Input) and select the Supporting Element Overrides button.
Select Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, and then Absence and Payroll Processing, and then Prepare Payroll, and then Manage Positive Input by Cal and select the Supporting Element Overrides button.

Note: You can enter overrides for a full period or a partial period. To enter partial period overrides, create multiple rows of data for WAGES or REGULAR with the number of hours associated with each shift, and then specify the shift group and shift ID for each row.

All Delivered Taxable Earnings

All of the delivered taxable earnings required the definition of the supporting elements TAX VR RPT TYPE (report type), TAX VR STATE (U.S. state/territory), and TAX VR METHOD (tax method) to ensure correct tax processing.

You define default values for these supporting elements at the payee or element level, and then override these values as needed:

Specify the default report type for payees on the Payee Tax Profile page.
Specify the default state or territory for a payee by selecting the UI Jurisdiction check box for the payee's state on the State Tax Data page.
Define the default tax method at the element level on the Supporting Element Overrides page of the Earnings component.
To override the default tax report type, U.S. state and territory, and tax method on a one-time basis, access the Positive Input - Details page of the One Time (Positive Input) component, or the Element Detail page of the Element Assignment by Payee and Payee Assignment by Element components, and enter the override values.

See Maintaining Payee Tax Information.

See Overriding Tax and Payment Methods.

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