Consolidation Groups and Payroll Definitions for Qatar

Consolidation groups and payroll definitions are concepts related to payroll, but if an HR-only customer has the requirement to assign banking details for the employee, then these objects must be set up first.

Consolidation Groups

Consolidation groups are used within the organization to enable grouping of different payrolls for reporting purposes. No consolidation groups are predefined for Qatar. If you're creating payroll definitions for implementation, you need to define at least one consolidation group first since it's required information for payroll definitions.

To set up consolidation groups:

1. Sign in to the application with a role that has implementation privileges, such as APPL_IMP_CONSULTANT.
2. Select Manage Consolidation Groups in the implementation project task list.
3. On the Manage Consolidation Groups page, click the Add Row icon.
4. Enter a name and select a legislative data group. Description is optional, but useful to provide.
5. Click Save.

Payroll Definitions

Payroll definitions contain calendar and offset information that determine when payments are calculated and paid. Using payroll definitions, you can specify payment frequency, processing schedule, and other parameters for a particular payroll. Payroll period types, such as weekly or monthly, determine the interval at which you pay employees.

Each payroll definition can be associated with one payroll period type, and you need to set up at least one payroll definition for each payroll period type that you use to pay employees. When you create a payroll definition, the complete payroll schedule is automatically generated, based on the selected payroll period type, any offsets or calendar adjustments, and the number of years that you specify. Once you have saved a payroll definition, you can assign employees to it on the Payroll Relationships page.

Before you can create a payroll definition, you must have already defined a legislative data group and consolidation group.

To set up payroll definitions:

1. Select Payroll Definitions in the implementation project task list.
2. Click the Create icon.
3. Select the LDG for this payroll definition, and click Continue.
4. On the Create Payroll page, enter the required information.

Considerations

• Qatar supports the following period types: Monthly Calendar and Biweekly.
• The biweekly period type option isn't available to users licensed for HCM Payroll.
• You must select an existing consolidation group.
• Click the Add Row icon in the Valid Payment Methods section to add an organization payment method to use as the default, along with any additional payment methods that are valid for this payroll. You can select any organization payment method defined for the LDG that is linked to this payroll definition.