Overview of Absence Rate Definitions

Rate definitions use payroll balances, element entry values, and values defined by criteria to help you calculate:

• Absence payment amounts

• Liability balances

• Salary reduction amounts

Use the Rate Definitions task to create rate definitions.

When a person's absence payment is at a different rate than their salary, you use rate definitions to determine the rate. Create these rate definitions before you define absence elements.

To do this:

1. Set up an element rate definition for each type of base salary subject to this payment.

   These rate definitions are marked as base rates.

   For further info, see Rate Definitions for Absence Plans and Payments for the US in the Help Center.

2. Set up a derived rate definition, and use the base rate as your contributor type.

   For further info, see the Set Absence Payment Rates for the US in the Help Center.