Create a Progression Grade Ladder to Default Salary Amounts

Here's how you create a progression grader ladder with rates that you can use to default salary amounts. If you default salary and run the grade step progression processes, refer to Create a Progression Grade Ladder for Batch Processing.

Before you start

Make sure that the grades exist. If they don't, create them using the Grades task on the My Client Groups > Compensation page.

Here's what to do

1. Create the ladder.
   1. On the My Client Groups > Compensation page, click Progression Grade Ladder.
   2. On the Progression Grade Ladders page, click Create Grade Ladder.

      Or you can duplicate an existing grade ladder. The Duplicate action ignores any historical and future versions of the ladder. It uses the version that’s in effect on the date specified in your search criteria. For example, you've a grade ladder with three effective-dated versions: January 1, 1951, January 1, 2015, and January 1, 2021. You search for grade ladders using the date January 1, 2014. Since the January 1, 1951 ladder is effective then, that’s the ladder that gets duplicated.

   3. On the Create Progression Grade Ladder page, Progression Ladder tab, complete the ladder details. Keep these key considerations in mind when making certain selections.

      Field	Considerations
      Grade Type	Specify whether the grade ladder has only grades or grades with steps. Your selection filters the Progression Increment drop-down list options, and decides which grades you can add.
      Progression Increment	Keep the default value because this required field applies only to grade step progression processes.
      Transaction Date	Keep the default value because this required field applies only to grade step progression processes.
      Confirmation Type	Keep the default value because this required field applies only to grade step progression processes.
      Assignment Action	Select any value because this required field applies only to grade step progression processing.

   4. Complete the salary update details. Keep these key considerations in mind when making certain selections.

      Field	Considerations
      Include Salary Updates	Select Yes. The selection applies to every HR action that changes the person's grader ladder, grade, or step. These actions include when they're hired, transferred, or promoted. The selection also applies to grade step progression processes. No (default): Salary won’t default from the grade ladder rates. Grade step progression processes will update the assignment, but not the salary. Yes: Salary will default from grade ladder rates. Grade step progression processes will update both the assignment and salary records. When you select Yes, you configure more attributes related to grade step progression processes.
      Salary Calculation Method	Select Use grade step rate. The other value applies only to progression processes.
      Transaction Date	Keep the default value because this required field applies only to grade step progression processes.
      Salary Adjustment Type	To prorate the grade ladder rates based on the FTE value on the person's assignment, select an adjustment type.

   5. Complete the rate synchronization details. Keep these key considerations in mind when making certain selections.

      Field	Considerations
      Transaction Date	Keep the default value because this required field applies only to grade step progression processes.
      Confirmation Type	Keep the default value because this required field applies only to grade step progression processes.

2. Add grades.
   1. On the Grades and Steps tab, Actions menu, select Add Grade.
   2. On the Add Grade dialog box, search for and select the grade to add. The value you select for Progression Increment decides which grades you see in the list--basically, if the grades have steps or not.
   3. Enter the sequence for where to position the grade on the grade ladder.
   4. To see any existing steps, expand the grade. The Expand icon isn't present if no steps exist.
   5. Add a value for each step of the grade.
3. Validate the progression grade ladder by selecting Validate on the Actions menu.