Food Benefits

An employee can avail food benefit-in-kind from their employers.

A food benefit-in-kind can be created with two calculation methods:

• Flat Amount
• Unit by Rate (most common method)

To create a food benefit-in-kind using a Unit by Rate calculation method:

Fastpath: My Client Groups > Payroll > Elements

1. Using the Elements task, create a new element.
2. In the Create Element window, create a Benefit-in-Kind element with the following values:

   Field	Description
   Secondary Classification	Food benefits
   Category	Standard: If the element is set up with a Standard category, during the payroll run, the number of days is resolved based on the employee’s work schedule. Timecard: If the element is setup with a Timecard category, during the payroll run, the number of days is resolved by based on the timecard entries. Note: The Processing Type of this element should be set as Recurring, to be processed in each payroll period.
   Is this element subject to proration?	No Note: Typically benefits-in-kind are not prorated. Refer to Overview of Reconstituted Salary to configure this benefits-in-kind, if it needs to be part of the reconstituted salary.
   Rule Type	Unit by Rate calculation

3. In the Element Entries page, enter the required details in the General Information tab, to associate this benefit-in-kind to the relevant payee:
   • Periodicity: Calendar Month
   • Number of Meals per Day: 1 (can be overridden)
4. Save and submit the details.

Note: If the employee is an apprentice, the pay value is 75% of the daily rate. The meal value is seeded using the calculation value definition, Standard Meal Rate.