Create Provincial Wage Basis Rules for Workers’ Compensation Processing

Use the Component Group Rules task from the Payroll area to create a wage basis rule, for example, Workers Compensation rules for Ontario.

To create a wage basis rule:

1. From the Payroll area, select the Component Group Rules task.

2. On the Component Group Rules page, select a Canadian Legislative Data Group and click Search.

3. Select the Regional node, to define wage basis rules at the provincial level. The earnings considered to decide the amount used to calculate the Workers' Compensation liability amount depends on the rules defined for the province.

4. In the Component Group Rules pane, navigate in the tree structure to Related Deductions > Workers Compensation > Wage Basis Rules.

5. Select Actions > Create. to open the Create Wage Basis Rule page.

6. Enter the following information:

   • Enter the Effective Start Date. It is recommended to use either the implementation date or the earliest date a pay period exists.

   • Select the Year End Forms

   • Select the Province for which you are defining the wage basis rules.

   • Select the Primary Classification. The primary classification for Workers Compensation is Employer Liabilities.

7. Select No for Select all secondary classifications checkbox.

8. Select either Yes, to decide if the selected secondary classification is subject to wage basis rule.

9. Click Submit.

To view the data you just created, search by the province on the Component Group Rules page. In the field directly above Province, enter the abbreviation of the province, for this example it's ON. This filters the data in the UI for Ontario. If a blank field isn't available for entry above Province, select the filter icon (Query by Example).

These rules that you've created are linked to a Legislative Data Group. They can't be overwritten by the rules predefined by Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management for Canada.