Set Up Regular Earnings

Regular earnings are the ones that need to be reported in rubrique 51 of the DSN. The different characteristics of these earnings supported by using different secondary classification and the related templates.

Regular – used as Salary Basis

If an earning is to be used as salary basis it must use classification Regular Earnings / Regular and it must follow specific rules in filling in some of the questions of the template.

A subset of the list of questions that have special relevance in creating a Salary Basis element for the French payroll:
Field or Question Value
At which employment level should this element be attached? Assignment Level

It should be the same level defined in the Legal Entity HCM Information in the Salary level field.

Does the element recur each payroll period, or does it require explicit entry? Recurring
Can a person have more than one entry of this element in a payroll period? Set to ‘Yes’ to be used as a Salary Basis
On the Create Element: Additional Details page select the values shown in the table:
Field or Question Value
What is the calculation rule? Flat Amount – in general will be set as flat amount as it will correspond to the monthly salary basis.
What is the default periodicity of this element? Calendar Month
Periodicity Conversion Rule Periodic Work Schedule Rate Annualized. This conversion rule supports the French proration method (Heures réèlles travaillées)
How do you want the work units to be reported? None
Is this element subject to proration? Yes
Proration Group Entry Changes for Proration
Proration Units Workday - This choice for example will trigger a proration for hire / termination based on a ratio of working days of employment / working days of the month (Heures réèlles travaillées).
Proration Rate Conversion Rule Periodic Work Schedule Rate Annualized. This proration rule supports the French pro-ration method (Heures réèlles travaillées)
Is this earning feed the Overtime basis? If answer is Yes, this earning will feed balance ‘Overtime Basis’ that is used in the calculation of the Overtime elements
Is this earning comparable with SMIC? If answer is Yes, this earning will feed balance Earnings Comparable with SMIC that is used in the process of comparing the monthly earnings with the SMIC limit
What is the DSN code for this element? Select 010 – Basic Salary in accordance to how this element is to be reported in rubrique 51 of the DSN.
Note: All earnings defined with Primary Classification = Regular, will be the default feed to the Subject to Social Insurance balance.