Element Entries

For earnings to be associated with a person, you must create an element entry for that person and that element.

An element entry is automatically generated by creating a Salary Basis or a Compensation entry for the payee.

Salary Basis and Compensation

Once you've created the elements that are meant to hold the payee basic salary and compensation information, you can perform the setup required to attribute the gross compensation to the payee.

To set up the salary basis:

1. Sign in to the application with a role that has compensation administrator privileges, such as CMP_ADMIN_ALL.

2. Navigate to the Compensation work area.
3. Select Manage Salary Basis, and then click Create.
4. Select the element to use for the salary basis and provide the required information.

Individual Compensation

To create a compensation plan, such as for a car allowance:

1. In the Compensation work area, select Manage Plans and click Create.
2. Select the payroll element for the compensation plan, such as a car allowance.
3. Select the Dates tab and set the payment start and end dates.
4. Select the Eligibility tab to define eligibility for the plan.
5. Select the Plan Access tab and indicate whether to restrict access to this plan.
6. Select the Instruction Text tab and add any user instructions you want to associate with the plan.