Entering Employee Earnings
This topic lists the prerequisites and discusses how to enter employee earnings.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Usage |
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ADDITIONAL_PAY1_NL |
Enter all types of permanent extra payments made to employees in addition to regular salary. Do not enter incidental earnings on this page. |
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EARNINGS_INC_NL |
Enter incidental payments made to employees. |
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ADDL_HRS_INC_NL |
Enter incidental payments made to individual employees on an hourly basis. |
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ADDL_HRS_DE_INC_NL |
Enter incidental hourly earnings data, which are payments made to an employee group on an hourly basis. Do not use this page to enter information about incidental earnings; enter incidental earnings on the Incidental Earnings page. (You must have first set up valid earnings codes on the Earnings page and have set up one or more pay calendars for the pay groups to which the employees belong.) |
Before you can enter employee earnings, you must first set up valid earnings codes on the Regular Earnings page and create pay calendars.
Use the Regular Earnings page (ADDITIONAL_PAY1_NL) to enter all types of permanent extra payments made to employees in addition to regular salary.
Do not enter incidental earnings on this page.
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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Regular Earnings page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control |
Description |
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Earnings End Date |
Enter the date that the earnings end. To enter repeated earnings end dates, add data rows. |
Compensation Rate/Frequency |
Displays the rate of compensation and frequency of that compensation for the employee. |
Standard Hours |
Displays the standard hours that the employee works per work period. |
Work Period |
Displays the standard work period. This is the time period in which employees must complete the standard hours. The system uses the annualization factor of the standard work period in combination with the standard hours to calculate full-time equivalency (FTE). |
Employee Type |
Displays the employee type according to predetermined variables. |
Reason |
Select a reason for the payment. |
Goal Amount |
If there is a limit to the total amount that you want to pay the employee, such as when the payment is made in a series of smaller payments over several pay periods, then enter the limit here. |
Use the Incidental Earnings page (EARNINGS_INC_NL) to enter incidental payments made to employees.
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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Incidental Earnings page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control |
Description |
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Unit/Hours |
Enter the applicable units or hours for which the employee should be compensated. |
Rate/Perc (rate/percentage) |
Enter the applicable rate or percentage of compensation. |
Use the Hourly Time/Overtime page (ADDL_HRS_INC_NL) to enter incidental payments made to individual employees on an hourly basis.
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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Hourly Time/Overtime page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control |
Description |
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Other Hours |
Enter the amount of other hours worked. |
Hourly Rate |
Enter the hourly rate for the other hours worked. |
Regular Shift |
Select the employee's regular shift. |
Use the Hourly Time by Calendar page (ADDL_HRS_DE_INC_NL) to enter incidental hourly earnings data, which are payments made to an employee group on an hourly basis.
Do not use this page to enter information about incidental earnings; enter incidental earnings on the Incidental Earnings page. (You must have first set up valid earnings codes on the Earnings page and have set up one or more pay calendars for the pay groups to which the employees belong.)
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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Hourly Time by Calendar. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control |
Description |
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Hours Type |
Select the hours type. The hours type is an earnings code. Available codes include only those earnings codes that are defined as incidental and that are based upon hours on the Regular Earnings page. If there is more than one type of incidental hours for this employee, add additional data rows. Although you can enter an unlimited number of incidental earnings for an employee, the possible types of incidental earnings for an employee depend upon the employee's company and pay group. |
Shift |
Select the employee's regular shift. |