Job codes

Job codes represents a specific set of tasks or duties in an organization. You use job codes throughout Infor Human Capital Management to perform various functions.

You can store job codes in history for use in reporting.

Within the Payroll application, you use job codes to calculate workers' compensation premiums. Job codes are also part of the defaulting scheme for pay rates and expense accounts.

Within the Personnel Administration application, you use job codes to perform a variety of functions:

  • Define the qualifications for a job

  • Define the working conditions of the job

  • Define the physical or mental requirements for the job

  • Define the job description

  • Create requests to employ someone for a specific job

  • Analyze wages

  • Budget for headcount

  • Track assigned resources

  • Create employment equity reports

For more information on using job codes within Personnel Administration, see your Infor Personnel Administration User Guide.

Job Codes vs. Positions

If you use the Personnel Administration application, you can use positions, as well as Job Codes; job codes and positions play different roles in Infor Human Capital Management.

A job code represents a specific set of tasks or duties in an organization.

A position code identifies a functional part of the organization and is normally used to associate a position code with a job code. For example, you could define position codes for an emergency room nurse, a surgical nurse, and a cardiac care nurse.

The following table lists the different functionality of jobs and positions in the Infor Software application.

Job Codes Positions
Pay rate on the job code can default to an employee's time record. Payroll information can default from an employee's multiple positions to the time record.
One General Ledger expense account can be assigned per job code. Multiple General Ledger expense accounts per position can be assigned by pay code for an employee.
Job codes can be assigned to one job class. Position can be assigned to many position classes.
Job codes are used for Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) reports. Many fields can default to Employee (HR11) when position is assigned to the employee.
Job codes can have job descriptions. Positions can be assigned 99 additional user fields.
Effective dates allow changes to job codes to be recorded in history. Effective dates allow changes to positions to be recorded in history.
Job codes can be used to perform searches for employees and applicants who are qualified to perform a job.
Job codes are used to analyze wages.
Job codes are used for Workers Compensation calculations.
Effective dates allow changes to job codes to be recorded in history.

For more information on positions, see the Infor Personnel Administration User Guide.