Pay summary groups

A pay summary group combines one or more pay codes for these purposes:

  • Store pay history

  • Determine how the Payroll application calculates taxes on pay

  • Determine the description of pay that prints on payments, direct deposit receipts, and reports

  • Define parameters for FLSA overtime calculation

  • Define the tax reporting form associated with United States pay

  • Define the type of tip pay for a tipped payment

To define which pay codes belong to which pay summary group, you attach a pay summary group to each pay code. Each pay code can only belong to one pay summary group, but a pay summary group can have any number of pay codes. Pay codes

You define pay summary group relationships between pay summary groups and pay classes. You can tie a pay summary group to more than one pay class to apply different edits and calculations, and to use for reporting. If a pay summary group does not require special edits or calculations or you do not have special reporting needs, you do not need to define a relationship with a pay class. Pay classes

Example

The Two Rivers Company has grouped their pay codes into the following pay summary groups:

Example: Pay Summary Groups, and Pay Codes

In this example, the pay code for the west coast shift, SHW, and the pay code for the east coast shift, SHE, are grouped into a pay summary group SFT to provide a common description on their payments. Also, the history for both Overtime 1 (OT1) and Overtime 2 (OT2) is stored together in the pay summary group OVT.