Pay classes
Pay Classes group pay summary groups for:
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Performing special calculations
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Applying special system edits
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Reporting
Pay summary groups can be associated with more than one pay class.
The Human Resources application automatically creates three pay classes if you define them when you create a company:
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Overtime—Edits against paying overtime to exempt employees. Commonly abbreviated as OVT.
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Noncash—Administers the proper calculation of non-cash income. Commonly abbreviated as NON.
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Tip Pay—Allows for entry of both hours and amount on time record without being multiplied together. Applies edits using Tip pay for non-tipped employees. Commonly abbreviated as TIP.
You can define other pay classes for reporting or to use with other Human Resources applications. For example, you can define a vacation or sick pay class to track usage in the Time and Attendance application, or define a pay class to calculate deductions based on certain types of pay.
There is no limit on the number or type of pay classes you can create; however, you must define the overtime, non-cash, and tips pay classes on the HR company or Payroll will not activate special hard-coded edits and calculations.
Example
The Two Rivers Company established the following pay classes:
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VAC—used with the Time and Attendance application to track usage of vacation time.
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GTL—used for W-2 reporting of taxable Group Term Life Insurance premiums.
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OVT—used for the special edit against paying overtime to exempt employees.
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NON—used to calculate non-cash income.
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ITP and DTP—both used for tips to allow for the entry of both hours and amounts on the time records without the figures being multiplied together.