With Jobpac it is possible to define payroll rates as it is useful for standardizing the charge to the Job.
It can also be used to set a fixed rate for pay as well as charge out rates for use with cost plus billing.
If you set an employee rate, it is not necessary to set a rate on their employee record as this rate will override it.
This is useful if you have a lot of employee working on the same hourly rate.
To access the Maintain Payroll Pay Rates screen:
- You can add, delete and alter payroll rates in this screen.
Fields in the Maintain Payroll Pay Rates Screen
This table provides information about the fields in the Maintain Payroll Pay Rates screen.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
Job | If you have a different rate for a specific job, enter the job number. You can enter an asterisk to identify groups of jobs (eg. Jobs 4335, 4337 and 4338 can be entered as 433*). |
Cost Code | Enter the rate that can be applied to a particular cost code within a job in this field. |
CT | Enter the rate that can be applied to a particular cost type within a job and cost code in this field. |
Resource | Enter a resource code if you want to link a resource code to a pay code. This is only applicable if the project uses resource codes. It allows to track possible rate differentiation required for cost plus billing when using resource codes. It could also be used to trigger different pay rates or cost rates. |
Pay Code | Enter the pay code in this field. You can assign your own pay codes – they may be numbers (0001-9999) or letters (BRIN- Bricklayer Normal time, BRIO-Bricklayer O/T). |
Start Date | Enter the date the pay rate started in this field. |
Description | Enter a description that provides an adequate explanation of the pay rate in this field. |
Employee Rate | Enter the rate of payment per hour for the employee in this field. |
Rate Job Charge | Enter the rate the job is charged per hour. This value could be an amount or a percentage depending on the value of the first position of PAYROL system parameter. If you are using on-cost percentages at transaction level, then leave this field blank and the program will charge the job with the actual cost charged to the employee plus the on-costs specified in the transaction definition. |
External Charge | Enter the rate (amount or percentage) an external client will be charged for this pay code. This will be billed to the client. |
Activated | If the pay rate code is activated, this field will remain blank. If the pay rate code is marked as redundant, "R" will get displayed in the field. |