Payroll - Daily Entry
FunctionThe Daily Entry task allows a convenient means of recording earnings on a daily basis, and provides a register that may be printed weekly or biweekly to report earnings by date and department. Earnings information from the Daily Entry task is transferred to the Payroll Entry task once the Daily Entry Register is printed and updated.
=> To access this task... Select Daily Entry from the Daily Entry menu.
Process Batch Control
Default Payroll Dates
In the Default Payroll Date field...
After selecting the desired option...
Daily Time Entry
About the FieldsThis task allows entry of earning information only and should not be used for manual check or check reversal entries, since these types of entries also require entry of deductions, taxes, contributions and accruals. When recording manual checks or making a check reversal, use the Payroll Entry task.
To Enable Edits to the form select .
In the Employee Number field...
NOTE: The format of the employee number is defined in the Payroll Parameter Maintenance task. When a valid employee number is entered, the first and last name of the employee are displayed and the Employee Maintenance Options sub-menu appears. Changes or additions to the employee’s records can be made by selecting options from this menu. From the Pay Period dropdown.... The Normal Pay Periods for the employee will be the Default. This is used to determine the number of days in a normal period for Tax Calculations Select one of the Following to designate the pay period for this employee.
In the Date column... Enter the date for this earning entry. The default payroll date entered above will be displayed. Dollar and unit earning information from this entry is reported by date on the Payroll Daily Input Register.
Earnings Code, may be displayed as Pay Code on some modules.
If the Pay Code selected is not defined for the Employee in the Employee Maintenance Record you will be presented with an error message, but you have a choice to override it by selecting [Allow Undefined Code].
If the Undefined Code is accepted, it will display with a different Background Color and Font. It will also be reported on all succeeding reports as an exception, until either the corresponding Earnings Code Record is defined for the Employee, or you continue to override the update prompts. If for some reason the code used was valid when entered, and later the corresponding Earnings Code Record is deleted from the Employee Maintenance Record, It will display with a more urgent Background Color and Font. It will also be reported on all succeeding reports as an exception, until either the corresponding Earnings Code Record is defined for the Employee, or you continue to override the update prompts.
In the Title Cd column...
Note: The Title Code Column will only be Enabled if the Multiple Titles checkbox is checked in the Parameters, otherwise the Normal Title Code defined for the employee is used.
The normal pay rate defined for this employee using this title code is displayed.
A similar exception warning and handling as with the Pay Code Exception applies.
In the Rate column... The pay rate is automatically displayed based on the title code entered above and may be overwritten with a different pay rate.
In the Dept Cd column... Department Code - The Employee's Home Department code is used as the default. A description of the department code appears in the next column. The department code determines the distribution of the earnings to the General Ledger.
NOTE: When this pay code is designated not to use units to calculate earnings (e.g., vacation pay), the cursor will advance to the Amount field for an entry without stopping at this field. In the Amount column... The amount in this field is automatically calculated when the defined pay code uses units.
button can be chosen on any line, to recheck the Rate, Unit, and Amount Calculation where applicable.
If there is a change to any of the amounts, you are presented with the option to continue.
When finished entering Daily Time Entry information...
If the Window is closed without saving the record, or you try to navigate away from the current record, the module issues this confirmation prompt:
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