The Employee Setup screen consists of four tabs: Name and Address, Payroll Info., Items and Misc. Click on one of these options to view help for the corresponding tab.

Items Tab

This tab consists of three area for items that will be used to calculate the payroll; Earnings, Deductions/Benefits, and Accumulators. Select a radio button (or click on a row in one of the lists) to work with the corresponding set of options.

Earnings - Select this radio button to work with the Earning-related options in this tab. The table lists the earnings that are applied to the current employee.

S/H - An "S" value indicates that this earning is a Salary type. Salary types of earnings require only an amount to pay. An "H" value indicates that this earning is an Hourly type and requires a Rate and Units in order to pay out.

Rate - Displays the Hourly rate of pay. Normally a rate per hour.

Hours - Displays Hours or units to be paid.

Amount - Displays the extended amount of Rate multiplied by Hours or Salary amount.

Distribution - Displays the Distribution Code for this earning item. An employee can have any number of earning items, including multiple Items for the same earning type. For example, 5 Regular hours charged to Distribution Code "Sales", 10 Regular hours charged to "Plant", etc.

Deduction and Benefits - Select this radio button to work with the Deduction/Benefit-related options in this tab. The table lists the deductions/benefits that are applied to the current employee.

Deduction - Displays the calculated deduction amount.

Benefit - Displays the calculated benefit amount.

Distribution - Displays the distribution code to which these items will be charged.

Accumulators - Select this radio button to work with the accumulator-related options in this tab. The table lists the accumulators that are applied to the current employee.

Balance - Displays the balance amount of the accumulator.

Calculation - Displays the amount calculated on the last pay calculation.

Action - Shows the action the accumulator will perform (e.g. accumulate a running balance, paid every pay, etc.).

Distribution - Displays the distribution code for this accumulator item.

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New - This button allows you to add a new item to the currently active list. Selecting this button opens a different dialog box, depending on which list you have active. Choose a link below to view specific help about the item you wish to add.

• Add New Earnings
• Add New Deductions/Benefits
• Add New Accumulators

Modify - This button allows you to edit the currently selected item. Selecting this button opens a different dialog box, depending on the item that is selected. Choose a link below to view specific help about the item you wish to modify.

• Modify Earnings
• Modify Deductions/Benefits
• Modify Accumulators

Delete - Deletes the current selected item.

Cancel - Cancels the changes and reloads the current values.

Test - This button allows you to test the Pay Calculation. See the Test Calculation Help topic for more information.

Help - Opens this help page.

Choose one of these options to view help for the three other tabs on this page: Name and Address.• Payroll Info • Misc.