Pay rate options

System>General>Pay Rate Options

Pay rates defined against one system object

You can define pay rates against any one system object

• Employee
• Group (Cost center, Department), or
• WBS items (Project, Job, Cost Code, etc.)

Pay rates defined against primary and exception object

You can setup primary-secondary pay rate structure, where a primary pay rate is a default rate, and a secondary pay rate is an override pay rate based upon encoding a time entry against a secondary object.

Common application of Pay Rate Options are an employee performing work in a particular role, or for a  different group or site.. For example, handling and processing toxic waste containers at one site might earn at a higher pay rate than at Cost Center Y, a distribution center for non-toxic packaged goods.

Generally, a common setup is to set the primary rate on the employee. Once enabled, a primary pay rate can be set in all employee profiles. If, for example, you enable an exception (secondary override) pay rate on the Cost Center or Department object, once enabled, an additional area will appear in all employee profiles called "Pay Rate Exceptions."

To setup this example:

1. Navigate to System>General>Pay Rate Options>Edit
2. For Rates Depend On: select Employees
3. For Make Exceptions For: select Cost Center
4. For Billable Flag On: select the object you want to control as payable or non-payable. 
5. For Rates Apply Only For: select Work Hours if you only plan to have pay rates for work hours.

Many other use cases can be supported by Pay Rate Options:

1. Where employee work in Cost Center A is billed out higher than Cost Center B use: Rates Depend On: Employees / Make Exceptions For: Cost Center
2. Where employee work only depends on the Project use: Rates Depend On: Project / Make Exceptions For: (Blank)
3. Where employee work only depends only on the Employee use: Rates Depend On: Employee / Make Exceptions For: (Blank)