Configuration
Earning types and work rules
Improved overtime rate calculation of piece pay (17259)
When configuring earning types (System Setup > Earning Types), a new Base Pay check box is available in the Include In section. This new configuration option includes the earnings in the Overtime Rate and Post Calculations work rules. If you are using piece pay for an earning type, it must be included in the base pay to correctly calculate the overtime rate.
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Work rules
Modification to the Average Hours with Worked Before and After Check work rule (17274)
The Average Hours with Worked Before and After Check work rule (System Setup > Work Rules > Holiday Eligibility) has been modified so that the Start Calculation From parameter now includes a new Prior Week option. This new option allows you to start an eligibility calculation from one week prior to the holiday date. Once selected, the calculation of holiday pay will be for the four weeks prior to the beginning of the last week.
For example, you are trying to calculate an employee's eligibility for Canadian Thanksgiving, which is on October 8:
- The workweek runs from Saturday through Friday, starting on Saturday and ending on Friday.
- Pay is biweekly.
- The employee's pay week starts on September 29 and ends on October 12.
Before the modification, to address the example above, you would have to look at the last closed pay period week, meaning that you could not look at the hours that fell within the current pay period. You would have to review the 4 weeks prior to September 29.
Now, with the modification, you can see all of the hours starting on October 8, go back four weeks, and perform the holiday calculation.