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Earning Benefit Types

A: Earning Benefit Types Dictionary

Earning or Benefit Type – used to define whether record is a employee earning or benefit.  Lookup Link: Earning or Benefit Type

Earning Benefit Group – used for reporting to sort/include records in a group.

Earning Benefit Code – user defined code to use in the Salary Module for earning/benefit calculations.

Earning Benefit Alias – text required when importing payroll data to redirect record to proper record in the Earning Benefit Type dictionary.

Secondary Suffix – used when creating the secondary code in the Salary Calculations.  The text is added to the end of the Secondary predetermined by other dictionary settings.

Description – Text Name

Inactive – check box to treat the record as inactive.

Has Details – Check Box to indicate that child records exist in the Details table below.

AA: Details – Child records belonging to Earning Benefit Type selected above.  The entered values in the columns are used for directing the action of the earning/benefit calculation in the Salary Module.
Note – a “Notcoded” value is the same as leaving the column blank.
Note – The Salary Module uses certain columns to determine which settings are to be used for an employee earnings/benefits calculation.  The program will use the record that has the most matches.  The columns used for this match will have “Leave Blank if applies to all” in it’s definition.

Screen Entry For Employer Benefit Codes:

Budget Version – defines which version this setting will be used for.

Value Type – defines which result will be populated by the salary calculation

Salary Process Type:   defines what process salary calculation is to be used in the program

Entity Type – Select Entity.  Leave blank if applies to all entities.  Link:  Entity Types

Employee Type – Select from List. Leave blank if applies to all.

Production Type – Select UP/MM from list.  Leave blank if applies to all.

Employee Org – Select Organization. Leave blank if applies to all.

Employee Class Type – Employee Classification.  Link: Employee Classification

Cost Centre – Link: Cost Centres

Earning Benefit Accumulator Group – select Accumulator Group to use in the calculation for this record.

Calc Formula – Calculation Formula

Secondary End – used in earning/benefit calculation when creating the Secondary code. When filled, attached to text assigned previously.

Percent Increase – percentage value to use in a calculation

Percent Increase NY – Next Year percentage value to use in a calculation

Max Amount – The maximum amount allowed for a calculation

Break Amount – The calculation calculates an amount beyond this break amount.

Fixed Yearly Amount – calculation ends in a fixed amount.

FTE – Use FTE as the filter in the calculation

Calendar Calc

Staff – Use Staff as the filter in the calculation

Screen Entry For Earning Codes:
AA: Details

Budget Version – defines which version this setting will be used for.
Value Type

Process Type – select what type of calculation

Entity Type – Select Entity

Employee Type – Select Employee Type

Employee Org – select Employee Organization

Employee Class Type – Select Employee Classificcation

Earning Benefit Accumulator Group – The calculation will use the total amount assigned to selected group

Times Rate – if entered the calculation will multiply the result by the entered value

Each Rate – Override rate to use for an Each type calculation (Each quantity * Each Rate)

Percent Increase – Override percent rate to use for applying an increase in calculated amount.

Percent Increase Next Year – Override percent rate to use for Next Year for applying an increase in calculated amount.

Calc Formula – the SQL formula to use in the calculation

Check Box instructions to the program – checked means yes

Transfer Hrs – Check Box

Transfer Amount – Check Box

Apply Step Increase – Check Box

Apply Grid Increase – Check Box

Premium – Check Box

Inc. FTE Hrs – Check Box

Inc. Paid Hrs – Check Box

Inc. Worked Hrs – Check Box

Inc. Earned Hrs – Check Box

Inc. Non-Earned Hrs – Check Box

Inc. Other Hrs – Check Box

AB: Counts Towards – 

Budget Version – defines which version this setting will be used for.

Earning Benefit Accumulator Group – program will add amount/hours to this group for this Earning/Benefit

AC: Assignment


Budget Version – defines which version this setting will be used for.

Production Type – UPoMM MIS setting

Employee Organization – select

Employee Classification – select

Employee Type – select

Secondary Account – secondary Account to use for transactions

B: Earning Benefit Groups

Code – User defined

Description – text

Inactive – flag set set record to inactive

Inactive Date – date flag was set to inactive

C: Details Overview – Visual Check of entered data.