Use this subtask to establish the company's contributions for individual employees and the controlling parameters for those contributions. You must have already established the contributions in the Deductions screen in Costpoint Payroll. You can assign an unlimited number of contributions to an employee.
The employee ID and name will default from the main screen.
After selecting the New Line button on the toolbar, enter the contribution (deduction) code for the contribution. You can also use Lookup to select the contribution code. When you tab out of this field, the defaults from the Deductions screen will be shown on the line. You can edit any of these fields, except for the Description field. Entries made on this line will override the defaults in the Deductions table. This is a required field.
The description of the related contribution (deduction) code is displayed. This description is defaulted in from the Deductions table and cannot be changed.
To change the default method, enter one of the following methods to use for this deduction. This is a required field.
FIXAMT - Fixed Amount. Use this method when a particular dollar amount should be contributed each pay period.
NO DED - No Deduction. This method "turns off" a contribution. Use it when you need to disable this contribution for this employee.
PCTANN - Percentage of Annual Salary. This method multiplies the Rate by the employee's annual salary amount to come up with the contribution amount.
PCTDED - Percentage of Deduction. This method multiplies the Rate by the amount of the deduction to derive the contribution amount.
PCTGRS - Percentage of Gross Wages. This method multiplies the Rate by the total wages for the pay period.
PCTREG - Percentage of Regular Wages. This method multiplies the Rate by the total of all non-overtime pay type wages for the pay period.
GHRSPD - A per-hour amount based on hours paid. This method multiplies the rate entered in EMPL_DED table by the gross hours worked. Gross Hours Worked in this case is defined as pay type hours times pay type factor.
GRSHRF - Gross Hours. Use this method when the contribution amount is based on total hours worked for the period. The system will calculate the contribution amount by adding all hours for the payroll period and multiplying that figure by the contribution amount.
GRSHRP - Gross Hours. Use this method when the contribution amount is based on total hours worked for the period. The system will calculate the contribution amount by adding all hours for the payroll period and multiplying that figure by the contribution percent.
REGHRF - Regular Hours. Use this method when the contribution amount is based on all hours not designated as overtime hours. The system will calculate the contribution amount by adding all non-overtime hours for the payroll period and multiplying that figure by the contribution amount.
REGHRP - Regular Hours. Use this method when the contribution amount is based on all hours not designated as overtime hours. The system will calculate the contribution amount by adding all non-overtime hours for the payroll period and multiplying that figure by the contribution percentage.
Enter the desired contribution percentage, using up to four decimal places, or the contribution amount, depending on the Method selected. This is a required field.
Enter a calendar-year limit for the contribution amount. If you do not enter a limit, the contribution is considered unlimited. The system checks this amount each time contributions are computed in the Compute Payroll program in Costpoint Payroll to ensure that the limit is not exceeded for the calendar year.
Enter a date for the contribution to start. This will normally be the pay period start date. If the start date is later than the pay period end date, the contribution will start in the following pay period. Leave this field blank to indicate that the contribution should start immediately.
Enter a date through which the contribution should be made. This will normally be the pay period end date. Leave this field blank to indicate that this contribution should continue indefinitely.
Changes to this screen update the EMPL_CNTRB table.