Use this screen 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. You can assign an unlimited number of contributions to an employee.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the ID for the employee in this field. After you enter the employee ID, the employee's name is displayed to the right of this field. This is a required field.
Select the New Line button on the toolbar, then enter, or use Lookup to select, the contribution (deduction) code for the contribution. The defaults from the Deductions screen are displayed when you tab out of this field. You can edit any of these fields except for the Description field. Entries made on this line override the defaults in the Deductions table. This is a required field.
This non-editable field displays the description of the related contribution (deduction) code from the Deductions table.
To change the default method, enter one of the following methods to use for this deduction in this required field:
FIXAMT - Fixed Amount. Use this method when a particular dollar amount should be contributed each pay period.
NO DED - No Deduction. Use this method to "turn off" a contribution. Use it when you need to disable this contribution for this employee.
PCTANN - Percent of Annual Salary. Use this method to multiply the Rate by the employee's annual salary amount to come up with the contribution amount.
PCTDED - Percent of Deduction. Use this method to multiply the Rate by the amount of the deduction to derive the contribution amount.
PCTGRS - Percent of Gross Wages. Use this method to multiply the Rate by the total wages for the pay period.
PCTREG - Percent of Regular Wages. Use this method to multiply the Rate by the total of all non-overtime pay type wages for the pay period.
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 percentage.
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 selects this amount each time it computes contributions 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 date is later than the pay period start 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. If the date is earlier than the pay period end date, the contribution will not be taken. Leave this field blank to indicate that this contribution should continue indefinitely.
Changes to this screen update the PR _EMPL_CNTRB table.