UPDATE EMPLOYEE DEDUCTIONS/CONTRIBUTIONS

Use this screen to update employee payroll deductions and contributions with the current values in the company-wide deduction or contribution tables. You can update your choice of Method, Rate/Amount, Ceiling Amount, Start Date, and/or Through Date for the selected deduction or contribution. Updates will apply to all active employees, and to your choice of employees having a status of Inactive, Inactive Accruing Leave, and/or Family Medical Leave Act. You can also print reports detailing the updates and the current values.

Use this utility any time you need to mass update employee payroll deductions or contributions. Make all changes within the company-wide deduction or contribution tables before attempting to update the employees' records.

Deduction Code

Enter up to a six-character alphanumeric code that has been defined in the company-wide Deductions screen in Costpoint Payroll. You can use Lookup to select a code. This is a required field. The deduction code description will display to the right of the code.

Deductions

Select this checkbox to update/add all applicable records in the Employee Deductions screen upon executing the process.

Contributions

Select this checkbox to update/add all applicable records in the Employee Contributions screen upon executing the process.

Records

Update

Select this checkbox to update the employee deductions and/or contributions in the Employee Deductions and/or Employee Contributions screens.

Add

Select this checkbox to add new employee deductions and/or contributions in the Employee Deductions and/or Employee Contributions screens.

Update Fields

Use the options in this group box to select which deduction fields to update.

Method

Select this checkbox to include Method as one of the fields to update.

Rate/Amount

Select this checkbox to include Rate/Amount as one of the fields to update.

Ceiling Amount

Select this checkbox to include Ceiling Amount as one of the fields to update.

Start Date

Select this checkbox to include Start Date as one of the fields to update.

Through Date

Select this checkbox to include Through Date as one of the fields to update.

Include Status

Use the options in this group box to select which employee statuses, other than "Active," to include in the update process. Employees with "Active" status will be automatically included.

Inactive

Select this checkbox to include employees with a status of "Inactive" in the update.

Inactive Accruing Leave

Select this checkbox to include employees with a status of "Inactive Accruing Leave" in the update.

Family Medical Leave Act

Select this checkbox to include employees with a status of "Family Medical Leave" in the update.

Select Employee Class

Use the fields in this group box to select a range of employee classes. Establish employee class information in the Employee Class screen.

Range Option

Use this drop-down box to select an employee class range. Selections are "All," "One," "Range," "From Beginning," and "To End."

If you select "All," the From and To fields are disabled; if you select "One," the To field is disabled; if you select "From Beginning" the From field is disabled; and if you select "To End" the To field is disabled.

From

If your range selection is "One," "Range," or "To End," enter, or use Lookup to select, the employee class with which you want to start.

To

If your range selection is "Range" or "From Beginning," enter, or use Lookup to select, the employee class with which you want to end.

Select Home Organizations

Use the fields in this group box to select a range of home organizations to include on this report. Assign home orgs to employees in the Defaults subtask of the Basic Employee Info screen.

Range Option

Use this drop-down box to select a home organization range. Selections are "All," "One," "Range," "From Beginning," and "To End."

If you select "All," the From and To fields are disabled; if you select "One," the To field is disabled; if you select "From Beginning" the From field is disabled; and if you select "To End" the To field is disabled.

From

If you selected "One," "Range," or "To End" in the Rang Option field, enter, or use Lookup to select, the home organization with which you want to start the report.

To

If you selected "Range" or "From Beginning" in the Range Option field, enter, or use Lookup to select, the home organization with which you want to end the report.

Select Labor Location

Use the fields in this group box to select a range of labor locations to include on this report. Assign labor location codes to employees in the Defaults subtask of the Basic Employee Info screen.

Range Option

Use this drop-down box to select a range of labor location codes. Selections are "All," "One," "Range," "From Beginning," and "To End."

If you select "All," the From and To fields are disabled; if you select "One," the To field is disabled; if you select "From Beginning" the From field is disabled; and if you select "To End" the To field is disabled.

From

If you selected "One," "Range," or "To End" in the Range Option field, enter, or use Lookup to select, the labor location with which you want to start the report.

To

If you selected "Range" or "From Beginning" in the Range Option field, enter, or use Lookup to select, the labor location with which you want to end the report.

Report Status

This non-editable field indicates whether or not a printed report has been run for this update configuration.

Process/Print

You can select this button on the toolbar when you enter this screen. If you do, you will receive a message asking if you really intend to update. If you answer OK, the update report prints, and the update process follows immediately.  

After the update process has started, messages showing records processed and percentage of completion appear.

Table Information

Changes to this screen update the following fields:

Employee Deductions - EMPL_DED

Deductions - DED_CD

Basic Employee Info - EMPL

Employee Leave Journal - EMPL_LV_JNL

Employee Contributions - EMPL_CNTRB

Deductions - DED_CD

Basic Employee Info - EMPL

Employee Leave Journal - EMPL_LV_JNL