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Setting up wage rate tables

To ensure that the Wage Table menu option appears, you must first select the Use wage tables check box on the Company > Preferences > Payroll tab.

From the Company menu, click Payroll > Wage Rate Table.
Click the New button.
Leave the status as Active. When you no longer want to use the wage table, you change it to Inactive.
On the General tab, for the description, type the name of the wage rate table that you are setting up.
For the date range, enter the dates when you want to start and stop using the table. You can leave the Through date blank if you don't know when you want to stop using the table.
For each wage rate that you want to define, complete a row in the table as follows:

For

Do this

Employee

If the pay rate is based on a specific employee, select an existing employee. Then, this rate will be used when the employee enters time to a project associated with this wage rate table.

Employee type

If the pay rate is based on the type of employee performing the work, enter an employee type.

Activity

If the pay rate is based on the type of work performed, enter an activity.

Regular rate

Type the hourly rate for this wage.

Force Regular Rate

When an employee enters project time, Ajera uses either the employee's standard rate or the regular rate defined in the associated wage rate table, whichever rate is higher.

To use the regular rate defined in this wage rate table regardless of the employee's standard pay rate (Company > Payroll > Pays), select the Force Regular Rate check box.

Fringe rate

Type the hourly cash fringe rate for this wage.

Use employee markups

Select this check box if you want to use premium markup percents set up for the employee.

Premium markup 1, 2, 3

If you selected the Use employee markups check box, these fields are unavailable.

Ajera automatically sets up these fields as pays. If you changed the name for these pays using Company > Payroll > Pays, the name you entered for them appears here instead of Premium markup 1, 2, or 3.

Enter the percent you want to use to markup the regular rate when premium 1, 2, or 3 time is entered.

Note:

If you leave these fields blank and do not select the Use employee markup check box, premium time is paid at the regular rate.

Click the Notes tab and enter any notes about this wage rate table.
Click the Attachments tab to add a link to a file or URL.
Click Save.
Click Close.
To associate this wage rate table with a project, open the relevant project (Setup > Projects). Select the Project Info tab > General subtab. In the Payroll Wage Rate Table field, select this wage rate table.