The Pay tab

What this does

The Pay tab holds how an employee is paid and the items added to every pay.

Pay and rules

1. Choose Pay type: Salary or Hourly.
2. Enter the Annual salary or Hourly rate.
3. Set Vacation pay: Accrue and pay when taken or Pay out on every pay. Enter a Vacation rate override (%) only if you pay more than the provincial minimum. The higher of the two is used.
4. Set Statutory holidays: Provincial rules, Provincial rules plus company holidays or Not paid by us (e.g. contractors).
5. Set Overtime: Pay overtime, Bank as time off in lieu or Exempt.
6. If the employer has an EI premium reduction plan, tick Covered by the employer's EI premium reduction plan. Enter This employee's EI employer factor if it differs from the company setting. A reduced factor is below 1.4.

Recurring earnings, deductions and benefits

1. Under Recurring earnings, deductions and benefits, choose Add recurring item.
2. Choose the Kind and the Type from your catalogue.
3. Under Worked out as, choose an amount each pay, an amount per hour or a percentage of gross.
4. Enter the dates it Starts and Ends.
5. Set an Annual limit if one applies. For a garnishment or advance, set Total to collect and Collected so far.
6. Add an Employer amount each pay or Employer percentage of gross for the employer's share.
7. For a court order, choose the Payee and enter a Reference.

It is added to every pay while in force.

Overtime items with a multiplier

Hour-based earnings can have their own Multiplier, for example 1.5 for time and a half. The hours typed in the grid, and hours the provincial overtime rule splits off, are paid at the hourly rate times the multiplier.

Good to know

• Once an item has been paid, choose End rather than removing it. Pays after the last day leave it out and the history stays.
• Which items count as hour-based is set in Settings › Earnings and deductions.
• Court orders have their own section. See Court orders.