General

When adding a new record, click on the Save button on the lower left area of the screen when all fields are completed. If there are stations associated with the entered Position code, the Stations button is available in the left pane for configuration.

The number of hours per pay period that the employee is authorized to work in this assignment.

Indicates whether this labor distribution assignment is Primary Home, Alternate Home, or Alternate. This value is automatically assigned, based on the action button chosen when adding a new record.

An alphanumeric value used to identify the employee labor distribution assignment (e.g. Home).

The number of hours per day this employee is authorized to work. This value is used when validating employee Daily Approved Hours.

The number of hours per day an employee can work before incurring overtime pay, if applicable. If employees are not paid overtime based on daily hours, this field should be left blank or set to zero.

Note: When there is no value provided for this field from the employee download, this value is automatically set to zero. A zero in this field means that the employee overtime is not calculated on daily hours.

When a date field is highlighted, the Date Selector is displayed in the right pane to search for the date. Use the arrows in the heading bar to scroll to the Previous or Next month's calendar. Double-click on a date to enter it into the field. Alternatively, dates can be typed into the field.

The date this assignment is no longer effective, if applicable. In the Primary Home Labor Distribution, this field is read only. When a new Primary Home Labor Distribution assignment is entered, the system automatically fills in the Expiration Date field with the day before the Effective Date of the new assignment.

The value comparing the employee's approved hours to the number of hours considered full time.

For example, if an employee is approved for 64 hours per pay period, and full time is considered 80 hours, the employee's full time equivalent (FTE) is 64/80 or .8.

The employee work assignment (for example, Registered Nurse, Dietary Specialist, Maintenance Worker, etc.) This field is automatically filled in if a Position Code is entered and the record is saved.

The amount of time taken for a lunch break, expressed in whole and/or decimal hours. For example, a 30 minute lunch break would be entered as .5 hours.

A numeric value used with input devices to identify this labor distribution. This number must be unique within all the employee's labor distribution records that are effective at the same time.

The organization structure level this employee is assigned to. The structure level options available are determined by your corporate configuration.

The payroll processing group the employee is assigned to. The pay group assignment determines the pay period date ranges and the pay frequency for the employee.

Note: New Primary Home Labor Distribution records which have a different pay group code must have an entered Effective Date which is on or after the first day of the current pay group instance associated with the new pay group. The effective date of the labor distribution record will automatically be adjusted to match the first day of the new current pay group instance, provided there are no existing Primary Home Labor Distributions prior to that date.

A Pay Group Instance is a specific pay period for this group, defined by the start and end dates.

When configuring a new record, the Pay Group Instances tab is available to enter the information for defining the first pay group instance.
When viewing an existing record, the Pay Group Instances button appears as a section option to open and view the specific dates of each instance. These instances are created by the system based on the Pay Period Begin Date and the Pay Period Length fields.
The length of a pay period for this pay group (i.e. weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly).

The first day of a pay period for this pay group.
- Each pay period has a unique identifying number starting from the Pay Period Number of the first pay period defined.
  A unique number identifying each pay period. The numbering sequence begins with the number entered in this field for the instance beginning with the Pay Period Begin date.
  
  For example, if a biweekly Pay Group is set up with the Pay Period Begin Date of January 7, 2007 and the Pay Period Number set at 1, the pay group instance of January 7 - January 20, 2007
- The current pay period is highlighted in a different color.
- The number of past pay period instances displayed on this screen is determined by the number entered in the Previous Pay Group Instances field on the General tab.
  The number of pay group instances prior to the start date of the current pay period which should display in the Pay Group Instances screen.
  
  For example, if the current pay period begins 1/1/2008, and this field contains a 2, then two pay group instances before the one starting 1/1/08 will be visible. If that field is changed to 5, then five pay group instances are visible.
- The number of future pay period instances displayed on this screen is determined by the number entered in the Future Pay Group Instances field on the General tab.
  The number of FUTURE pay group instances that should be created beginning with the date of the current pay group instance, as indicated in the Pay Period Begin date on the Pay Group Instance tab.

The rate of pay the employee earns when working this labor distribution assignment.

The position code that indicates the organization and job class assignment for the employee.

Note: In order for an employee to have Position Permissions to available schedules, the Position Code field must be set up. It is not enough to have a job class/organization unit match to the position; the field itself must have a value.

Indicates whether this is a relief position (Yes/No). Relief position employees do not display on the related schedule screen unless they are added through the Add Relief Employee wizard. This setting is not applicable for the Primary Home labor distribution record.

Note: Once an employee is given a schedule assignment in the related labor distribution, his/her name remains on the schedule screen.

Note: This setting can also be used to locate employees with relief positions when running the schedule assistant.

The date used to track the employee seniority at the corporation, job, position, etc.

Note: If no date is entered in this field, the system uses the employee Hire Date to determine seniority.

The accumulated number of hours of seniority for this employee, if applicable. This value is only filled in if the organization is tracking seniority hours.

The default work shift the employee is assigned to (i.e. 1, 2, 3). This value is used when sorting reports and the schedule screen by the employee's shift.

The competency level achieved by the employee for this position. If a skill level is attached to a position, the employee must meet or exceed the required skill level value to be qualified for the schedule assignment.

The number of hours an employee can work per pay period or per week before incurring overtime pay, if applicable. Note: Assignment parameter settings determine if this value is for a pay period or for a week.

The Weekly/Pay Period Overtime cutoff value is set on the Configuration screen>Assignments card>Assignment Code screen>SchedHours Assignment Source Code>Parameters tab>Schedule Standard Hour 2.

When the value of the employee’s Overtime Hours is less than the value of the Weekly vs Pay Period Overtime Hours parameter, the employee is processed using the Weekly Overtime Hours Check.
When the value of the employee’s Overtime Hours is greater than or equal to the value of the Weekly vs Pay Period Overtime Hours parameter, the employee is processed using the Pay Period Overtime Hours Check.