How To: Update Employee Pay Rate
To modify or add a pay rate to an employee record, navigate to Employee Information > Base Compensation > Current Compensation.
To modify an existing employee pay rate, select View/Edit under Actions
To add a new pay rate, select +Add
Enter the below options for the pay rate:
Effective From: Enter the date the rate is effective.
- For salary employees, this will correspond with an active Autopay Schedule and determine pro-rated pay during the pay period. See: How To: Setup Employee Auto pay Schedule
- For hourly employees, hours recorded on or after this date will have this rate applied.
Reason Code: may be required and can be selected from the drop down list. To add new reason selections to this list, contact AtlasHR
Amount: salary or hourly rate to be paid. This can be set up as PP (Pat Period), per Year, per Month, per Week, per Hour
Hours: Number of hours the employee will generally work per PP (Pay Period), per Year, per Month, per Week. Full-time employees will work 2080 hours per year.
PP in Year: Number of pay periods in the year (Monthly-12; Semimonthly-24; Biweekly-26, Weekly-52)
Amount Earning Autopay: Select the earning code that will be automatically paid for salary employees each paycheck (usually Regular or Salary). See: How To: Setup Employee with Salary Autopay
Autopay Type: Select the type of automatic pay that will apply.
- Hours-will automatically enter a set number of hours.
- Amount-will automatically pay a specific amount, no hours will be recorded.
- Both-will automatically pay a specific amount and record a set number of hours.
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