How Do I Create a Pay Group?

The Pay Group setup is located under the Personnel section of the main Admin tab. To access the setup page, click on the Admin tab at the top of the screen, and then on the Pay Groups link.

If you have never before set up pay groups “No Pay Groups currently exist” is displayed. Click on the [ADD PAY GROUP] icon. The “Pay Groups” screen opens.

Each of your company policies is listed under their subsequent headers.

1. Enter the Name that you would like to use for this group.

2. If you would like this pay group associated with a specific Department, select the desired department from the drop-down menu, or click on the  icon to select the department from a map.

3. If you would like this pay group to be associated with a specific Supervisor, make the desired selection from the drop-down menu.

4. If you would like this pay group to be associated with a specific Schedule Rule, make the desired selection from the drop-down menu. This rule will be applied to any schedule created for the assigned employees that does not have a Schedule Rule specified.

5. If you would like the employees in this pay group to be assigned to a Disciplinary Scale, select the desired scale from the drop-down menu.

6. Put a check mark in the box next to each Overtime Policy that you would like to assign to this pay group.

7. Put a check mark in the box next to each Premium Pay Policy that you would like to assign to this pay group.

8. Put a check mark in the box next to each Rounding Policy that you would like to assign to this pay group.

9. Select the Pay Period that you would like to associate with this pay group, or select "No Pay Period."

10. Put a check mark in the box next to each Meal/Lunch Policy that you would like to assign to this pay group.

11. Select the Holiday List that you would like to assign to this pay group, or select "No Holiday List."

12. If you are using a holiday list, enter the number of Holiday Hours that employees assigned to this group are to be awarded with on days specified as a holiday.

13. Put a check mark in the box next to each Minimum Hours Policy that you would like to assign to this pay group.

14. Select each Accrual Policy that you would like to associate with this pay group.

15. Select whether or not you would like to associate this pay group with Comp Time.

16. Once you have selected the desired policies, click on the [FINISH/SAVE] icon to create the pay group.