This screen enables you to specify the Working Time Regulation (WTR) scheme details that are used to calculate an employee's Average Pay.

Note: Supplementary payruns are taken into account when calculating the Average Pay.

To access this screen, enter fast path HR130S3.

Scheme Details

Scheme ID

Display only. The ID of the selected scheme.

Short Desc, Long Description

Enter a short and long description of the scheme.

Start Date

Enter a start date for the scheme.

Use Posts

Select this check box to calculate Average Pay for each post an employee holds or leave blank to calculate Average Pay for the employee. If this option is selected and an employee has a change of post, only the employee's current post will be included in the calculation.

From

Enter a tax period and year from which to start the Average Pay calculation or leave blank to use the current tax year and period. If you specify a tax period and year, it is recommended that you create a separate WTR scheme per pay type.

Note: The Periods and Payslips check boxes are mutually exclusive.

Periods

Select this check box to calculate Average Pay using the specified number of previous periods.

Payslips

Select this check box to calculate Average Pay using the specified number of previous payslips.

Obsolete Date

Enter the date on which this scheme becomes obsolete.

Pay Type

Annually, Fortnightly, Hourly, Lunar, Monthly, Quarterly, Weekly, Half Yearly

Enter the number of previous periods or payslips (depending on which option was selected above) to process, according to when employees are paid.

PE Categories

Normal, Exceptions, Average Hours, Exclusions

Click WINDOW to display Select Pay Element Category, where you can select a pay element category for the each of the following types to determine which pay elements to include in the Average Pay calculation:

• 'Normal' payments - this category contains pay elements that should be included when processing standard contract employees.
• ‘Exceptions’ payments - this category contains pay elements that represent exceptional payments that may distort the Average Pay value. If any of these pay elements are used in the calculation of Average Pay or average hours, the exceptions pay element is included in the exceptions report.
• ‘Average Hours’ payments - this category contains pay elements that should be included in the calculation of average hours.
• Exclusions - this category contains pay elements that, if present, will exclude a period from the Average Pay calculation.

Divisor

Weekly Divisor

Enter a weekly divisor value to be used to derive a weekly amount from an annual amount.

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