Enables you to set up and maintain the backpay parameters. These are used to calculate backpay.

Selection

Backpay Set

Enter the ID of the backpay parameter set that you want to maintain, or select one from the drop-down list.

If the backpay parameter set does not exist, a prompt is displayed allowing you to create the new set.

General

Long, Short Description

Enter a full description of up to 40 characters and an abbreviated description of up to 10 characters, to represent this set of parameters.

Calc. Start Year, Period

Enter the year and the tax period when the calculation of backpay should begin.

Calc. End Year, Period

Enter the year and the tax period when the calculation of backpay should end.

Payment in Year, Period

Enter the year and the tax period when the payment to the employee should be made.

Post As Totals

If the backpay stretches over more than one tax period, the system can either add the amounts for any one pay element together and treat them as one payment, or it can treat them separately. If the second method is adopted, the amounts are shown as individual entries on the Backpay Summary report and the employee’s payslip.

Enter Y to add the payments together, or N to treat them separately.

Process

Enter R if you want to use these parameters to produce a Backpay Summary report only, or U to update employee details and print the report.

Generate Element List?

This field is only used when creating a new set of backpay parameters. Enter Y if you want the system to search for all pay elements that have the Backpay field on the Pay Element Definition screen (Miscellaneous window) set to Y. The system displays these pay elements in the bottom section of the screen.

Old Val, New Val

These fields are only used if you want work out the percentage increase from the old salary to the new one. Enter the original salary, e.g. 10000, and then the increased salary, e.g. 12000. The system works out the percentage increase, and displays it in the next field, e.g. 20.

Perc

Display only. This field is only used if you have entered values in the Old Value and New Value fields, described above.

Paging Area

This section of the screen is used to select the pay elements that are to be included in the backpay calculation. If you entered Y in the Generate Element List? field, a list of backpay type pay elements is displayed automatically.

Calculation Element

You can only select N or R type pay elements. Enter the ID of the pay element that you want to use for calculation, or select one by clicking window to display Pay Element Selection.

Percentage

Enter the percentage of the amount originally paid against the pay element which is to be paid as backpay.

Pay via Element

You can only select N or R type pay elements. which have the Backpay Calculations field in Miscellaneous Details set to Y. Enter the ID of the pay element that you want to use to receive backpay, or select one by clicking window to display Pay Element Selection.

Additional

Click EXPAND to display the description of the calculation pay element and the backpay pay element.

Button

Notes

Click this button to display Maintain Note Detail, where you can enter any notes or comments you want to record.

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