Add New Employee Wizard - Step 5
Employee Salary/Cost
You record salary, benefits and leave details for an employee using Step 5 of the wizard. The information serves as a basis to manage resources for the practice.
The salary ranges, benefits and leave are created in the system by the system administrator via Maintenance > System > Employee Benefit Type.
On the Salary/Cost tab:
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In the Salary/Benefit table, select the Start Date from the drop-down calendar.
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Select the End Date from the drop-down calendar.
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Select the Benefit Type from the drop-down list.
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Enter any Details to be recorded with the benefit. There is a 50-character limit.
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Enter the Annual Salary amount. This figure is used in the calculation of the employee’s cost rate.
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Select the check box to Include the salary amount in the employee's cost rate calculation.
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If necessary, overwrite the Cost/Hr figure. It is the cost per hour for the employee, calculated from the figures entered in the Salary/Benefit area and the assigned number of working hours.
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In the Leave table, select the Start Date from the drop-down calendar.
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Select the End Date from the drop-down calendar.
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Enter the number of days in the leave.
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Select the type of leave from the drop-down list.
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Click Finish to exit the wizard and go to the Employee Details page. You can also click Back before clicking Finish to modify any information from prior tabs.
Note 1
Greyed out fields in the Salary Benefit area are:
Employee total (current) is the total cost of the employee calculated from the figures entered in the Salary/Benefit area.
Hrs/Week is the employee's weekly work hours as defined by their Employee Category.
Hrs/Year the employee's yearly work hours as defined by their Employee Category.
Note 2
Greyed out fields in the Leave area are:
Productive is the number of leave days that were productive.
Unproductive (Current) is the number of leave days that were unproductive.