Enter Increment Schedule

Explanation

This activity is used to enter increment schedules. The increment schedule is used as a supplement to the working hours schedule when you need to add additional compensation to the employees. The additional compensation defined in the increment schedule is added to the time card result together with the wage type Increment.

The increment schedule is defined by increment types. These, in turn, define how each day is to be compensated in terms of wage codes, for the time intervals.

You should not use increment schedules to define overtime compensation. This belongs to the working hours schedule. Instead the increment schedule is used to define, e.g., compensation for inconvenient working hours, or other increments that cannot be defined in the working hours schedule.  

An employee’s normal increments are described in a cycle schedule. The length of the cycle is normally one week, but can vary depending on the agreement. One cycle may consist of one or several shifts. The cycle is applied for both future and past dates. 

The normal increment schedule is supplemented by a substitute schedule, which contains days on which the compensation is different than specified in the cycle. The substitute schedule normally includes the public holidays.

The structure and setup of the increment schedule is similar to the working hours schedule.

A substitute increment schedule can be linked to several different increment schedules. This is done in the Increment Schedules window.  

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity;

• Increment types are required to be defined in the Increment Types window.
• Substitute increment schedules you need to link to the ordinary increment schedules are required to be defined in the Sub Increment Schedules window.

System Effects

There are no system effects.

Window

Increment Schedules

Related Window Descriptions

Increment Schedules

Procedure

1. Open the Increment Schedules window.
2. Create a new record and enter an ID for the increment schedule and a description in the respective fields.
3. In the Cycle Start and Cycle End fields, enter dates to specify the length of the increment cycle.
4. Save the information.
5. Select the the increment cycle schedule record, right click and click Increment Schedule Cycle to open the Increment Schedule Cycle window.
6. The days in the cycle will be listed in sequential order in the table of the window. Note: The days in the cycle are derived by the account dates between the cycle start and cycle end dates specified in step 3.
7. In the Increment Type field, use the list to enter the increment type which should apply for each day in the increment cycle.
8. Group the increment cycle into one or more shifts by entering values in the Shift field. The shift values are required to be entered on the first day of each shift period in the increment schedule cycle.
9. Save the information.