General Steps to Use Labor Categories for Pay Rates
You can set up labor categories and assign pay rates to them for employees and/or projects.
Follow these general steps to use labor categories for payroll purposes:
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On the Labor Categories tab in General Accounting Configuration (
), define labor categories.
You can also create labor categories using the Cost/Pay Labor Category Table form, if the category is for one-time use only in the particular table where the category is added. However, these categories are not available for selection from the Accounting tab of the Employee Info Center.
- In the Labor Category field on the Accounting tab of the Employee Info Center, assign employees to a category.
- On the Cost/Pay Labor Category Table form, create pay labor category tables, adding categories and assigning rates.
- On the Project Info Center form, open a project.
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On the Time & Expense tab of the Project Info Center form, set the
Pay Rate Method to
From Category Rate Table.
You can also establish a pay rate specific to an employee on the Time & Expense tab of the Employee Info Center. If a valid pay rate table is established in both the Project and Employee Info Center for a given payroll run, the project-level rate overrides the employee-level.
- From the Rate Table drop-down list, select the Labor Category table to use.