You have the following options when you complete the Rate field on the Allowances - Details (i) tab.

• Leave Blank

  PayGlobal derives a rate using the standard hierarchy:

  1. Award Allowance Rate
  2. Period Allowance Rate
  3. Internal Company Allowance Rate
  4. Allowance Rate.

       

  Use for the following:

  • Standard hourly payments
  • Standard leave payments
  • When the allowance is a percentage of the employee’s default rate, such as Penal Rates.

    Note: When you leave the Rate field blank, the Unit Rate field is inactive.

• Enter an override rate (generally '0')

  Depending on your rates configuration, you can set up an override rate, which is generally ‘0’.

  If the payment amount will be unknown until transaction time, then enter an override rate and leave the Unit Rate value blank. For example, a Commission or Bonus allowance payment.

  For fixed allowances, enter an override rate and then type a value in the Unit Rate field. For example, Tea Money or First Aid where the value for an allowance is the same for all employees.

• Select a valid Rate Code

  When the allowance must use a value from the employee's Award, (which is not the default Rate in the Rates tab page of the employee record), select the rate code.

  For example, overtime that is paid at a different rate to Ordinary Hours.

  Note: When you select a rate code, the Unit Rate field is inactive.