Release Notes

Release:

Version 05.14.06.00.08, September 10, 2014 addendum release

Feature:

Worker’s Compensation

Ticket:

261401

Change:

Corrected the Workers’ Compensation display on the Payroll Calculate Exception report.

Reason:

Previously, the Payroll Calculation Exception report was displaying the FICA deduction amount in the Workers’ Compensation deduction amount.  This was happening in both the Manual and Void check processes.  

Menu:

Human Resources\Payroll\Manual Check\Calculate

Human Resources\Payroll\Voidl Check\Calculate

Release:

Version 05.14.06.00.04, July 16, 2014 addendum release

Feature:

Worker’s Compensation

Ticket:

248528

Change:

The Worker’s Compensation average hours calculation is now based on the employee’s payroll transaction period end date.  If the employee has more than one period end date in the payroll selection, the earliest date will be used..

Reason:

Previously, the calculation was based on the payroll post date and this caused WC average hours to be overstated when the payroll post date is in a different month than the period end date.

Menu:

Human Resources\Payroll\Current Payroll\Calculate

Release:

Version 03.07.10.00.01, December 8, 2007 standard release

Feature:

Workers’ Compensation (WC) Tax

Ticket:

50585

Change:

The system now has the option to distribute Workers’ Compensation tax by hours worked or by gross pay.

Reason:

Previously the WC benefit charges could only be distributed among payroll benefit accounts based upon the prorated amount of gross pay.  Now the client has the option to distribute based upon the prorated hours.

Prior to this change, the distribution of WC charges did not always meet the desires of the client.

Menu:

Human Resources\Payroll\Current Payroll\Calculate

Implementation Note:

Follow the path below to activate:

System Administration\Financial Management\Financial Management Config\Payroll\General Options

[ ] Distribute WC charges based on WC hours

Notes:

Example #1 &endash; Distribution by Gross Pay:

                Gross Pay   Hours    WC Calculation     WC Distribution

Acct #1   $600             10            $2                              $2.40

Acct #2   $400             10            $2                              $1.60

Example #2 &endash; Distribution by Hours:

                 Gross Pay   Hours    WC Calculation     WC Distribution

Acct #1    $600             10            $2                              $2.00

Acct #2    $400             10            $2                              $2.00

Release:

Version 03.07.02.00.00, April 7, 2007 standard release

Feature:

Workers' Compensation Calculation

Remedy Ticket:

108818

Change:

Exclude Unpaid Leave from Worker’s Compensation (WC) calculation.

Also, the calculation was changed to ignore leave hours with a Reason Code of "Share".

Reason:

Unpaid leave hours are already negative hours so they should not be deducted again.

Using a Reason Code of "Share" will allow the client to enter "used" time off as a donation without affecting the calculation of WC tax.

Menu:

Human Resources\Payroll\Cur. Payroll\Calculate

Implementation Note:

Add a new Reason Code of "Share".  When employees donate shared leave or receive shared leave, use this Reason Code to increase or decrease balances as appropriate.