Creating wage types for use in wage rates
Wage types are templates for pay. Wage rates are then calculated from them.
They are often used together with data types: Guide – Data types.
Wage base – Three preset options (plus your data types) that the pay is calculated from:
Monthly (fixed) – The same amount every calendar month
Monthly (proportional to working days) – Based on the number of working days in the month
Overtime – Hours actually worked above the standard hours (workload)
Name – A name that makes clear what the wage type is for
Coefficient – The multiplier used to calculate the pay (for example, how much extra a specific bonus adds)
Take the rate from the employment contract – Lets you take the rate, such as the hourly rate, straight from the contract when this wage type is used in a wage rate
Types of contract – Which employment contract types the calculation applies to
Type of salary in the employment contract – Which salary type the calculation applies to
Wage type from which the rate is taken – If the rate doesn't come from the employment contract, you can pick another wage type to take the rate from
Example – Wage type: overtime (compared to scheduled)
Example – Wage type: overtime (compared to scheduled)
For the wage base we use the "overtime (compared to scheduled)" data type, which is the example in the Data types guide. This lets us pay those specific working hours with a special coefficient. Don't confuse it with the Overtime wage base.
The coefficient is 0.5 because this amount is added on top of the base pay (base pay 1× hours + bonus 0.5× hours).
Example – Wage type: site bonus
Example – Wage type: site bonus
Before you can create this wage type, you need a Working hours data type that reflects regular working hours. You have to create it separately because the wage base can only be a data type.
Give it a name that suits your needs. This makes it easier to filter your wage rates later.
The coefficient is 1 because this is a site-based bonus. It is added separately on top of the existing base pay.
Example – Wage type: based on work type
Example – Wage type: based on work type
In this example we create a wage type called Special call-out.
It uses the Special call-out data type , which counts only the hours worked with that particular work type.
The coefficient is left empty because we want to take the rate straight from the employment contract of the employee who did the work.
