Version of TimeTrex: 2.1.2
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We have some individuals that receive a different hourly rate when ever they teach a class at our facilities. These classes are re-occurring and follow a schedule, but outside of their other duties.
I have read a little about "Premium Policies" and have successfully marked the time that these individual work as a premium, but for some reason when you pull a wage report the premium wage does not calculate. Just shows as a zero. I have it set to calculate on a hourly basis on the premium rate of $25 an hour. Is there another way to handle this?
Is it also possible to then schedule these times? We are currently using the auto-pilot function, however this time always needs to be entered separately since you have to apply the premium policy.
Thanks in advance,
Dual/Multiple Rates During the same pay period
There is a bug with the wages payable report and flat rate premium policies where the wages aren't being calculated in some instances. (this for the report only, it does not affect the payroll module of TimeTrex) This will be fixed in v2.1.3 which is scheduled to be released in the next week or so.
The premium policy is designed to be applied automatically to employees time which matches the criteria setup in the premium policy itself. So simply scheduling employees in such a way that meets this criteria, it should all be handled automatically for you.
The premium policy is designed to be applied automatically to employees time which matches the criteria setup in the premium policy itself. So simply scheduling employees in such a way that meets this criteria, it should all be handled automatically for you.
Was this fixed?
Were are now on version 2.2.5 and are still having the same issue as before
We have a premium policy that is supposed to calculate a flat rate of $25 an hour with no min or max. When it it applied to a person who normally has a $12 rate, it shows as a $13 rate on the pay stub.
We have a premium policy that is supposed to calculate a flat rate of $25 an hour with no min or max. When it it applied to a person who normally has a $12 rate, it shows as a $13 rate on the pay stub.
Yes, that is by design.
If the employee works an 8 hour shift and 4 of those hours are considered "premium" time, TimeTrex pays them 8 regular hours plus the premium time pay. In the case of "Flat Rate" premium, TimeTrex calculates the difference between their regular rate and the premium rate and uses that.
This difference can be a positive value or even sometimes a negative value, for instance cases where they might get $12/hour regular rate but $10/hour flat rate premium, the difference would be $-2/hour.
So if the employee gets $12/hour as their regular rate and the premium is for $25/hour flat rate, then TimeTrex calculates that as $25 premium flat rate minus $12 regular rate equals $13/hour actual premium rate, because they get their regular rate plus $13/hour as a premium which equals $25/hour.
Premium isn't like overtime, where hours are exclusive to one another, meaning when an employee gets premium time it doesn't mean they don't get regular time too. So an employee could only work 8 hours in a day, but get 8 regular time hours and 8 premium time hours as well. This is why the wage calculation works the way it does.
If the employee works an 8 hour shift and 4 of those hours are considered "premium" time, TimeTrex pays them 8 regular hours plus the premium time pay. In the case of "Flat Rate" premium, TimeTrex calculates the difference between their regular rate and the premium rate and uses that.
This difference can be a positive value or even sometimes a negative value, for instance cases where they might get $12/hour regular rate but $10/hour flat rate premium, the difference would be $-2/hour.
So if the employee gets $12/hour as their regular rate and the premium is for $25/hour flat rate, then TimeTrex calculates that as $25 premium flat rate minus $12 regular rate equals $13/hour actual premium rate, because they get their regular rate plus $13/hour as a premium which equals $25/hour.
Premium isn't like overtime, where hours are exclusive to one another, meaning when an employee gets premium time it doesn't mean they don't get regular time too. So an employee could only work 8 hours in a day, but get 8 regular time hours and 8 premium time hours as well. This is why the wage calculation works the way it does.
Ok...I can understand and see how it works, but maybe you have a suggest for this particular case.
The client does want an "exclusive" rate since we are using this function to pay a dual rate. As my original post states, we have some individuals that are paid a different rate for running an instructor class. Because this outside of their normal duties, they are trying to show it a separate line item on their paystub.
I can see that the end number would be correct with the way the system calculates, but for the paystubs it may be confusing to the employees. Does TimeTrex do this so it will correctly calculate overtime? Keeping all the hours tracked as "Regular Time" first?
The client does want an "exclusive" rate since we are using this function to pay a dual rate. As my original post states, we have some individuals that are paid a different rate for running an instructor class. Because this outside of their normal duties, they are trying to show it a separate line item on their paystub.
I can see that the end number would be correct with the way the system calculates, but for the paystubs it may be confusing to the employees. Does TimeTrex do this so it will correctly calculate overtime? Keeping all the hours tracked as "Regular Time" first?
There are many reasons why TimeTrex needs to do this, proper overtime calculation is one of them.
I understand how this can be confusing to some employees, however TimeTrex should should show the employees the hourly rate for "regular time" on the pay stub, so its a simple matter of telling them to add that rate to their premium rate to get the actual hourly rate.
Premiums are most often used for giving employees a "bonus" for working specific shifts. Such as an extra $0.25/hr for a evening shift, or 1.05x regular rate for a weekend shift. The flat hourly rate premium policy is just a way for TimeTrex to calculate the "pay + premium" value on a per employee basis for you automatically.
I understand how this can be confusing to some employees, however TimeTrex should should show the employees the hourly rate for "regular time" on the pay stub, so its a simple matter of telling them to add that rate to their premium rate to get the actual hourly rate.
Premiums are most often used for giving employees a "bonus" for working specific shifts. Such as an extra $0.25/hr for a evening shift, or 1.05x regular rate for a weekend shift. The flat hourly rate premium policy is just a way for TimeTrex to calculate the "pay + premium" value on a per employee basis for you automatically.