About Current Pay

The Current Pay page provides information about an employee's pay rate and frequency, annual pay, and pay and performance reviews. The page also provides four user-defined fields where you can record selected information for your employer.

Current Pay Tabs

Current Pay

The fields marked with an asterisk (*) are closely related. When you change one of these fields, the others are automatically recalculated.

Field Label	Field Description
Pay Effective	This is the date this pay became effective. This date also indicates a new hire's start date.
Unit Pay Rate*	This is the amount the employee earns for each unit worked. Note: If you are using Sage HRMS Payroll, updating this field will not update information on Payroll Wage/Rate fields.
Pay Period Salary*	This is the total amount the employee earns for each pay period. Note: If you are using Sage HRMS Payroll, updating this field will not update information on Payroll Wage/Rate fields.
Hours/Units	Enter the normal number of hours worked per payroll period. If the employee is paid by piece or by job, this field reflects the average number of units per payroll period.
Pay Frequency	Select the payroll frequency for this employee.
Annual Pay*	Sage HRMS calculates this field based on the information entered into the above fields. Note: If you are using Sage HRMS Payroll, updating this field will not update information on Payroll Wage/Rate fields.
Payroll Status	Select the employee’s payroll status; Active, Inactive, or Terminated. This field displays only if you are using Sage HRMS Payroll. Note: If the status here is Active, the employee status in Sage HRMS Payroll is also active. This allows for payroll processing after an employee is terminated.
Shift	Select the shift the employee works. Note: This field does not apply if you are using Sage HRMS Payroll. Shift differential information will be entered on the Employee Payroll page.
Shift Premium (%)	If you select a shift that has a premium, Sage HRMS fills in this field. Note: This field does not apply if you are using Sage HRMS Payroll. Shift differential information will be entered on the Employee Payroll page.
Comparatio	Sage HRMS calculates the comparatio statistic. The comparatio is the employee’s percent-of-midpoint within a salary range. The formula for calculating comparatio is: comparatio = employee’s salary / midpoint for salary grade * 100
Bonus Amount	Enter the bonus amount the employee receives.

Pay and Performance

Field Label	Field Description
Previous Pay Change	The pay effective date (shown on the Pay and Performance tab of the Job History page) from the most recent history record.
Amount	The calculated dollar amount of the last pay increase.
Percent	The calculated percentage of the last pay increase.
Next Pay Review	Date scheduled for the employee's next pay review.
Performance Review	Date of the employee's last performance review.
Rating	Rating the employee received at the last performance review.
Next Review	Date scheduled for the employee’s next performance review.
Change Effective	Date when the pay change is effective.
Reason	Reason for this pay change. If the code you are looking for is not in the list, it may be that the code was set to inactive and the Show Inactive Codes indicator (on the Enterprise Setup page) is set to No. Notes: For the New Hire reports to work correctly, new employees must have a Reason code of NEW HIRE or REHIRE. For the EEO Promotions report to work correctly, all promotions must have a Reason code of PROMO.

Step Rate

Field Label	Field Description
Job Code	This is the job code from the Current Job page.
Salary Grade	This is the salary grade from the Current Job page.
Job Start Date	This is the job start date from the Current Job page.
Job Service	The employee's length of service in months. The number is the result of running the Mass Update Step Rate Service process. This process calculates job service using the employee's job start date and the job service date. If you make a change to Job Service If you increase the job service amount, the next time you run the Mass Update Pay Step Rate process, it remains at that increased amount and is not updated by the process. If you decrease the job service amount, the next time you run the Mass Update Pay Step Rate process, it changes back to the pre-defined calculated amount. Any time you override the calculated Job Service amount, you must manually enter applicable salary changes for the employee.
Job Service Date	This is the effective date that was used during the Mass Update Step Rate Service process to calculate job service.
Step	The salary grade level attained by the employee. The number is the result of running Mass Update Pay Step Rate process. This process calculates the step using the employee's job service and salary grade information. If you make a change to Step If you increase the step value, the next time you run the Mass Update Pay Step Rate process, it remains at that increased value and is not updated by the process. If you decrease the step value, the next time you run the Mass Update Pay Step Rate process, the step changes back to the pre-defined calculated value. Any time you override the calculated Step value, you must manually enter applicable salary changes for the employee.
Pay Effective	This is a display-only field. To update this field, click the Current Pay subtab.
Unit Pay Rate	This is a display-only field. To update this field, click the Current Pay subtab.
Pay Period Salary	This is a display-only field. To update this field, click the Current Pay subtab.
Annual Pay	This is a display-only field. To update this field, click the Current Pay subtab.