Managing a future modification

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Managing a future modification

Access: Employee file > Employee > Profile > Employment and compensation

A position or remuneration modification is considered to be a future modification when the effective date is subsequent to the current pay period end date.

Important

If the organizational structure elements are defined from the position and you modify the position, the new position’s structure is updated in Employment and compensation as soon as you confirm the modification. It is possible, however, to modify them afterwards. This is also the case for the position’s other common fields that are in Employment and compensation.

An organizational structure or employee salary modification can impact, depending on the Position change date or the Salary change date, the processing of transactions in the payroll functions. It can also impact the different time sheet processing stages for clients using the Time management solution and the mobile application.

Payroll functions: The Salary change date and Effective date (future salary modifications) are considered in the different payroll functions.

oIf the selected pay period is subsequent to the last salary modification, the new salary will be applied.

oIf a salary modification was made and a pay period prior to the modification is selected, the new salary is applied. A message will prompt you to verify if adjustments must be made.

o26 PP frequency with the weekly edition: The two previous rules are applied according to the week number (1 and 2).

oCost distribution according to the organizational structure: The three previous rules are applied to the four structure fields according to the Position change date and Effective date of future position modifications. The same operation is also applied to the parity committee class if you have a parity committee report.

oImport payroll transactions (Payroll > Tools): The previous rules are also applied to import. The future salary or structure modifications indicated in the employee file are applied if:

The salary or structure is not present in the import file transaction.

OR

The business has the Always use the record hourly rate or Always use the record administrative structure options.

oFor businesses that use the Group Insurance Plan Management solution and the Create a report function of Report generator, note that the monthly premiums report is based on event history. The history is generated, among other things, according to this Salary change date and you must ensure its accuracy. For more information, see Producing a monthly premiums report.

For Time management solution and mobile application users only:

oTime sheet processing stages: A future organizational structure or position modification with an effective date included in the current pay period and that is different than the period start date will generate two transactions (not applicable if the position comes from the punch).
 
The first transaction consists of prior to modification data and the second transaction of after modification data (applicable to the hour entry using the Time sheet validation function, Self-service and the mobile application).
 
You will receive a confirmation message of the modification made, its effective date and actions to be taken, as required.

oGeneration of payroll entry: This step completes the separation of transactions.
 
Hourly rate: The separation occurs if your business is configured to Allow rate input when updating adjusted hours.
 
Administrative structure: The separation occurs if the structure does not appear on your entry screen and if your cost distribution is done according to structure.
 
Parity committee class: The separation occurs if you have a parity committee report.

 

Things to remember

A validation is made when the future modifications are processed. If errors are detected, a List of rejected future modifications is generated., see Viewing the list of rejected modifications as a result of the processing of future modifications This list can be accessed from a message displayed in the Employee list (Employee file) and Employee list (Payroll). From these screens, a hyperlink will give you access to the Employment and compensation screen to correct the employee file.

Future modification of fields under Positions

Future modification of fields under Remuneration

For more information

Employment profile management - Additional information

Modifying employment and compensation data

Viewing the list of rejected modifications as a result of the processing of future modifications