Setting Up Employee Wages

setting up employee wages

Use this Tab to set up wage information, such as salary or hourly rates, pay frequency/how many pay
periods per year, last raise date, and Vacation Pay information.

wages tab

Wages Tab Field Descriptions:

Salary per Pay Period: If the employee is salaried, enter the amount to be paid per pay period.

Hour Rate 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5: If the employee is hourly (paid per hour), you can enter up to four different hourly pay rates. Hour Categories such as “Overtime” or
“Double-time” are set up on the Hour Categories screen.

Pay Periods Per Year: Select the pay frequency, or how often the employee will be paid.

Duration: This field will populate the number of pay periods per year based off of the pay frequency selected for Pay Periods per Year.

Normal Hours per Pay Period: Enter the number of hours a salaried employee is expected to work in each pay period. The hours are used for EI reports when issuing Record
of Employment.

Hire Date: Enter the date the employee was hired.

Last Raise Date: Enter the date that the employee last received a raise.

Termination Date: Enter the date that the employee’s employment ended.

Retain Vacation Pay: Check this box if the Vacation Pay should be accrued for a later pay out. If you do not check this box, the Vacation Pay will be paid on each pay
cheque.

Vacation Pay Vacationable: Check this box if the Vacation Pay should be vacationable.

Vacation %: Enter the percentage of Vacation Pay the employee earns.
For Example: If the employee earns 5% Pay, enter “5”.

Vacation Pay: This will show the current amount of Vacation Pay accrued by the employee to date based on the Vacation % entered above. If you start using Canada Cloud Payroll mid-year, enter the accumulated amount owed to the employee so far this year.

WSIB %: Enter the percentage for Workplace Safety & Insurance Board for the employee.

Comments: This is a place for any notes about the employee, such as emergency contacts, when they received raises, etc.