The Average Payment Rule compares different rates to determine how Dayforce pays weekly time away from work (TAFW) through pay adjustments. You can set up the rule to compare rates such as vacation rates, base rates, average overtime rates, and rates from balances (calculated through entitlement policies) when determining an employee’s highest rate.
Dayforce uses this pay rule in conjunction with functionality for weekly TAFW balances. See Daily and Weekly Time Away Balances.
Before You Begin: You should configure this pay rule after setting up weekly TAFW balances. Additionally, if you set up the rule to compare rates and hours from balances, you might have to configure an entitlement rule in your employees’ entitlement policies, such as the Award Average Work Rule, to calculate initial values for your TAFW balances. See Award Average Work Rule.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Pay codes eligible Pay categories eligible |
The pay codes and pay categories that are eligible when calculating the average rate. If you don’t make any selections using the Pay categories eligible setting, the rule evaluates all pay adjustments with any pay category. |
| Rate lookup |
The rate source. The options are:
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| Use Base Rate if Vacation, Alternate, or Average OT Rate is not configured | When selected, the base rate is used when the rule can’t find an alternate, vacation, or average overtime rate configured in Dayforce. This applies when the Vacation Rate, Alternate Rate or Average OT Rate options are selected in the Rate lookup drop-down list. |
| Rate Balances to Compare | If you selected Rate from Balances in the Rate lookup drop-down list, select the balances that Dayforce evaluates to determine the average weekly rate. The application uses the highest of the balances that are specified in this field to determine the average. |
| Hourly Balances to Compare | The balances Dayforce evaluates to determine the average weekly hours. The application uses the highest of the balances that are specified in this field to determine the average. |
| Pay code to assign Pay category to assign |
The pay code and pay category to assign to the pay summary that’s generated when the rule runs. If you don’t make any selections using these settings, the rule uses the pay code and pay category from the pay adjustment. |
| Adjust pay summary hours/rate to match pay amount |
When selected, the rule recalculates the pay summary hours or rate to be consistent with the final pay amount. The adjustment made by this setting depends on the option selected in the Rate lookup drop-down list. For example, if you select the Rate from Balances option in the Rate lookup drop-down list and select this checkbox, the hours in the pay summary are recalculated to correspond to the final pay amount. The rule divides the pay amount by the rate in the pay summary to get the adjusted number of hours. If you select any of the other options in the Rate lookup drop-down list and select this checkbox, the rate in the pay summary is recalculated to correspond to the final pay amount. The rule divides the pay amount by the hours in the pay summary to get the adjusted rate. |
| Use first day rate for the entire duration |
Determines whether the entire duration of a leave period uses the first day rate or a varying rate based on the rate balances. Important: If this checkbox is selected, you shouldn’t configure the Pay code to assign and Pay category to assign settings. |
| Count holiday towards continuity | Determines whether a holiday is valid in a continuous period (that is, a leave period) and doesn’t break continuity, or whether a holiday ends a continuous period. |