Create Pay Categories

Dayforce Implementation Guide

Version
R2026.2.0
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2026-08-11
Create Pay Categories

To achieve the preceding payout schemes, you must create pay categories with the applicable multipliers.

To create a 60% OSP pay category:

  1. Go to Pay Setup > Pay Category.
  2. Click Add.
  3. In the Name field, enter OSP 60.
  4. In the Pay Category Group select which group this pay category will belong to, for example, SICK.
  5. In the Multiplier Rate field, enter 0.60.
  6. Verify that both the Show hours and Show amount checkboxes are selected.
  7. Click Save.

To create an 80% OSP pay category:

  1. Go to Pay Setup > Pay Category.
  2. Click Add.
  3. In the Name field, enter OSP 80.
  4. In the Pay Category Group drop-down list, select which group this pay category will belong to, for example, SICK.
  5. In the Multiplier Rate field, enter 0.80.
  6. Verify that both the Show hours and Show amount checkboxes are selected.
  7. Click Save.

Note: Verify that you have an Unpaid pay category in Pay Setup > Pay Category. If you don’t, create one using 0 as the multiplier rate.