The following section describes the settings available in all pay policies. For information about creating a pay policy, see Configure Pay Policies.
Skip Time Entries
Select the Skip Time Entries checkbox to prevent clock entry processing for the pay policy. Don’t select it for pay policies assigned to employees who clock in and out using Dayforce clocks to record when they work.
This setting is used only when employees aren’t recording when they work by clocking in and out, such as for salaried employees, and can improve the performance of Dayforce for processing pay for these employees.
Split Pay at Day Start Time
Select the Split Pay at Day Start Time checkbox and the pay for the employees assigned the policy is split when it cross two business days. For example, if the business day starts at midnight, and an employee works from 10:00 PM on Monday to 5:00 AM on Tuesday, Dayforce splits the pay for the shift so that the employee is paid for two hours on Monday and then five hours on Tuesday.
Dayforce shows this checkbox only if the Enable support for split pay by business day start time client property is selected in System Admin > Client Properties in the Properties tab, in the Time and Attendance section.
Nine Eighty Split
Select the Nine Eighty Split checkbox to configure Dayforce to support 9/80 schedules. 9/80 work schedules are situations where employees work nine hours a day for four days, and eight hours on the last day of the week. Then, on the following week, the employee works nine hours a day for four days and no hours on the last day of the week. Under a 9/80 schedule, the workday is considered to be split, such as from noon to noon, so that the eight hours on the last day of the first week is split, and half of it's considered to be part of the second week. As a result, the employee is considered to have worked a 40-hour workweek on both weeks.
See Configure Support for 9/80 Schedules.
Spread Salary
Select the Spread Salary checkbox to configure Dayforce to spread salaried employees pay across each calendar week.
When selected, Dayforce divides a salaried employee’s salary by 52, and then pays the employee that amount each week, regardless of how many hours they work. In cases where employees didn’t have clock entries for the week, Dayforce either paid this amount on the days they are assigned to work in their shift rotation, or evenly across all seven days in the week in cases where the employee had neither clock entries nor a shift rotation. In cases where the employee had clock entries for the week, Dayforce distributed the weekly amount proportionally to each day containing clock entries, based on the length of the shift.
There is another method for spreading salary where it’s spread evenly across pay periods, rather than weeks. See Salary Spreading Rule.
Respect Job Rate Worked, Allow Lower Job Rate to Override Base Rate
To change the default behavior for which rate Dayforce pays employees, select the Respect Job Rate Worked checkbox, the Allow Lower Job Rate to Override Base Rate checkbox, or both.
By default, Dayforce pays employees at the higher of either their base rate in People, or the rate for their primary work assignment. For example, if an employee’s base rate is $10, and the rate for their primary work assignment is $9, Dayforce would pay the employee at their $10 rate. In cases where an employee works a non-primary work assignment, they are paid at the higher of either their usual rate or the rate for the work assignment they actually worked. Continuing the example above, if the employee works a shift for a non-primary work assignment with a rate of $12, Dayforce would pay them their $12 rate.
When the Allow lower job rate to override base rate checkbox is selected, Dayforce ignores the employee’s base rate and pays the employee the higher of either the rate for their primary work assignment or the rate for the work assignment they actually worked. Continuing the example above, the employee would be paid their $9 rate by default, except for time worked at their non-primary work assignment with the $12 rate.
When the Respect job rate worked checkbox is selected, Dayforce ignores the employee’s primary work assignment rate and pays them at the higher of either their base rate for the rate for the work assignment they actually worked. Continuing the example above, the employee would be paid their $10 base rate for time worked at their primary work assignment, and their $12 rate for their non-primary work assignment.
When both of these checkboxes are selected, Dayforce always pays the employee at the rate for the work assignment they actually worked, regardless of their base rate or the rate for their primary work assignment.
Minimum Wage Effective Start On
Select a value in the Minimum Wage Effective Start On drop-down list to specify when a minimum wage increase becomes effective when an employee moves to a new pay band based on their birthday. The following options are available:
- Birthday
- Start of Birthday Week
- Start of Week Following Birthday Week
- Start of Birthday Pay Period
- Start of Pay Period Following Birthday Pay Period
Reference Code
(Optional) Enter a cross-reference code in the Reference Code field. This code must be unique and must not contain special characters. See Cross-Reference Codes.