Though Dayforce generates employees’ base rates automatically, you can also manually add base rates.
Before You Begin: Dayforce doesn’t commit manual base rate updates to employees until the Base Rate Recalc background job captures and recalculates the rate details. Further, Dayforce doesn’t commit manual base rate updates to employees if the Generate Base Rate Transactions client property isn’t enabled in System Admin > Client Properties, in the Properties tab. For more information, see General in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.
To add a base rate:
- Go to People, open the employee profile, and click Work > Base Rate Progression.
- Click Add.
- In the Business Date field, enter the date that the base rate is active.
- Note: You can't specify a date that occurs during the employee’s pre-start period or outside of your organization’s data calculation limit (configured using the Engine past-dated calculation limit (months) client property in System Admin > Client Properties, in the Properties tab). Dayforce grays out dates that fall outside of these periods and, if you enter an unavailable date, you can't save your changes.
- In the Adjustment and Rate Level fields, specify the adjustment value or rate value. When you specify a value in one of the fields, Dayforce automatically populates the other field with an associated value. Do one of the following:
- In the Adjustment field, enter the adjustment value for the base rate level. After you enter an adjustment value, Dayforce automatically assigns the rate level in the Rate Level field that’s associated with the adjustment value that you specified.
- In the Rate Level field, select the base rate level to assign to the employee in the drop-down list, or search for a rate level in the search field. After you select a base rate level, Dayforce automatically assigns an adjustment value in the Adjustment field that’s associated with the rate level that you specified.
- (Optional) Enter a comment for the base rate record.
- Click Save.