General Parameters

Parameters set on this form are related to the following:

1. Payroll calculation
2. Clock card module
3. General ledger module
4. Some specific payments and deductions
5. User defined payroll fields
6. Some specific export files

These parameters are initially set by a technical personal and modified in exceptional cases.

• Year: The current calendar year

• Period: The current payroll period (1 stands for January, 2 for February, etc.).

• Current Date: The current processing date. Date is automatically set to the current processing date if the clock card module is in use. In other cases, the date is set to the first day of the following period.

• Payroll: Indicates the payroll status.

1. Ready for new period is the status when the previous payroll period has just been closed
2. Transactions captured indicates that transactions have been updated for the current period
3. Temporary calculation done indicates that the payroll temporary calculation has just been performed
4. Backup of database done is the status when the security backup has just been performed
5. Final calculation KO, must restore database indicates that there has been a serious error during the final calculation and that the database should be restored
6. The year must be closed is the status when the final calculation of December payroll has been done and indicates that the new year procedure must be performed

• Last calc period: indicates previous closed period
• Last calc type: either set to temporary calculation or final calculation
• Last backup date: indicates the last security backup date and time
• Last employee: indicates the last employee code created in the employee file
• Enable local/sick refund on confirmation date: The system forces a local/sick refund calculation for employees who worked for less than 1 year and who have local/sick leave entitlement based on the confirmation date instead of joined date.Employee

• Automatic Salary Increase: Applies to payments set to P/D Type applies automatically
• Foreign Currency:
• Default Currency:
• Enable PAYE on backpay(SIPF):
• Apply rounding throughout PAYE calculation:
• Use NPS rates instead of formula:
• Use NPS figures on upper limit:
• Use NPS lower limit instead of daily rate x days worked:

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