Note: You can change the terminology for Pay Code, Work and Leave to suit your organization's needs. The Terminology topic has more information.

Property

Description

Name

The pay code name, up to 80 characters. A value is required and must be unique for all pay codes.

Description

A description for the pay code, up to 255 characters.

ID

The pay code ID, up to 80 characters. This value is not required, but if a value is entered it must be unique for all pay codes. This is commonly used for synchronizing with external systems, such as payroll or accounting.

Status

The pay code status, either Active or Inactive. You cannot delete pay codes that have been used on timesheets. Setting the status to inactive will prevent any further use of the pay code.

Type

The pay code type, either Work or Leave. This property can only be changed when creating a new pay code - once a pay code has been created you cannot change its type.

Note that the terminology for Work and Leave can be changed from the General page under the System tab.

Can Request

If checked then this pay code can be requested from the employee's Home tab. For instance, you might want the "Vacation" pay code to be requested, but it would not make sense for the "Sick" pay code to be requested.

Balance Enabled

If enabled, a balance will be tracked for this pay code. This only applies to Leave pay codes, such as Vacation. Hours recorded against this pay code will automatically be deducted from the associated balance. The Employee Balances topic has more information.

Notes

Notes about this pay code, up to 2000 characters.