Employee Profile - US Payroll

Overview

The Employee Profile is used to enter the employees who are considered when processing payroll. This article will cover manual entry of employee information. For documentation on importing employee profiles using the [Import] button please refer to Importing Employee Profiles.

Personal – Tab

Screenshot of Employee Profile Personal tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Personal tab

This screen is used to enter general and personal information about the employee, such as their name, date of birth, SSN/SIN, and union membership.

Employee Code

Enter the code for the employee. This code is used throughout the Payroll module to reference the employee.

NOTE: If the 'Payroll/HR Auto Numbering' box has been checked in the Payroll tab of System Options (standard Treeview Path: System > Setup > System Options – Payroll tab), this field will not be accessible and the system will automatically number any new employees with the next available, sequential number.

Last Name, First Name, Initial, Prefix, Suffix, Alias

Enter the first and last name of the employee, along with their middle initial or name and any prefixes, suffixes, or aliases they may have.

SSN/SIN No.

Enter the SIN/SSN for the employee. Depending on the settings on the Company Control screen, the uniqueness of this SSN may be verified.

Type

Select the employee type from the following options:

  • Hourly: Employees are paid based on hours entered in timesheets for the payroll period. Date sensitive pay rates, charge out, and billing rates for hourly employees can default from the Customer, Job, Trade, Union, or Employee Pay Rate screens (see the Pay Rates section for further details). If date sensitive pay rates are not required then static hourly, charge out, and billing rates can be entered in the Rates/Salary tab.

  • Salaried: Timesheets are not required and employee wages are based on the annual salary entered on the Rates/Salary tab divided by the number of periods in the pay run. Timesheets can still be entered if payroll costs must be transferred to a job.

Full/Part

Select whether the employee works full or part-time.

Status

When setting up a new employee, this field is marked “Active” by default. If the employee is terminated, deceased, or retired, then this information can be entered in the Employment History screen and this field will reflect any changes made.

Work Status

Select the working status of the employee. “Working” is entered by default for all new employees.

Working status codes are maintained on the Employee Work Status screen.

Allow Accrued Leave – Checkbox

Check this box to allow the employee to accrue leave from previous years.

FLSA Type

Select whether the employee is exempt or not from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Employees are non-exempt by default. Non-exempt employees are entitled to work overtime and their timesheets are included when processing overtime.

By contrast, all timesheets for exempt employees validate the hours based on the employee pay run frequency and overtime hours are disallowed. For example, if the employee belongs to a weekly pay run, then timesheets do not allow entry of more than 40 normal working hours per week.

Eligible for Rehire – Checkbox

Check this box to allow the employee to be rehired in the event of termination.

Unionized – Checkbox

Check this box if the employee belongs to a union. Checking this box gives access to the Union Membership Date, Union, and Union Mem. No. fields.

Union Membership Date

Select the date the employee gained membership to the union.

Union

Enter/select the code of the union the employee belongs to. If the employee belongs to more than one union, enter union they work for most often.

Union Membership Number

Enter the union membership number for the employee.

Position Description

Enter/select a description of the position for the employee. Position codes are maintained in the Position Types screen in the Human Resources module (standard Treeview path: Human Resources > Setup > Local Tables > EEO Positions > Positions). For more information, please refer to Position Types.

Place of Birth, Date of Birth

Enter the place and date of birth for the employee.

Hire Date

Enter/select the date on which this employee was hired by the company.

Seniority Date

Enter/select the seniority date of the employee.

Work Days/Year

Enter the days worked per year for the employee where they differ from the value specified on the Company Profile. The number of workdays is used to calculate the daily wage for a salaried employee.

Termination Date, Re-Hire Date, Date Deceased, Next Review Date, Adjusted Service Date

When setting up an employee for the first time, these fields are not accessible for entry. Upon the termination, re-hiring, or death of an employee, the appropriate field should be edited in the Employee History screen. The corresponding field on this screen reflects this information.

NOTE: The Employee Profile screen only displays present details and does not accommodate future date values. As a result, if an employee's termination or re-hire is entered for a future date in the Employee History screen, the corresponding fields on the Employee Profile screen will not update until the actual day of termination or re-hire.
This does not apply to future termination dates entered in the Terminate Employees screen.

Hours/Year

Enter the hours worked per year for the employee where they differ from the value entered on the Company Profile. This value is used to calculate the hourly wage for a salaried employee.

Service/Days

This field is read-only and displays the employee’s total amount of service in days. Similar to the Length of Service field, it calculates the total number of days of service, from the employee hire or re-hire date to the current date. The difference is that the Length of Service field breaks the time of service down into years, months, and days, but the Service/Days field only displays the total length of service in days.

NOTE: The Service/Days field requires that the ‘Nightly Payroll Days of Service Update (special rules)’ job process is checked in the Job Queues pop-up window, launched from the [Job Queues] button located on the General tab of the System Options screen in the System Data module. For more information, please refer to the [Job Queues] button in General – Tab.

Length of Service

This field is read-only and displays the employee's service in years, months, and days. This field calculates the total number of days of service, from the employee hire or re-hire date to the current date.

NOTE: The Length of Service field requires that the ‘Nightly Payroll Days of Service Update (special rules)’ job process is checked in the Job Queues pop-up window, launched from the [Job Queues] button located on the General tab of the System Options screen in the System Data module. For more information, please refer to the [Job Queues] button in General – Tab.

Service/Years

Enter the years of service for this employee. This field can be manually set here and can be automatically updated depending on the method selected in the Update Method For Years Of Service field on the General tab of the Human Resources Control File screen in the Human Resources module (standard Treeview path: Human Resources > Setup > Local Tables > Control – General tab). For more information, please refer to Human Resources Control File. There are two update options:

  • Using the Year-End Update screen. This is the original method using the 'Increment the Years of Service Count' checkbox on the Year-End Update screen in the Human Resources module (standard Treeview path: Human Resources > Utility > Year-End Update). For more information, please refer to Year-End Update.

  • Using the Seniority Date via the Nightly Years of Service Update found in System Options (standard Treeview path: System > Setup > System Options – General tab – [Job Queue] button). The Years of Service field is incremented based on seniority date and hours worked in the prior twelve months as of the current date. For more information, please refer to the [Job Queues] button in General – Tab.

    NOTE: The Service/Years field requires that the ‘Nightly Payroll Years of Service Update (special rules)’ job process is checked in the Job Queues pop-up window, launched from the [Job Queues] button located on the General tab of the System Options screen in the System Data module. For more information, please refer to the [Job Queues] button in General – Tab.

The Service/Years field calculates the total number of years in service starting from the employee's hire date, regardless if they have been re-hired. To view a re-hired employee's years in service from the re-hire date, please refer to the Length of Service field.

Primary Employee

If the employee profile is for a secondary employee (i.e., if it has been copied – see the [Copy Employee] section below) this field displays the employee code of the primary employee.

Valid

This field displays “Y” when the profile is saved unless mandatory user extensions are being used and an extension has not been entered for the employee. In this case it displays “N” and the employee will not be available for entry until a user extension has been entered.

[License/Certification], [Skills] – Buttons

These buttons enable the entry of licensing and skills information for use in the Human Resources module. These functions are not available until the employee profile has been saved.

[Copy Employee] – Button

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Duplicate Employee; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Copy Employee button

Press the [Copy Employee] button to copy an employee to other companies. The employees to be copied from and copied to are referred to as the primary and secondary employee, respectively. All changes are made at the primary employee level and automatically reflect in the profile of the secondary employee.

The Employment History screen allows editing of primary employees only.

Direct deposit information is copied to secondary employees whereas loans, advances, and deductions are not. If the primary employee is created as a vendor the bank information is not copied to the secondary employee. Tax exemption overrides done in Employee Profile are not accessible for secondary employees and must be made in the primary employee profile.

Pressing the [Proceed] button brings the user to the Employee Profile screen for the secondary employee.

Certain fields are validated that must exist in both companies. When a field is not found in the secondary employee file the user can either leave the Employee Profile screen or add the missing field and return to continue the copy. The validated fields are:

  • Departments

  • GL Accounts

  • Pay Group

  • Work Location or SUI Location

  • Workers’ Compensation Code

  • Public Liability Code

  • Job/Equipment Phase and Job Category

  • Reason Text Type and Reason Text Code

This button can only be pressed when the employee profile has been saved.

[Upload Photo] - Button

Press this button to upload a picture to the employee profile. For more information on uploading photos to this screen, please refer to the Uploading Employee Profile Photos .

[Remove Photo] - Button

If a photo has already been uploaded, press this button to remove it.

Company – Tab

Screenshot of Employee Profile Company tab.

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Company tab

Payroll Company

Enter/select the payroll company from which employee wages are paid. The company code determines such things as taxes, benefits, deductions, locations, and pay groups.

Home Company

Enter/select the company to which the employee belongs on a day-to-day working basis. This company code determines when inter-company and inter-branch transactions should be created. The home and payroll companies may be the same.

Payroll Department

Enter/select the department used for posting any non-job cost transactions for the employee.

Home Company Department

Enter/select the department that this employee belongs to in the home company.

Debit Salary Account

Enter/select the default General Ledger account that the system uses to post the debit associated with the direct labor costs after the posting of timesheets. The default account comes from the Company Control screen (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Company > Control).

Debit and Credit Clearing Accounts

Enter/select the default General Ledger account that the system uses to post the debit/credit associated with the clearing of the accrued payroll liability during the payroll update. The default account comes from the Company Control screen.

Leave Expense Accrual Account

Enter/select the account that to be used when leave is accrued by the employee. This account defaults from the Company Control screen.

Leave Liability Accrual Account

Enter/select the leave liability clearing account. This account is used when accrued leave is either taken or accumulated as the offset account.

Pay Run, Pay Group

Enter/select the pay run and group in which the employee is processed.

Default Security Group

Enter/select a code for the default security group for the employee. Security groups are groupings of employee information access. Each employee must be assigned to a security group in order to be seen when a user accesses the system and is working with that group. Once assigned to a security group, they can then be seen in the group in timesheets and Payroll processing, as well as all other Payroll, HR, and related module screens. Employees can be assigned to more than one security group in the Security – Tab.

Work Location

Enter/select the default work location for the employee. The default work location determines where taxes are calculated.

Grade

Enter/select the grade code for the employee. Company grades are user-defined classifications that can be assigned to employees to indicate the scale or grade in which they belong. Grades are typically set up in terms of length of service and pay scales, and are used for reporting purposes only.

Trade

Enter/select the trade of the employee.

E-Time Expense Approval Group

If using E-Time, expenses must be approved and each employee who submits expenses must belong to an expense approval group. Enter/select the group code here.

E-Time

Enter/select the timesheet code the employee uses to enter Timesheets via E-Time. This defaults from the Pay Run field, but may be changed.

Workers’ Compensation Code

Enter/select the workers’ compensation code associated with the employee. If the ‘Calculate Workers’ Compensation’ box is checked in the General tab of the Company Control screen this field is mandatory. If the ‘New Employees Workers’ comp from Job’ box is checked in the Rules tab of the Company Control screen, this field is filled automatically.

Public Liability Code

Enter/select the public liability code associated with the employee. If the ‘Calculate Public Liability’ box is checked in the General tab of the Company Control screen this field is mandatory. If the ‘New Employees Public Liability from Job’ box is checked in the Rules tab of the Company Control screen, this field is filled automatically.

Workers’ Comp from Job – Checkbox

If the ‘New Employees Workers’ comp from Job’ box is checked in the Rules tab of the Company Control screen, this box is checked automatically.

If the ‘Calculate Workers’ Comp by Job’ box is unchecked on the Company Control and this box is checked the workers’ compensation code on the job defaults during timesheet entry. If this box and the ‘Calculate Workers’ Comp by Job’ box are both unchecked then the workers’ compensation code on the employee profile defaults during timesheet entry.

Public Liability from Job – Checkbox

If the ‘New Employees Public Liability from Job’ box is checked in the Rules tab of the Company Control screen, this box is checked by default.

If the ‘Calculate Public Liability by Job’ box is unchecked on the Company Control and this box is checked the public liability code on the job defaults during timesheet entry. If this box and the ‘Calculate Public Liability by Job’ box are both unchecked then the public liability code on the employee profile defaults during timesheet entry.

Work Location for Job – Checkbox

Check this box to default the job work location as specified on the Job Work Location screen during timesheet entry.

Leave this box blank to have timesheet entry default the work location as specified on the Employee Profile.

Include in Exception Report – Checkbox

If this box is checked, the employee appears on the Missing Employees report (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Timesheet > Reports > Missing Employees Report). This box is only visible if the employee is salaried.

Include Into Certified Payroll Report – Checkbox

In the Timesheet Entry - US Payroll screen, records can be flagged to be included in the Federal Certified Payroll Report by checking the ‘Incl in Cert Rep’ checkbox on a record’s row and posting the timesheet. Users can override the checkbox’s defaults here on the Employee Profile screen.

In addition to this checkbox, the Update Certified Rep Flag screen is a custom utility screen which can also be used to enable or disable the ‘Include in Cert Rep’ checkbox on posted timesheets.

NOTE: This is a custom alternate feature which is disabled by default and needs to be enabled in the da.SYS_ALTERNATE_FEATURE table. Please contact your CMiC consultant if you wish to use this alternate feature.

Include In Generate Timesheet Utility – Checkbox

If this box is checked, timesheets can be automatically generated for the employee.

Include In Field Tracking – Checkbox

If this box is checked, the employee may transfer between jobs. In addition, the information processed in the screen adds records/entries to the Project History Tab and related project tables.

Available for Dispatch – Checkbox

This field refers to custom functionality.

Rates/Salary – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Rates/Salary tab

Annual Salary

If the employee is salaried, then enter their annual salary here. Wages are calculated by dividing this value by the number of pay periods. Please note that the salary amount entered in this field is not date sensitive.

Hourly Rate

If the employee is hourly, then enter their base hourly rate of pay here. When determining overtime, double overtime, and other hour types, the system uses this rate multiplied by the relevant factor.

This rate is not date sensitive. For date sensitive rates enter the employee pay rates in the Customer, Job, Trade, Union, or Employee Pay Rate screens. The Preferred Pay Rate selection on this screen determines where the pay rates default to in timesheet entry. This applies to the charge out rate and billing rate (see below).

Charge Out Rate

Enter the rate used to post costs against jobs for the hours worked on those jobs. The hourly rate defaults into this field, but it can be modified.

Billing Rate

Enter the rate used to post billing amounts against jobs for the hours worked on those jobs. The hourly rate defaults into this field, but it can be modified.

GC Charge Rate, GC Billing Rate

These fields allow forecasting rates to be entered, which are applied when using GC Monitor for labor forecast. For more information on how these fields are used, refer to General Conditions Monitor – R12.

NWHR Rate, OT Rate, DOT Rate, OTH Rate

Verify/modify the rate codes for normal working hours, overtime hours, double overtime hours, and other hours. These codes default from the Company Control screen.

Preferred Pay Rate, Preferred Charge Out Rate, Preferred Bill Rate

Select where employee pay/charge/bill rates default from in timesheet entry.

  • Pay Rate: The rate per hour that the employee is paid for the hours entered on timesheets.

  • Charge Out Rate: The rate used to post costs to jobs.

  • Billing Rates: The rate per hour on the job timesheets that are eventually billed to the customer.

The system provides for the following options:

  • Customer: The default timesheet pay rates come from the customer code. The customer assigned to the job is given by the Customer field on the Job Maintenance screen (standard Treeview path: Job Costing > Job > Enter Job). Pay rates for customers are defined in the Customer Pay Rates screen (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Pay Rates > Customer).

  • Employee: The default timesheet pay rates come from the employee. If pay rates from a specific time period are required then these are taken from the Employee Pay Rates screen (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Pay Rates > Employee). If date sensitive pay rates are not required, the desired employee pay rate can be entered in the hourly rate field on this screen.

  • Job: The default timesheet pay rates come from the job codes entered on the timesheet. Pay rates for jobs are defined in the Job Pay Rates screen (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Pay Rates > Job).

  • Trade: The default timesheet pay rates come from the employee’s trade code. These codes come from the employee profile but can be changed on a line-by-line basis during timesheet entry. Pay Rates for trades are defined in the Trade Pay Rates screen (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Pay Rates > Trade).

  • Union: The default timesheet pay rates come from the employee’s union code. These codes come from the employee profile but can be changed on a line-by-line basis during timesheet entry. Pay Rates for unions are defined in the Union Pay Rates screen (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Pay Rates > Union).

  • Job/Trade: The default timesheet pay rates come from the job codes entered on the timesheet or, if no job codes exist, from the employee’s trade code.

  • Job/Union: The default timesheet pay rates come from the job codes entered on the timesheet or, if no job codes exist, from the employee’s union code.

  • Job/Union/Employee The default timesheet pay rates come from the job codes entered on the timesheet or, if no job codes exist, from the employee’s union code. If no job codes or union codes exist, the pay rate defaults from the Employee Pay Rates screen.

If “Customer”, “Job”, “Trade”, “Union”, or “Job/Trade” are selected and the required pay rate can’t be found, it will default from the Employee Pay Rate screen. If there is still no pay rate found the static information from the Employee Profile is used.

If any option involving "Trade" or "Union" is selected, a pop-up will appear if no pay rate has been defined for that trade or union. Pressing the [OK] button will navigate the user to the next field.

Preferred Method For Direct Deposit Stubs

Select whether direct deposit stubs should be sent via email, mail, or not at all.

If the employee wishes to receive their stubs by email then they will receive the below email when they receive their deposit. The email is personalized with information from the employee's profile, indicated by the terms within angle brackets.

Subject line: <employee company name> Paystub for Pay Date <Payroll Period Pay Date>

Email body: Dear <employee first name> <employee last name>

Attached, you will find your Paystub for the pay date <pay run pay date>.

To view your pay stub, please open the attached file and enter your unique password (if required). We encourage you to

save this document in a secure/private location for your future reference.

If you have any questions regarding the contents of the attached, please contact <From email Address>

Thank you,

<Company Name> Payroll Department

Direct Deposit Email

Enter a valid email address when the preferred method for direct deposit stubs is email.

Minimum Hour Code

Enter the minimum hour code for the employee. This is used for salaried employees. The system uses the Working Hours/Year and the Working Days/Year fields from the Personal tab to calculate the number of working hours per day. This is multiplied by the number of normal working days in the E-Time period (e.g. Monday to Friday). This is then multiplied by the minimum code percentage to get the minimum hours required for the individual employee for that period. The minimum hours required is rounded to a whole number and is applied in E-Timesheet entry.

Entered Overtime, Entered Double Overtime – Checkboxes

Check these boxes to allow employees to enter their own overtime and double overtime in E-Time.

Job, Cost Code, Category

Enter any job, cost code, or category values to default into timesheets for this employee. These values can be changed in the Timesheet Entry screen as required (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Timesheet > Timesheet Entry).

Equipment Number, Cost Code, Category, Tran Code

Select any equipment values to default into the of the Timesheet entry screen for this employee. These values can be changed in the Timesheet Entry screen as required.

Time for equipment is automatically inherited from the hours recorded in the timesheet for this equipment, but this can be modified through the Additional Values option.

[Override Burden Job Allocation] – Button

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Rates/Salary tab – Override Burden Job Allocation button

Use this button to exclude certain types of benefits from job allocation for this employee. This includes benefits, deductions, taxes, workers’ compensation, and public liability. When the burdens are created, the date identifies the period from which they are excluded (it is not specific to the date itself, but the period in which the date is found). Enter “ALL” in either the Job or Company fields to set these values for all jobs or companies.

Effective Date

Select the date which lies in the desired period of exclusion.

Job Company, Job

Select the job and the company subject to the burden exclusion.

Benefit, Deduction, Taxes, Workers’ Compensation, Public Liability – Checkboxes

Check the boxes for transactions that should not be allocated to the job.

Address – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Address tab

Geo Code From

Select whether the Vertex Geo Code in the Tax tab is inherited from the mailing address or the physical address. The Geo Code is used to calculate local and state taxes based on any reciprocity between states.

Mailing Address

Enter the mailing address for the employee. This is the address used when printing checks or W-2 forms for the employee.

A valid zip code must be given as Vertex uses this field to determine valid Geo codes. The Vertex Geo codes in turn determines the appropriate residential tax rates.

Physical Address

Enter the physical address for the employee if it differs from that of the mailing address.

Country Code, State/Province Code

These are populated automatically based on the zip code entered for the mailing address.

County/Region Code, City/Town

Enter the county and city codes of the employee residence.

Email Address, Work Email Address

Enter the personal and work email address for the employee. Which email address is used for ESS notifications is governed by the Email to Use for ESS Notification field in System Options for ESS.

Home Phone, Work Phone, Home Fax, Work Fax, Cell Phone, Work Cell Phone, Pager

Enter any additional contact information for the employee.

Latitude, Longitude

Enter the residential latitude and longitude values of the employee residence.

[Create BP/Vendor] – Button

When this button is pressed, a vendor is created in the Accounts Payable module with code “ZEMPxxxx” where “xxxx” is a system generated number. The mailing address of the employee becomes the vendor’s address. The 1099 code and vendor class of the vendor are defaulted from the values defined in the Payroll tab of System Options screen (standard Treeview path: System > Setup > System Options). The Business Partner Code and AP EFT Distribution Method fields fill when this button is pressed.

NOTE: After the maximum BP code is reached (ZEMP9998), the next BP code will be EMP09999. After that, the format will change to the ZENxxxxx format, and the next record will be ZEN10000. For example, the numbering sequence of the BP codes would be as follows: ZEMP9998, EMP09999, ZEN10000, ZEN10001, etc.

Tax – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Tax tab

As the Vertex system uses the values set here to calculate the appropriate taxes (in combination with the tax setups made in Payroll such as the codes and rates), it is vital that the information here is accurate.

Geo Code

Select the Vertex geographical code associated with the residential location of the employee. This field is filled depending on whether the mailing address or physical address was chosen in the previous tab.

School District Code

Select the Vertex school district code associated with the residential location of the employee.

Residential Status

Select whether the employee is a citizen, an immigrant or resident alien, a refugee, or is in the country on a work permit.

Federal Filing Status

Select whether the employee is single, married and filing jointly, head of household, or married and filing separately.

State Filing Status

Select the state filing status of the employee. The list of values available changes by state code, some of which may not require entry into this field.

City Filing Status

Select the city filing status of the employee. This field may not be required depending on the employee Geo code.

Primary Exemptions, Secondary Exemptions

Enter the number of primary and secondary exemptions for this employee based on their place of residence.

Primary Exemption Amount, Supplementary Exemptions Amount

Enter the primary and supplementary exemption amounts for the employee if applicable.

SUI/SDI Location

Enter/select the default location to be used for the state unemployment insurance and state disability insurance calculation for the employee. This field should only be used to calculate SUI/SDI from the location specified by this entry rather than from the work locations on the employee timesheets.

Refer to Multi-State SUI Tax Calculation for more information.

Non-Resident Certificate – Checkbox

Check this box if the non-resident certificate for tax reciprocity has been given for the work location state for this employee.

Pension – Checkbox

Check this box to have the Pension box checked on the employee's W-2 screen.

Deferred Compensation – Checkbox

Check this box to have the ‘Deferred Compensation’ box checked on the employee's W-2 screen.

[Exemptions] – Button

Pop-up window launched from [Exemptions] button on Tax tab of Employee Profile screen

Tax exemption refers to a monetary exemption which reduces taxable income. Use this screen to set up different exemptions for each state in which the employee must file tax information.

As employee taxes are processed, the Employee Exemptions screen is checked first for state specific Vertex values. If none are found or a work location is found where the state information has not been defined, the Vertex values entered in the employee profile are used.

State

Enter/select the state associated with the employee exemptions.

Work Location

Enter/select the work location.

Effective Date

Enter/select the starting effective date for this exemption.

Filing Status

Enter/select whether the employee is single, married and filing jointly, head of household, or married and filing separately.

NR Certificate – Checkbox

Check this box if the non-resident certificate for tax reciprocity has been given for the work location states for this employee.

Primary Exemptions, Secondary Exemptions, Tertiary Exemptions

Enter the number of primary, secondary, and tertiary exemptions for this employee based on their place of residence.

Primary Exemption Amount, Supplementary Exemptions Amount

Enter the primary and supplementary exemption amounts for the employee.

Residence Location

Enter/select where the employee claims residence.

NOTE: This field is only enabled for certain states.

Primary Work Location

Enter/select the primary work location for the employee.

NOTE: This field is only enabled for certain states.

Multi Jobs – Checkbox

Check this box if the employee has multiple jobs.

Dependents Tax Credit

Enter the amount of the employee's W-4 dependent tax credit.

Other Income

Enter the amount of the employee's other income (not job related), such as income from interest, dividends, and retirement income.

Other Deductions

Enter the amount of employee's other deductions (other than the standard deduction).

[Overrides] – Button

Pop-up window launched from [Overrides] button on Tax tab of Employee Profile screen

This screen is used to override the employee’s standard federal tax calculations.

State Code

To modify federal tax calculations enter the code “ALL”. To modify state or local tax calculations enter the appropriate state code.

Work Location

Enter/select the work location.

Effective Date

Enter the effective date for the tax code being modified. The system calculates the overrides for this tax for the employee from the date specified in this field.

Tax Code

Enter/select the tax code for the tax being modified. The tax code can be set up in the Taxes Master Maintenance screen.

The available taxes depend on the level at which they are being modified. For example, if “ALL”/”ALL” are in the State/Work Location fields, only federal taxes are displayed.

Tax Amount

Enter the applicable tax amount. This is a flat dollar amount. The way in which this amount is processed with the standard tax depends on the selection in the Amount Type field.

Tax Type

Select the tax type for the tax being modified. The system allows for the following options:

  • Both: The tax being modified requires the calculation of taxes at the employee's location of residence as well as the individual work locations as indicated by the employee timesheets.

  • Resident: The tax being modified only requires the calculation of taxes at the employee's location of residence.

  • Work: The tax being modified only requires the calculation of taxes at the employee’s work location. In this situation the taxes are pro-rated based on the hours worked in individual work locations.

Amount Type

Vertex requires the definition of the type of tax amount being added to the tax code.

Calculation Method

Verify/modify the calculation method that applies to the tax amount being modified. The list of available methods changes depending on the amount type code selected in the previous field.

Alternative Calculation Code

Verify/modify the appropriate tax code associated with the tax being modified. This code is “Null” by default. Check the Vertex Calculation guide for situations where a different code is required.

Additional Primary Exemption Amount, Additional Supplemental Exemption Amount

Enter any additional primary or supplemental exemption amounts to be added to the primary or supplemental exemption amounts calculated for this tax.

Override Regular Exemption Amount, Override Supplemental Exemption Amount

Enter the primary or supplemental exemption amounts to be used instead of the primary or supplemental exemption amounts calculated for this tax.

Additional Regular Tax Rate, Additional Supplemental Tax Rate

Enter any additional rate of tax to be added to the standard or supplementary tax rates in order to calculate this tax.

Override Regular Tax Rate, Override Supplemental Tax Rate

Enter the rate to be used on this tax instead of the standard or supplementary rates listed on the Company Tax Maintenance screen.

Maximum Wage Limit

Enter the maximum wage limit set for this tax.

Max. Deduction Override Amount

Enter the maximum deduction amount to be used instead of the maximum deduction amount listed on the Company Tax Maintenance Screen.

Jurint Type

Enter/select a jurisdiction integer type to override reciprocities or enable volunteer form withholding at both the state and employee levels. The description will default in the Jurint Type Description field. The available jurint types include:

  • 2: Credit the resident tax by the amount of work tax withheld. Always accumulate wages.

  • 3: Credit the resident tax by the amount of work tax withheld. Accumulate wages only if resident tax is withheld.

  • 4: Eliminate the resident tax if the work tax is > zero. Always accumulate wages.

  • 5: Eliminate the resident tax if the work tax is > zero. Accumulate wages only if resident tax is withheld.

  • 6: Eliminate the resident tax if work tax is imposed on nonresidents. Always accumulate wages.

  • 7: Eliminate the resident tax if work tax is imposed on nonresidents. Accumulate wages only if resident tax is withheld.

  • 8: Calculate work taxes only.

  • 9: Misc Behavior Maryland.

  • 10: Credit the resident tax by the amount of the work tax withheld. Accumulate wages only if out of state tax is not withheld.

  • 99: Calculate the tax for this jurisdiction independent of all other jurisdictions.

These types are not dependent on the particular taxing jurisdiction and the options vary between taxing jurisdictions. If the user sets a jurint type to a value in the range of 2-8 that differs from the default value, the system will use the selected value only if it is available in the Vertex Payroll Tax database. Otherwise, the default value is used. Users can verify the value on the employee Vertex report.

This field is also available on the Payroll Tax Accounting screen. When the Jurint type is configured in both screens, this screen will take precedence.

NOTE: This field requires the tax setup type "VPRTSETTAXHDL29 – Vertex NEW Reciprocal Treatment Initiation" to be set to "Y" in the Tax Settings screen. For more information, please refer to Payroll Taxes - Overview.

Exclude – Checkbox

Check this box if this tax should be excluded from the standard tax calculations for this employee.

HR Info – Tab

Screenshot of HR Info Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – HR Information tab

The fields in this screen are related to the local tables in Human Resources. If using the HR module, the values in this screen may be required to ensure accuracy in HR systems and reporting. For example, the Position field in this screen is used to determine the position of the employee in EEO reporting.

Address Company

Enter/select the company from which to select possible site addresses.

System User

Enter/select a system user ID for the employee.

Site Address

Enter/select the default site address for the employee. Both the company code and the address code must be entered. The address can be set up in the Address Maintenance screen (standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Local Tables).

Region

Enter/select the default region code for the employee. The address must have been set up previously in the Region screen in the HR Local Tables menu (standard Treeview path: Human Resources > Setup > Local Tables > Regions).

Disability

Enter/select a disability code for the employee. The disability code must have been set up previously in the Human Resources module (standard Treeview path: Human Resources > Setup > Codes > Disability Codes).

Ability to Travel – Checkbox

Check this box if the employee is able to travel for work purposes.

Distance

Enter the agreed maximum traveling distance for the employee.

Contract Type

Select whether the contract is a single, married, or family type. This field is used in the calculation of flight benefits in the International Payroll module. For more information, please refer to Flight Benefits.

Preferred Language

Select the preferred language for the employee. The language option can be set up in the Human Resources module (standard Treeview path: Human Resources > Setup > Codes > Languages).

Sex, Marital Status, Ethnic Code

Select the sex, marital status, and ethnicity of the employee.

Military Status

Select the military status of the employee.

Military Separation Date

If the employee is a veteran, enter their date of discharge or release from active duty. This date is used in the VETS-100 HR report to display employees hired in twelve months of their release date.

Dominant Hand, Preferred Language

Select the dominant hand and preferred language of the employee.

Paystub Password

Enter the paystub password for the employee.

Yearly Salary

Enter the yearly salary for the employee.

Calculate Accrued Leave From

Select from what date to start calculating accrued leave.

Benefit Type

Select which benefit type to calculate.

Calculate Burdens From

Select from what date to start calculating burdens.

[Employee Hire/Term] – Button

Pgm: PY_EMP_HIRE_TERM_INFO – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – HR Information tab – Employee Hire/Term button

This button can be used to hire or terminate employees as well as send emails detailing the change in employment.

Post Grad Loan Indicator– Checkbox

Check the 'Post Grad Loan Indicator' box to post the grad loan. This field is used when generating UK FPS reports in the International Payroll module. For more information, please refer to UK RTI Feeds.

Post Grad Loan Type

Enter the type of post grad loan plan. This field is used when generating UK FPS reports in the International Payroll module. For more information, please refer to UK RTI Feeds.

HCM – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – HCM tab

Evaluated As

Enter/select the application number of the employee. The application must have been previously entered in the Human Resources module.

Requisition Type, Job Classification, Position

The Payroll/HCM modules allow for the automatic synchronization of employees with a corresponding position code in the organization. Once the Job Classification field is filled, employees can be assigned positions. Only open positions are displayed from the Position Table for the specified job classification. The filled positions are not available for assignment.

Direct Manager, Senior Manager

These fields are filled based on the controlling position ID setup in the Reports To field in HCM Position.

Comment

Enter any comments about the employee.

Contact Created – Checkbox

This checkbox indicates whether a contact has been created for the user.

[Create Contact] – Button

Press this button to create a new contact code for the employee, using their first name, last name, and payroll company code. This button is only available after the employee profile record has been saved. This button does not appear if the 'Contact Created' box is checked.

Contact Code, Contact Company

These fields show the contact codes for the user and their company if these have already been assigned.

Exclude Other Hours – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Exclude Other Hours tab

This table is enabled if the ‘Allow All Allocations When Access Code Allows None’ box is checked in the E-Timesheet tab of the Company Control screen. This tab allows users to restrict NWHR, OVHR, DTHR, and other hour types in E-Timesheets. Other hours include JCHR, NBHR, and those hour types in the Hour Types Maintenance screen not associated with a leave code.

When the Hours Type Code column is empty, the employee can see all hour types in E-Timesheets and any hour types entered are excluded from the list of values. NBHR and JCHR are available only if the ‘Allow Nonbillable Hours Timesheet’ and ‘Allow Job Cost Hours Timesheet’ boxes are checked in the Company Control screen.

Security – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Security tab

This screen is used to link employees to payroll access groups. Please see the section on Assigning Employee Security Groups for further details.

Each employee must be assigned to a security group in order to be seen when a user accesses the system and is working with that group. For example, if left blank and not assigned to a security group, the employee will not appear in payroll even after setup. Once assigned to a security group they can then be seen in the group in timesheets and Payroll processing, as well as all other Payroll, HR, and related module screens.

Project History – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Project History tab

This tab is used to track what projects an employee has worked on, including what current and future projects the employee is assigned to. The ‘Assigned’ box indicates that the employee is assigned to either a current or future project.

Project history entries can be added and removed directly on this tab, without having to use the Employee History screen.

Work Category – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – Work Category tab

This tab can be used to associate employees with work category codes which can than be used to filter timesheet entry. Please see Work Category for further details.

User Defined Fields – Tab

Pgm: PYEMPLOY – Employee Profile; standard Treeview path: US Payroll > Setup > Employees > Employee Profile – User Defined Fields tab

This tab shows any user-defined fields for the employee. These are populated in the HR Information program of Employee Self Service, and are display-only in this screen.