Will an employee's Basic Pay automatically be prorated if the effective date on their Pay Rate Details screen falls in the middle of a month?
An employee's Basic Pay will not automatically be prorated if the effective date on their Pay Rate Details screen falls within the middle of a month.
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Note! The only scenario in which the system will automatically prorate an employee's Basic Pay is on their first payslip where both the employment and pay rate effective dates fall in the middle of the month.
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Navigate > Employee > Payroll Processing > Edit Payslip > Allowances
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