Where do I enter a wage adjustment?

Enter a new wage on an employee's position. Adjusting an employee's wage is done whenever their existing pay rate no longer reflects the work they perform, organizational policy, or legal requirements. 

Some common reasons to enter a wage adjustment: 

1. Cost-of-living or annual COLA increase. Employees may receive a percentage increase each year to keep wages aligned with inflation or budged increases. 
   
2. Step increases or merit raises. In many organizations, wages are tied to step systems, pay grades, and merit evaluations. Employees move up the wage schedule based on performance or years of service. 
   
3. Promotion or position change. If an employee moves to a job with higher responsibility or a different pay grade, HR updates their wages to match the new position. 
   
4. Minimum wage or legal requirement changes. When federal, state, or local wage laws change, HR must update affected employees' wages to maintain compliance. 
   
5. Correcting an error. If HR discovers an incorrect rate (underpayment or overpayment) the wage must be corrected in the system. 

 

Do this...

1. Open Connect Human Resources > Employees > Modify Existing Employees.

2. Use the Employee field to enter an employee name or number. Press Enter.

3. Click to select the Positions tab.

4. Use the pane on the Positions tab to select the position that you want to update.

5. Click to select the Pay History subtab.

6. Use the toolbar on the Pay History subtab to click Add a New Compensation .

The Add New Compensation dialog box displays.

7. Use the Reason field to explain the reason for the wage adjustment or use the drop-down list to select from previous entries.

8. Click OK.

9. Use the fields on the form to fill in the wage adjustment details.

Adjustment date

Enter the date the wage is adjusted.

Wage

Enter the adjusted wage. This is the employee's wage after the adjustment.

Prior wage

Enter the employee's current wage. This is the employee's wage before the adjustment.

Reason

This field displays the reason for the wage adjustment. It's a self-validating field, so you can type in a reason or you can use the drop-down list to select from a list of previous entries.

10. Click Save (CTRL+S).

The wage adjustment is saved on the employee's position.

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