Probation Period Paid

The Probation Period Paid button opens a screen to set up the Benefit Hierarchy for employees who are still within their probationary period. This determines the order that the benefit plan balances should be reduced and the pay code that should be assigned. If there is insufficient balance in the first benefit plan listed, the system assigns the remaining balance to the second plan in the list. If there is insufficient balance in the second plan, the system assigns it to the third plan, and so on.

Enter the benefit plans to be reduced with the corresponding Pay Code Value. Then set the reduction hierarchy using the numbers in the Reduce Order field.

The values in the reduce order must be unique, so if a value is changed on one record, all records with higher reduce order values are automatically updated.

The Indicators and Parameters tabs open screens to set up the non-probationary period values and also whether messages are generated regarding insufficient and negative balance information.

Depending on the page displayed, the following fields may be available:

Pay Code Value

Primary Benefit Plan Code

Reduce Order

Secondary Benefit Plan Code

The following additional section options are available in the left pane:

General

Non-Probation Period Paid

Pay Code Value

The pay code that the employee is paid with for this benefit plan.

Primary Benefit Plan Code

Indicates the benefit plan that should be reduced during this reduce order pass.

Reduce Order

The numbers indicate the sequence that benefit hours should be subtracted from the benefit plan balances. If there are not enough hours in the first benefit plan balance, the remaining hours are taken from the second plan, then the third plan, and so on.

The order of the numbers can be changed by clicking on the arrow to right of the field of the first record to be updated. Assign a sequence number. The sequence numbers of the other plans are updated to reflect the new sequence.

Secondary Benefit Plan Code

If applicable, indicates a second benefit plan that should be reduced along with the first benefit plan in this reduce order pass.

Action Buttons

The following Actions are available in the left pane: