While PC2 may simplify PC1 rules in general, the PC1 rules for Guaranteeing Minimum Hourly Pay per day/week do not exist as a single rule in PC2 and therefore must be configured by a series of rules noted below.
This calculation is generally used to ensure that an employee who receives piecework pay and/or tips (amount based pay), makes more than the required minimum wage based on their actual hours worked. If they don't then the system automatically adds additional pay to bring them up to the minimum wage.
Here are the rules/process needed for calculating this on a weekly basis. Do note that if this will be calculated on a daily basis, then cumulative counters are not need and therefore the rules related to them.
- Calculate the daily minimum wage > Copy that to a pass through dummy counter> then copy that to a cumulative minimum wage counter
- Calculate daily Extra Flat pay as the total of piecework (Total Piece Earnings) > Copy that to a pass through dummy counter > Copy that to a cumulative counter
- Calculate daily Extra Flat pay as the total of amounts (Total Hrs Earnings) > Copy that to a pass through dummy counter > Copy that to a cumulative counter
- Must store Cumulative counter totals & Apply counter limits to reset them (weekly)
- This gives you all the cumulative counters to then calculate a weekly extra flat pay based on an if then formula
The attached provides a general overview of how Kronos has built the rules in their model company for reference as well. As always think about the specific outcome that a client is looking for and apply the rule concepts available to provide the appropriate solution. There can be variations of this configuration depending on the client's needs, so that is always important to keep in mind.