Shift Differential

Open the Shift Differentials screen

  1. Hover a mouse pointer over the Settings menu link on the menu bar to display its drop-down menu.

  2. Slide a mouse pointer over to the Labor option to display its menu.

  3. Click Rates to display the Labor Agreement - Rates screen.

  4. Alternatively, access the Labor Agreement - Rates screen by clicking the Labor Rates link on the Labor Agreement/Assign Skills screen.

  5. If applicable, select a location from the Location drop-down list located at the menu bar.

  6. From the Labor Agreement - Rates screen, select an organization from the Organization drop-down list.

  7. Select an agreement from the Agreement drop-down list.

  8. Click the Shift Differential link, located in the Define New Rates area, to open the Shift Differentials screen.

 

Add shift differentials

Shift differentials are restricted to the agreement that is selected from the Agreement drop-down list. Each assigned effective date only has a line item of assigned shift differentials that displays in the Shift Differential Listing. Click on the shift differential's effect date in the Effective Dates list box to display its shift differentials in the Shift Differential Listing.

 

Shift differential is the amount added to a labor resource’s base rate for all skills defined on the selected agreement. Shift differential is not tied to any specific skill. To enter a rate change for a future date for the same labor skill, click the New button then enter a different effective date and rates into appropriate text boxes. Enter a rate of zero for a specific skill will override the rate set at the agreement level.

  1. From the Shift Differentials screen, the <NONE> option is a default in the Skill drop-down list. Proceed to the next step to add the shift differential that applies to every skill for the selected agreement. Otherwise, select a labor skill from the Skill drop-down list to apply a shift differential only to a specific skill

  2. Click the New button to enable the buttons, Effective Date and Rates text boxes.

  3. Enter the effective date into the Effective Date text box. Alternatively, select the date from the calendar. (see also Date Format)

  4. There are two different rate options.

    1. Percentage option: Click the Percentage% button. Enter the percentage to be applied to the base rate into the ST, OT, DT, R4, R5, and/or R6 text boxes for Swing and/or Graveyard shifts. An empty rate text box will have a zero once the rates are saved. If applicable, enter the ERP Codes for each labor rates into the appropriate text boxes.

    2. Rate amount option: Click the Rate button. Enter the specific rate into the ST, OT, DT, R4, R5, and/or R6 text boxes for Swing and/or Graveyard shifts. An empty rate text box will have a zero once the rates are saved. If applicable, enter the ERP Codes for each labor rates into the appropriate text boxes.

  5. Click the Save button to save and display the shift differential rates in the Shift Differentials Listing. The rate effective date appears in the Effective Dates list box.

 

Edit a shift differential

Use the editing feature only to make corrections to the initial entries. Enter new labor rates with new effective dates to change rates. Rate type cannot be edited.

  1. From the Shift Differentials screen, select a rate effective date from the Effective Dates list box to display its shifts and rates in the Shift Differentials Listing.

  2. From the Shift Differentials Listing, click the Edit icon on a line item to enable Rates and ERP Codes text boxes.

  3. Make the changes to the rate amount or the ERP codes then click the Update icon to save and display the modified rates in the Shift Differentials Listing.

 

Delete a shift differential

  1. From the Shift Differentials Listing, click the Delete icon on a line item. The delete confirmation dialog box opens.

  2. Click OK to delete the selected shift differential.

 

Related Topic

Labor Rates