To track accruable benefits such as vacation and sick time in Practice CS, you'll set up accruable activities. For each accruable benefit activity code, you'll need to enter accrual, allowance, and carryover information.
Benefit balances will accrue automatically based on the information entered during setup, and balances will be reduced when time is recorded for benefits.
Select
Setup
, then
Activities
.
Select
Add
at the bottom of the
Activities
screen.
Enter an ID and description (such as “Vacation”) for the activity that you'll use to enter time for the benefit.
In the
Activity information
section, select
Administrative
in the
Class
field.
In the
Administrative type
field, select
Accruable Benefit
.
Select the
More
button next to the
Administrative type
field to open the
Accruable Benefit
window.
Accrual information
: If the benefit accrues with time, indicate the frequency (weekly, monthly, or annually), and use the available options to specify the date on which the benefit accrues.
note
The date settings differ according to the selection made in the
Accrues
field.
Allowance information
: Select one of the options to indicate the number of benefit hours accrued per accrual period.
Fixed Hours: Enter the number of hours, or select a number from the dropdown calculator.
Based on months of employment
Based on Staff Level
Carryover information
: If the benefit can be carried over annually, mark the
Allow annual carryover
checkbox and enter the maximum number of hours that can be carried over (has to be greater than 0).
Select
OK
to save your changes to the
Accruable Benefit
window.
In the
Activities
screen, select
Enter
to save the accruable benefit activity.
You'll need to turn on accruable activities for each staff member they apply to.
Select
Staff
Setup
, then go to the
Benefits
tab.
Select the staff member you want to turn on the accruable benefit activity for and then select
Edit
.
Mark the
Active
checkbox for the new accruable activity.
In the
Effective Date
field, enter the date the staff member will begin accruing and using the new accruable benefit.