Make manual adjustments to accruable benefit balances
If your firm uses accruable benefits or comp time, staff members with the Staff Management security permissions can make manual adjustments to benefit balances.
Your firm must be licensed for the
Staff Management
module and must have set up administrative activities as accruable benefits or turned on comp time for staff.Use this procedure to make manual adjustments to accruable benefit balances. For example, if accruable benefits are implemented during a benefit year, you can enter beginning balances for staff members.
- Open theStaffsetup screen.Choose .
- Select theBenefitstab.
- Select a staff member and selectEdit.
- Open the detail window for the benefit that you want to adjust.Select theMorebutton for the benefit.noteYou can make adjustments only for benefits that are turned on for the staff member. To turn on a benefit, select its checkbox.
- Enter the adjustment dates.In the first available row of the detail window, enter theSheet dateandDatevalues using the fields provided.Change the default dates if necessary.
- Select or confirm the adjustment description.TheDescriptionfield is filled automatically with
.Manual AdjustmentFor comp time adjustments, you can select one of the following values:- Earnedto add to the amount of comp time earned by the staff member.
- Usedto subtract comp time used by the staff member.
- Manual Adjustmentto make an adjustment that is unrelated to regular comp time accrual or use.
- Enter the adjustment amount.In theHoursfield, enter the amount of the adjustment as a positive or negative number to be added to the existing balance.noteForUsedcomp time adjustments, enter a positive number. The hours are subtracted from the balance.
- Save the adjustment.SelectOK.You can use theViewfield at the top of the window to filter entries and display all entries, current benefit year entries, or benefit-year-to-date entries.
- Save your changes to the staff record.SelectEnter.
The selected accruable benefit balance is updated for the staff member.