Pay records allow you to track an employee's salary and other associated pay rates as they change over time. You can record any one-off amounts that are awarded such as bonuses, too.
If employees receive different pay rates under special conditions, such as overtime or bank holidays, take a look at our article on pay types & rules.
How to use pay records
Simply navigate to an employee's profile and click on the Pay tab.
❗️ Pay records aren't directly connected to appointments. However, if an employee's pay record doesn't fall chronologically within of any of their appointments, the pay record will be invalid.
Adding a pay record
Click Add pay
Choose a start date. Rotaready will identify which of the employee's appointments are active on this date and associate the relevant currency.
Choose a pay element type. You'll always see Basic pay, but the others are customisable within your organisation's settings.
Pay frequency is important if you're looking to integrate Rotaready with a payroll system.
Wage uplift is used to artificially inflate someone's pay, for the purposes of wage cost calculations within the rota and other tools. It's a simple way of factoring in the cost of pensions and other benefits.
It's definitely encouraged to add a pay record ahead of time, with a future-dated start date. When calculating wage costs on the rota, Rotaready will always use the relevant pay record that applies.
Amending a pay record
Just click on the pay record you wish to change.
If someone's pay is changing, such as a pay rise, you should add a new pay record with the start date set to when the change is effective from. Usually the only reason to edit a pay record is if you've made a mistake.
Deleting a pay record
We don't recommend that you remove pay records. It's important to keep a history of how someone's pay has changed over time, and this is especially necessary if you're using Rotaready in conjunction with a payroll system.
However, if a pay record has been entered by mistake, simply click on the pay record you wish to delete and click the Delete button.