Record a pay change from Job & pay on a person’s profile. Each change has an effective date, so you can keep the previous terms and enter a future change without replacing today’s rate. A job with no recorded pay is missing compensation; it does not mean the agreed rate is zero.
Pay has separate read and edit permissions. Administrator has them by default; the standard
Manager role does not. Permission to edit a job is not enough to edit its pay.
Record the new terms
1
Open the person's Job & pay tab
They need a job record first. If none exists, add the
job.
2
Choose Record pay change
If the job has no pay yet, use the add-pay action in its empty state.
3
Enter pay and contracted hours
Choose the pay type, amount, currency and frequency. Enter contracted hours with their period.
The workload percentage is calculated from those hours.
4
Set the effective date
Choose when these terms start, add a reason and any useful notes, then choose Record change.
Notes can contain up to 500 characters.
Correct a record
Use the record’s edit action in Compensation history when the saved information was wrong. Record a new change when the person’s terms actually change. Removing a history record is different from entering a later rate. Contracted hours and their period determine workload. Check the displayed percentage before saving.Check the contract too
Saving a pay change does not rewrite a signed contract. If the person has a contract in force, Begin shows a notice with View documents so you can prepare the required new document. Use Creating and signing contracts for that document workflow.Next
Employment details
Maintain the job the pay belongs to.
Creating and signing contracts
Record agreed terms in a document.
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