Salary Grade

Use this tab to create and maintain the details for the salary grade.

Many organizations use a harmonized grade and scale, with subgrades, for the job roles in the organization.  In this case, you set up a salary grade definition for the harmonized scale and a salary grade definition for each of the subgrades. In the salary grade definition for each subgrade, you link the definition to the harmonized scale by selecting the harmonized scale salary grade definition in the Use Another Scale field. In the subgrade definition, you also use the Minimum Salary Point and Maximum Salary Point fields to set the minimum and maximum salary points that are on the harmonized scale.

Salary Grade

Type a unique code for the salary grade.

Description

Type a description for the salary grade.

Scale Attached

Select this check box to indicate that the scale points and associated scale values are recorded in the selected salary scale. Clear this check box in salary subgrade definitions, when the definition refers to another scale, typically a harmonized scale. For example, if there is a harmonized scale for the whole organization, with, for example, scale points 1 – 70, and one salary subgrade uses scale points 30 – 40 on that scale, you should clear this check box in that salary subgrade definition.

Minimum Salary

Optional, the minimum salary for the salary grade.

Maximum Salary

Optional, the maximum salary for the salary grade.

Use Another Scale

Select a salary grade from this drop-down list when the selected salary grade definition refers to another salary grade. When an organization uses a harmonized salary grade, with salary subgrades, each salary subgrade requires a salary grade definition and those salary grade definitions must be linked to the salary grade definition for the harmonized scale. In this case, in each salary subgrade definition, you select the harmonized salary grade definition in this field.

Minimum Salary Point

Type the minimum scale point. When you define a salary subgrade definition that refers to a harmonized scale, use this field to define the minimum scale point on the harmonized scale.

Maximum Salary Point

Type the maximum scale point. When you define a salary subgrade definition that refers to a harmonized scale, use this field to define the maximum scale point on the harmonized scale.

Payment Frequency

Optional, select the payment frequency.

You can set up the payment frequencies displayed in the drop-down list by using Personnel > Terms and Conditions > Payment Frequency.

Grade Analysis Heading

Optional, select the grade analysis heading from the drop-down list.

You might use group analysis headings in your own reports, to group salary grades under a particular heading, such as Academic.

You can set up the grade analysis headings displayed in the drop-down list by using Personnel > Terms and Conditions > Grade Analysis Heading.

Default Review Date

Select a salary review date from the drop-down list. Salary review dates are used to establish salary values for employees whose salaries are based on salary grades and scales.

The salary is based on the settings in the employment history record and the salary review date you specify in this field.

If you set a salary review date in the Use the Salary Review Date field on the Employment tab of the HR Application Features window, the setting you make in this field takes precedence.

You can also select salary review dates when you use the Uplift Salary Scales, Apply Grade and Apply Grade Changes wizards.

You can set up the salary review dates displayed in the drop-down list by using Personnel > Terms and Conditions > Salary Review Date.

HESA

Details are required in the following fields only when you use the HESA module to create a statistical return for the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Threshold Spine Point

Type the spine point of the contribution-related pay threshold (CONSPINE).

Salary @ Threshold

Type the maximum salary for the grade (the highest point on the spine — CONSAL).

Submit

Select this check box to include this grade in the HESA submission.

For information about the details you enter on the Scale Points tab, click here.