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      Setting Up Employee Pay Types

      ShopController offers flexible options for setting up employee pay types, allowing you to tailor compensation structures to your specific needs.

       

      Understanding Pay Types

      • Pay types define how your employees are compensated. You can use various pay types, including hourly, salary, commission, and piecework.You can also create custom pay types to accommodate unique compensation structures.
      • Each pay type can have its own set of rules for calculating earnings, such as base rates and percentage rates.

      Assigning Pay Types to Employees

      1. Navigate to User Settings in the top right corner.
      2. Click on the desired employee's name (e.g., Josephine).
      3. Scroll down to the Pay Type field.
      4. Click the pencil icon to edit the existing pay type or click the plus icon to add a new one.

      Customizing Pay Types

      • Shopcontroller provides several options for customizing pay types:
        • Hourly: Set an hourly rate and overtime rules (if applicable).
        • Percentage of Labor: Great for tracking flag hours
        • Percentage of Location Sales: To set equity share in sales and profits
        • Percentage of Individual Sales: Works for commission based structure

      Additional Options:

      • You can also manage pay types globally by going to Admin Settings > Pay Types.
      • This allows you to edit existing pay types, create new ones, and set them as defaults for new employees all in one place
      • Remember to save your changes after customizing a pay type.

      Applying Pay Types to Jobs

      • When adding labor items to a job, the assigned employee's pay type determines their pay rate (the 'Cost' column)
      • You can override the default pay rate for specific jobs or services if needed. This is useful for scenarios like discounts or volunteer work.

      Example: Setting Up Josephine's Pay Type

      1. Josephine is assigned an hourly pay type with a base rate of $44 per hour.
      2. When adding an oil change service to a job with Josephine assigned, the labor cost is initially calculated using the $44 hourly rate.
      3. However, you can change the Labor Rate to "Friends and Family" as an example, and set the employee pay rate ('Cost' column) to $0 for this specific service, reflecting that Josephine is not compensated for this work.