Set Labor Options

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Labor interfaced to GL?

Optional

Select if you want labor costs to be posted to the general ledger when you run the Labor Entry Register (LPR) program or leave blank if you want to post labor costs to GL manually.

See Overview: Interfacing Labor to GL for more information.

Labor payable rate

Conditional
1 alphanumeric

If you selected the Labor interfaced to GL? option, select the rate you want the Labor Entry Register (LPR) to post:

This option has no affect on labor costs displayed by the Manufacturing Order Cost Inquiry (MJI), Manufacturing Order Cost Report (MJS), and Manufacturing Order Close (MJC) programs.

Enter percentage completed?

Optional

Select if you want the operator to be able to enter a percent complete in the % complete field in the Labor Entry (LLE) and/or Barcode Labor Entry (LRTE) program, or leave blank if you do not.

If you leave blank, the % complete field in Labor Entry and Barcode Labor Entry is grayed.

Display pay rate at entry time?

Optional

Select if you want the Labor Entry (LLE) program to display the employee's hourly pay rate or leave blank if you do not.

If you select this option, the Manufacturing Labor Inquiry (MLI), Manufacturing Labor History Inquiry (MLIH), and Employee Labor History Inquiry (LHI) programs display the employee's labor rate.

Labor overtime rate 1

Required
3 numeric in the format 9.99

Enter the multiple of the employee's rate to be applied to hours entered in the Lvl one OT hrs field in the Labor Entry (LLE) program or overtime hours imported with the Labor Import (LEI) program. For example, if you pay "time and a half" for overtime, enter 1.5.

Note
Click Mfg branch or Branch settings to set this option for your branch.

Labor overtime rate 2

Optional
3 numeric in the format 9.99

Enter the multiple of the employee's rate to be applied to hours entered in the Lvl two OT hrs field in the Labor Entry (LLE) program or overtime hours imported with the Labor Import (LEI) program. For example if you pay double time for these overtime hours, enter 2.00.

Note
Click Mfg branch or Branch settings to set this option for your branch.

Use routing dept in labor entry?

Optional

Select to use the department assigned to the operation sequence or leave blank to use the department assigned to the employee.

This option sets the default for the Dept number field in the Labor Entry (LLE) program. The operator can change the department if necessary.

If the ASCII file you import with the Labor Import (LEI) program does not contain a department, the program uses this setting after you click Import validation.

Non reported indirect labor code

Optional

Select if you want the LTE work time compared to the Barcode Labor Entry (LRTE) time reported for the same shift. The difference is posted as the number of hours to charge to the selected indirect labor code or leave blank to only track the hours reported.

Jump to shift start/stop?

Optional

Controls if employees' clock in and/or clock out times to jump to the shift start and/or end time. Select N if you only want to use hours reported in Barcode Labor Entry (LRTE) entry.

If Y or I is selected, the employee's start time is set to the authorized shift start time from Employee Override Authorization (LOA) or Labor Collection Shift Maintenance (LLZ). For this to occur the clock in time must be between the clock after time and the shift start time or after the shift start time but within the grace period.

If Y is selected, the employee's stop time is also set to the shift times from LOA or LLZ when the employee clocks out after the end of the shift or before the end of shift time but within the grace period.

If the employee clocks out within the grace period at the end of the shift, his/her time is recorded as the end of his/her shift.

Examples (based on the employees LOA or LLZ settings for the clock date):

• If the employee clocks in after the clock in time and before the shift start, his/her start time is logged as the shift start time.

• If the employee clocks in after the shift start time but before  the end of the grace period, his/her start time is logged as the shift start time.

• If the employee clocks out before the shift end time but within the grace period, his/her clock out time is recorded as the shift end time.

• If the employee clocks out after the end of shift, his/her clock out time is recorded as the shift out time.

You must select Y or I to create a grace period in Employee Override Authorization (LOA) or Labor Collection Shift Maintenance (LLZ).

Clock in/out active?

Optional

Select if you want employees to use Employee Clocking (LTE) to clock in and out of the building.

If selected, Barcode Labor Entry (LRTE) will require that a bar coded employee ID be scanned to start and stop work on a job.

If not selected, employee numbers can be scanned or entered from the keyboard in Barcode Labor Entry (LRTE).

Include checksum on employee ID?

Conditional

Select if you selected Clock in/out active?; leave blank if you did not select Clock in/out active?.

Manually log off open job?

Optional

Select if an employee must log out of production before clocking out; leave blank if you want the employee to be automatically logged out of production when s/he clocks out (the clock out time is used as the production log out time and number of pieces is set to 0)

To

Do This

Change an option

Click on the field and make required changes.

Exit without changing these options

Click Cancel.

Print these options

Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.

Enter overrides for your manufacturing branch

Click Mfg branch. See Set Labor Options for your Manufacturing Branch.

Enter overrides for your login branch

Click Branch settings. See Set Labor Options for your Login Branch.

Accept these options and exit

Click OK.

To

Do This

Display a category of options

Highlight the line and click Select or double-click the line.

Exit the program

Click Exit.