Creating an entitlement

Definition section

The Trigger Date dropdown lets you select when an entitlement starts to accrue. You can choose between Employee Start Date, Start of Calendar Year, Employee's Date of Birth or Custom.

If you select Custom for the Trigger Date dropdown, you can enter a date in the second Trigger Date field.

Changes section

You can select the Lump Sum checkbox if you want an entitlement to accrue only at the end of a period.

Properties section

• When creating a leave entitlement, you need to select the Leave checkbox. This allows leave transactions to be included in the Entitlement History report, and lets you update the Entitlement Adjustments screen—if you need to.
  
  
  
• When creating a non-accruing entitlement, you need to select the Non Accruing Entitlement checkbox. This disables the options Entitlement may be paid/taken in advance and Cap accrual per period. It also disables the options in the Payslip section.

On the Accrued from tab, you can select which pay items need to be taken into consideration when this entitlement is applied to employees that have their entitlement calculated by hours worked. What exactly does this "need to be taken into consideration" mean? And is "entitlement calculated by hours worked" an option selected on the Entitlements screen, or in another part of MYOB Advanced People? Do these pay items need to be added manually, or do they automatically appear in the Accrual base items section?

After you add an entitlement to an employee's standard pay, the employee is added to the list on the Membership tab.

On the Valuation tab, you can choose how you want an entitlement's units are valued. For the Valuation Method, you can select either Standard hourly rate, Specific pay rate or Custom.

For example, in Australia, leave accruals are usually valued at the current standard rate of the employee.

1. On the Entitlements screen (MPPP3300), click the plus icon () in the toolbar.
2. Complete the Entitlement ID and Description fields.

3. Select the Active checkbox.

4. Click the Rules tab.

   1. In the Definition section, complete the fields.

   2. In the Changes section, you can specify how much the entitlement will accrue per period. Click the plus icon () to add a new row.

   3. Complete the fields for the new row.

   4. In the Properties, Payslip, Termination treatment and Self Service sections, select the options that apply to this entitlement.

5. Click the Accrued from tab.

   1. In the Accrual base items section, select the pay items that apply when this entitlement is applied to employees that have their entitlement calculated by hours worked.

6. Click the Valuation tab.

   1. Complete the Valuation Method, Provisioning Method and Rate fields.

7. On the toolbar, click the save icon ().

   You can't delete an entitlement after saving it. However, you can deselect the Active checkbox if you no longer need to use the entitlement.