Problem:
I do payroll for a few different companies and I use Acclaim for most of them but a couple of them are complicated so I use Clarity I went in to set up the WCB in them and it seems different between Acclaim and clarity.
Solution
Workers Compensation (WCB) is handled in two distinctly different ways, in Paymate Acclaim and Paymate Clarity. Please see below for a description of the setup in each application.
Paymate Acclaim:
do not know how to setup WCB.
Solution:
Program Program has been designed to handle one WCB rate per company as default.
If the If the company has only one WCB rate, then do the following:
- Go to Company Select/Edit and enter the WCB rate into Company Edit
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- screen
- Go to Setup/Payroll Categories, review each earning and benefit and make sure that the checkbox for 'WCB' in 'Subject to...' is setup
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- properly
- You can use the build-in Worker's Compensation report to find out employee's worker's compensation information for a specific period by going to Report/Worker's Compensation
If the CompensationIf the company has multiple WCB rates, then do the following:
- Go to Company Select/Edit and make sure that WCB rate is
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- zero
- Go to Setup/Payroll Categories, and for each WCB rate you should define a benefit category to track the WCB
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- premium
- You can use the build-in 'Payroll Category' report to find out employee's WCB premium for a specific period by going to Report/Payroll Categories. However, you can not use the build-in Worker's Compensation report