Sketching of Payroll

[Chris Travers <..hidden..>]

Here are some notes I jotted down on the plane.  I am interested in feedback to make sure this works generally well across the board.

Conceptual Design:

I:  Income Classes

    *   Base Categories

        *   Salary

            * Normal

            * Exempt

            * Overtime (yes, some places need this)

            * Paid Time Off

        *   Hourly

            * Normal

            * Overtime

            * Paid Time Off

        *  Chord (per production, commonly used in agriculture)

            * Classes to define as such

II:  Deduction Classes

   *   Universal ones

        * Medical Insurance

        * Garnishments

   *   Locale-specific ones

III:   Paid Time Off

   * Additional plugin modules

Workflow:

I:  Setting up employees:

   * Add wage and base class fields (hourly vs salary).

   * Check box for chord work too

   * Add locale-specific tax withholding forms (W-4 and the like)

II:  Entering wages

   * For salary:

        * Standard amount displayed

        * Enter unpaid time off in days

        * Enter paid time off in days

        * One row per employee for bulk entry

    * For hourly:

        * Per day:  standard hours, overtime hours, paid timeoff hours, etc

        * Three rows per employee

    * For Chord

        * One row per employee, one field per chort class.

    * Report is saved but not posted to GL

III:  Approval

   * Pull up report

   * Shows entered information and GL effects.

   * review, approve.  It posts to GL.  Click "print checks" and it prints checks