The function of Pay Groups is to divide employees into logical groups in order to apply mass changes to employee information, process payroll and generate reports.

The Pay Group module allows you to add, modify, or archive Pay Group Codes and Descriptions. Pay Group Codes must be established with this module before other USPS programs can access these codes.

Search/View Pay Groups 

The Pay Group Grid allows the user to search for existing pay groups. You can either enter in the Number or a few characters in any of the grid headings and all occurrences of that search will show up and then you can choose the item(s) you are wanting to view,edit or delete.  Example - Job Calendar Type  is one of my grid options. If I type in %12%  as a wildcard in the Job Calendar Type field, all occurrences of any job calendar that contains 12 in the name will appear. You can then click on the next to the Pay Group record you are searching for to view the data relating to this pay group or click on the to edit the record or to delete the record.  The Advanced Search option can be utilized by clicking on the in the upper right side of the grid.

Highlight Viewer

To use the 'Highlight Viewer', select the row in the grid to view.  The 'Highlight Viewer' on the right hand side will appear:

Create Pay Groups

1. From the Core menu select 'Pay Groups' 
2. Click on 
   1. To create a single Pay Group, the Close option can be checked  .  If the Create New option is checked click  the  checkbox to uncheck it and then click on the Close box. 
   2. To create multiple Pay Groups, the Create New option should be checked   .  If the Close option is checked click the checkbox to uncheck it and then click on the Create New box 

3. Enter in desired information for the New Pay Group

    5.   Click on  to post the Pay Group to the system, click on Cancel to not post the Pay Group and return to the Pay Group grid.

Edit Pay Groups

Only fields that are allowed to be edited will be displayed.

1. Search desired Pay Group on grid
2. Click on  to edit the Pay Group
3. Make desired changes
4. Click on to save desired changes to , click on to not post changes and return to the Pay Group grid.

Archived Pay Groups

A new option to hide old Pay Groups that are no longer being used, has been added.  Select the pay group, click on  and select 

To include Archived accounts, in the Pay Group Grid, check 

Archive Pay Groups

1. Search desired Pay Group to be Archived.
2. Click on  to archive the Pay Group.
3. Click on "Archive" to confirm the archiving of the Pay Group.

Mass Change

For more detail information on the Mass Change option, please click on the Mass Change documentation link to find the How to Steps: Mass Change

Report Creation

To create a report from the Grid, please click on the Report documentation link to find the How to Steps: Report