You initiate the non-tax (pretax, benefit, voluntary) deductions you need by entering information about them in the Deduction window.
In response to your entries in this window, Oracle Payroll generates an element for the deduction, with the necessary input values and balance feeds, and a formula with the necessary formula result rules.
When you initiate the deduction, you determine the rules that control its processing, including the following:
Start and stop rules
You select the rules that determine when the deduction starts or stops for an employee. For example, a deduction might start when a balance of earnings for the employee reaches a specified amount. It might end when a balance of the amount taken for the deduction reaches a specified amount.
Amount rules
You select the method of entering or calculating the amount of the deduction. For example: The amount can be entered for each employee, it can be calculated by a formula as a percentage of earnings, or it can be selected by the formula from a Payroll table.
Frequency rules
These rules determine the pay periods in which the deduction is withheld. For example, a monthly deduction might be processed in the third period of the month for weekly-paid employees and in the second period of the month for employees paid on a semi-monthly basis.
Insufficient Funds rules
You can determine whether to hold an arrears balance for a deduction, and whether to take a partial deduction if earnings are insufficient to take the full deduction amount.
There are additional rules you can define for wage attachments.
See: Input Values for Wage Attachments
If you need to delete elements you created with the Deduction template or Element Design Wizard, do not use the Element window. Query the element from within the template or wizard and delete it from there.
See: Deleting an Element