The method used to calculate partial period factors.

If the PWS method is used to calculate the partial period factor, the individual, actual planned working time according to the employee’s personal work schedule (PWS) is used as the divisor.

The PWS method is suitable for use in the following situations:

• for reductions if planned working time is specified exactly and you enter all deviations from planned working time in the following infotypes:

• Rules for calculating partial payments for exact periods

The PWS method is not suitable if the payroll is run for monthly periods. The employee then has a lower reduction amount in periods with less planned working time (short months) than in periods with more planned working time (long months).

The partial period factor is calculated as follows:

Factor = (planed working time - absence) / individual period working time