Payroll Periods in Cluster TE

Cluster TE (details of a trip) contains data on the payroll period of the trip. For each employee trip, two payroll periods are maintained to ensure correct retroactive accounting in payroll accounting.

The first payroll period is maintained under the fields ABRJ1 (payroll year 1), ABRP1 (payroll period 1), and PERM1 (period modifier 1). The second payroll period is under the fields ABRJ2 (payroll year 2), ABRP2 (payroll period 2), and PERM2 (period modifier 2).

When you create an employee trip, the system sets both periods to the current payroll period for the system date. You can, however, also specify this period manually.

During the first settlement run for employee trip, the system sets both periodsto the period of the settlement program that you specify for the settlement run.

After the first run, the first payroll period (fields ABRJ1 and ABRP1 ) is fixed. This payroll period is the reference period for Payroll Accounting up to which retroactive accounting can be performed.

If you settle an employee trip again (such as to correct the trip facts), the system sets the second payroll period (fields ABRJ2 , A BRP2 a nd PERM2 ) to the settlement program period that you specified for the settlement run.

If transfer to payroll accounting takes place, the system checks this payroll period during settlement against the payroll period of the control record PA03 .