Payroll Prior Period Adjustment Pay, -R like Retro

Why is a Pay Code showing with -R in Payroll Earnings and Deductions? Employee is not getting a Retro Pay Change.

• Payroll

• Payroll Setup

• Payroll Control Settings

• Payroll Processing

• Payroll Start and Status

• Earnings and Deductions 

In Payroll>Payroll Setup>Payroll Control Settings, search for General: Prior Period Adjustment as Retro. If Value is set to "Y" and Pay is entered in a current payroll with From and To Dates from a prior Payroll Period the pay will have -R in Payroll for Prior Period Adjustment. 

To change setting go to Payroll>Payroll Setup>Payroll Control Settings, search for General: Prior Period Adjustment as Retro, Update Value as desired, Accept. 

A Value "Y" will add -R to Pay in Payroll Earnings and Deductions, a Value "N" will not add -R to Pay in Payroll Earnings and Deductions when the Pay From and To Date is for a prior Payroll Period.

• The Control Setting for Prior Period Adjustment is optional. If you do not want to use the feature, set Value to "N".

• Prior Period Adjustment Pay is not Retro Pay, it is Pay with dates from a prior Payroll Time Period (payroll start and end date).

• If you view Prior Period Adjustments as a “Retro” type of Pay, the Control Setting Value can be set to "Y" to show on employee Pay Stub.

• Retro Pay with -R occurs when an Employee is receiving a Pay Change and it is back dated. Often for a pay increase/raise but could be for a pay decrease.

• The -R Retro Pay Record is triggered when Payroll Control Setting - Enable Retro Pay Processing by Effective Date Value is "Y" and Employee Job Salary record is Duplicated with a Pay Change that is Back Dated.