Retirement Benefit

Overview

Requires a user to define benefits paid to an employee upon the employee's retirement. This screen will have tabs at the bottom of the form to define Prerequisite Benefits, Retirement Type, Restriction per Beneficiary Collection and the Formula Builder.

Navigation

How to SEARCH:

  1. Enter the information to be used as retrieval criteria in the appropriate field (s). If you prefer to see a list of all Retirement Benefits, leave all fields blank.
  2. Click on the Find icon 

The Retirement Benefit screen includes the following fields:

Report FieldsDescription
IDUnique identification code of the Retirement Benefit
Apply If AliveApply If Alive Status - if checked, Retirement Benefits are applied during employee's retirement, when the employee is alive.
Life Certificate RequiredLife Certificate Required Status - if checked, it specifies if this Retirement Benefit must require a life certificate in order to keep receiving the emoluments granted by this benefit
Is Paid Within PayrollIs Paid Within Payroll Status - if checked, employee is on the payroll of the organization
Max Pay Period After DeathThe maximum number of pay periods that the beneficiaries are entitled to receive from this particular retirement benefit after the death of the employee
Maximum Periods To PayMaximum number of periods to pay Retirement Benefits to a retired employee. If set to null, the benefit will be recurrently paid until the death of the employee
Retirement Benefit TypeRetirement Benefit Type to be selected from the drop-down menu
Cost ItemThe cost item associated to this benefit if the retirement benefit is for an Employee
DeductionThe deduction associated to this benefit if the retirement benefit depends on a deduction
Cost Item For ArrearsThe cost item associated to this benefit specifically to be used for arrears.  The default value is as specified under Cost Item above
Retirement Benefit StatusRetirement Benefit Status (Approved, Cancelled, or Created ) from the drop-down menu
Minimum PeriodsThe minimum number of periods required to apply the retirement benefit
Minimum Consecutive PeriodsThe minimum number of consecutive periods  required to be eligible for this retirement benefit
Minimum AgeMinimum age of the employee to apply the retirement benefit
Life Certificate RecurrenceSpecifies the frequency in terms of number of periods, for issuance of the Life Certificate (e.g. every 12 periods)
Upon Death ActionAction to take upon the death of pensioner: Activate Benefit or Cancel Benefit, from the drop-down menu
Calculation ModeBenefit Calculation Mode: Automatic or Manual, from the drop-down menu 
Calculation MethodBenefit Calculation Method: Base Salary or Deduction Contribution Amount, from the drop-down menu
Minimum Contribution AmountMinimum amount to be made through a deduction.  This field is only applicable if the benefit is linked to a deduction
FormulaFormula built from all rows in the formula builder, to be interpreted during payroll calculation.
LanguageLanguage used
NameName of the Retirement Benefit
DescriptionDescription of the Retirement Benefit