The Deduction Change Log will display all Employee payroll deductions for specific, elected Employee benefits that are pending or processed for a specific date. Deduction Changes are used in the administration of employee benefits as well as payroll functions either by the company or a third-party administrator. Changes that need to be transmitted to a third-party can be exported in .csv or .txt formats through the Core HR Export Utility.
Expand System, expand Export Logs, and click Deduction Change Log from the menu.
The "Deduction Change Log" will provide a drop-down menu to specify which package to review:
The page will present the following columns:
- Package - Clicking the link for the name of the package will let you view the details of the deduction change log.
- Benefit - The type of benefit.
- Carrier - The carrier associated with the benefit.
- Export Date - The date this data is included in an export. If the date is 'Pending', the data has not been exported yet.
- Employees in Export - The number of employees in the deduction change log.
Deduction Change Log Details
The "Deduction Change Log Details" will list the current reason for the export. The 'Reason' can be edited if an Employee is forced into the 'DeductionChange Log'. Employees forced into the Change Log are Employees whose changes were not initially processed correctly.
The 'Deduction Change Log Details' will present the following columns:
- Employee - The affected employee.
- Employee ID
- Package - The benefit package.
- Benefit - Type of benefit
- Effective Date - The effective date of the benefit coverage.
- Expiration Date - The expiration date of the benefit coverage.
- Per Pay Pre-Tax Deduction
- Per Pay Post-Tax Deduction
- Reason - The reason for the benefit change.
A flowchart of the logging process has been provided below: