Compensation Plans

You can use the Compensation Plans page to configure compensation plans. Compensation plans specify the pay type and levels for the load types. They are associated with assignment types configured with Yes for Has Payroll. For example, you can have different compensation plans for:

  • Overload assignments
  • Adjunct assignments

Compensation Plans are required for pay generation.

The compensation plans you specify here can be selected by staff when they add or edit the payroll information for the position assignments for faculty members. (  Select the Configuration tile > locate Faculty Workload > select Staff Position Payroll Information.)

Prerequisites

To view the page, you must have Faculty Workload - Configuration - View authorization.

To edit the page, you must have Faculty Workload - Configuration - Manage authorization.

To edit an item associated with more than one campus, you must have access to all the campuses. For example, if the item is configured to be available at three campuses and you only have access to two of the campuses, you can view the item, but cannot edit it. When you add an item, you can only select campuses to which you have access.

To edit the pay levels, they must not be selected in the Teaching and Non-Teaching structures.

To make any change to a compensation plan, it must not have generated earning lines.

If you want to specify the value in the Course GroupClosed Classifies the courses at your institution into groups. They are configured by your institution. for Teaching Structure, your institution must have configured Used for Compensation PlanClosed Select Yes if you want to use the course group for workload management. If you select Yes, Anthology Student displays the course group for your staff members to select when they configure compensation plans. If the field displays Yes and it is grayed out, the course group is already associated with a compensation plan. To change it back to No, you must first remove the course group from the compensation plan. in Configuration > Faculty Workload ManagementCourse Group Extensions.

Access Method

 Select the Configuration tile > locate Faculty Workload > select Compensation Plans.

Filters

By default, the grid displays all records for the campuses you are authorized to work with. You can use the drop-down at the top of the page to display only records for a specific campus.

Procedure to Add or Edit Items

  1. Select All Campuses or select a specific Campus.

  2. Review the values of the records in the grid.

  3. If you want to:

    • Add a new list item, select the New button on the toolbar

    • Edit an existing list item, select the name in the list

  4. Review, specify, or change the following values.

    ActiveClosed Specifies whether the associated record is active.

    Assignment TypeClosed Specifies the assignment types used in workload validation and pay generation. They are configured by your institution. For example, an adjunct assignment that is paid or an on-load assignment that does not require payroll. Assignment types that were configured with No for Has Payroll, cannot be selected for compensation plans or added to the payroll information for staff.

    CampusesClosed The campus or campuses to which a person or item is assigned. It is filtered to display the campuses to which you have access. In some cases, it is also used to filter a list to only those items for the campus. In some lists, you can select more than one campus or select All. In lists that display columns, if the column contains more than one campus, you cannot sort or filter on that column.

    CodeClosed The alphanumeric code assigned to the item by your institution. In most cases, codes must be unique.

    NameClosed The descriptive name of the item.

    Pay TypeClosed Specifies the type of pay. It can be a rate for the unit of measure or a single lump sum for the activity.

  5. Select the Save button.

  6. To add or edit the pay levels, in your teaching and Non-Teaching structures, select the Configure Levels button.

    Anthology Student displays the Configure Compensation Levels dialog box.

  7. If you want to make: 

    • One or more specific pay levels available in your structure, select the pay level in Proposed Pay LevelsClosed The proposed pay level as per the compensation plan. and select the Transfer To arrow (TRansfer To icon

    • All the pay levels available in your structure, select the Transfer All To arrows (From arrow icon)

    Anthology Student moves the pay levels to the Selected Pay LevelsClosed The selected pay level as per the compensation plan. box. You can also use the Transfer From arrow (Transfer All From icon) and Transfer All From arrows (Transfer All From icon) to move items from Selected Pay Levels back to Proposed Pay Levels.

  8. Select the Save button on the dialog.
  9. Select the button for the structure you want to add or edit, select the New button, or select an existing record, and specify the values.

    Button to Select Values to Specify

    Teaching Structure

    Course GroupClosed Classifies the courses at your institution into groups. They are configured by your institution.

    Level 1-Level 3Closed Specifies the amount of pay at that level. It can be a rate for the unit of measure or a single lump sum for the activity.

    Load TypeClosed The type of load. Load types store the load information that you can then associate with work. For example, it specifies a unit of measure and whether or not you want the work included in load and pay tracking. Load types are configured by your institution.

    Non-Teaching Structure

    Non-Teaching GroupClosed Select the non-teaching group used to define compensation plans. The groups are configured by your institution. Non-teaching groups categorize the non-teaching types.

    Level 1-Level 3Closed Specifies the amount of pay at that level. It can be a rate for the unit of measure or a single lump sum for the activity.

    Load TypeClosed The type of load. Load types store the load information that you can then associate with work. For example, it specifies a unit of measure and whether or not you want the work included in load and pay tracking. Load types are configured by your institution.

    You can also select the Delete button to remove a record.

  10. When you are done creating the structure, select the Save button on the dialog.
  1. If you want to save and: 

    • Continue making changes, select the Save button

    • Continue to add another item to the list, select the Save & New button

    • Close, select the Save & Close button

Note: Teaching assignments cannot be deleted.