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Last Updated: 2025-09-19
Example: Set Up Overtime Earnings for Workers on a Collective Agreement (AUS)

Example: Set Up Overtime Earnings for Workers on a Collective Agreement (AUS)

This example demonstrates 1 way to set up overtime earnings for workers who are on a collective agreement that has rules for overtime pay for Payroll for Australia.
You have workers who are part of the Fast Food Industry Award and may be required to work overtime. Configure an earning to calculate their overtime earnings.
Set up time tracking, so you know what workers' overtime is.
Security:
Set Up: Payroll (Calculations - Payroll Specific)
in the Core Payroll functional area.
Set up time tracking, time calculations, and time calculation tags so that you can capture the worker's hours form time tracking. See Steps: Set Up Calculations for Time Tracking for more information.
Set up the collective agreement and collective agreement factors. See Steps: Manage Collective Agreements for more information. For this example, the collective agreement is set up with the
Name
AUS - Fast Food Industry Award 2020
,
Factor 1
as
Class
, and
Factor 2
as
level
.
  1. Access the
    Create Earning
    task.
  2. Enter a
    Name
    and
    Code
    for the earning. See Steps: Create Earnings for more information.
  3. In the
    Country
    field, enter
    Australia
    .
  4. Select the
    Run Category Eligibility
    and the
    Pay Group Detail Eligibility
    .
  5. In the
    Worker Eligibility
    grid, add a new row, and select
    Create
    Create Instance Set Comparison Calculation
  6. In the
    Create Instance Set Comparison Calculation
    task, enter these details:
    Option Description
    Name
    Collective Agreement: Fast Food
    Category
    Payroll
    Source Field
    Collective Agreement as of PC Sub Period End Date
    Relational Operator
    In the Selection List
    Target Instance
    AUS - Fast Food Industry Award 2020 (01/01/2020 - )
    Enter the name of the collective agreement that you set up in Workday.
  7. Click OK, the new Instance Set Comparison Calculation is inserted into the
    Worker Eligibility
    field of the earning.
  8. In the
    Calculation
    section, enter:
    Option Description
    Calculation
    Hours (prorated) * Rate (no rounding)
    Input Amount Allowed?
    Yes
    Override Frequency
    Hourly
  9. In the
    Events Causing Pay Component Proration
    , select
    Change in Collective Agreement
    and
    Compensation Change
    , along with any other events causing proration that you're using.
  10. In the
    Calculation Worktag
    field, enter
    Position
    , along with any other worktags you're using.
  11. In the
    Related Calculations
    grid, enter these 4 rows:
    Option Description
    Related Calculation
    Hours (prorated)
    Override Calculation
    Timesheet: Approved Hours for Earning for Sub-period
    Input Allowed?
    Yes
    Display Current/Current and Balances
    Display Current
    Aggregate
    Yes
    Hide on Retro Results?
    No
    Option Description
    Related Calculation
    Rate (unadjusted)
    Override Calculation
    Compensation: Compensation Element Value (using PC Freq Override - No Rounding)
    Input Allowed?
    Yes
    Display Current/Current and Balances
    Display Current
    Aggregate
    No
    Hide on Retro Results?
    No
    Option Description
    Related Calculation
    Percent
    Override Calculation
    Aus 1.5
    This is a tenanted constant value calculation set up for the earning.
    Input Allowed?
    Yes
    Display Current/Current and Balances
    Display Current
    Aggregate
    No
    Hide on Retro Results?
    No
    Option Description
    Related Calculation
    Rate
    Override Calculation
    AUS Unadjusted Hourly Rate Multiplied by Percent
    This is a tenanted arithmetic calculation set up for the earning.
    Input Allowed?
    Yes
    Display Current/Current and Balances
    Display Current
    Aggregate
    No
    Hide on Retro Results?
    No
  12. In the
    Compensation Element
    field, enter your applicable compensation element.
  13. In the
    Time Calculation Tags
    grid, add a new row, and enter the relevant time calculation tag,
    150%
    .
  14. On the
    Non-Effective Dated
    tab, in the
    Groups
    field, enter
    AUS Adds to Gross
    and
    AUS PAYG Taxable Wages
    .
You can use the earning for workers who work overtime.