
There are many jobs that are more efficiently handled by a team rather than an individual. In some cases it takes more than one to handle
an item. In others the work load does not balance itself with individual operations and some operators must shift around within the team
to keep the work flow smooth.
Group payroll allows employees to be grouped together in group departments to work as a team to build a group “pot” from which each
employee’s pay is calculated based on their contribution to the “pot”.
There is a Criteria program to set up formulas to calculate pay for employees that work in a group. There are two types of criteria,
Group Criteria and Employee Criteria. The Group Criteria determines how the group "pot" is built. In other words, the Group Criteria
determines how the money is accumulated for the group. The Employee Criteria determines how the "pot" is distributed among the group
members. These two types of criteria work together. One does not work without the other. A set of criteria needs to be defined for
each different pay type.