Labor Groups

Labor Groups represent a collection of Workers, or employees, who perform a similar function or belong to the same department.

Labor Groups

Every Worker record created in Deacom must be linked to a User and assigned to a Labor Group.

System Navigation

Production > Maintenance > Labor Groups

Edit Labor Group form

Opened via the "New" or "Modify" buttons on the Labor Groups form. This form also contains seven tabs, one for each day of the week. Each tab contains Time fields defining Early Start and Early End times, Normal Start and Normal End times, and Start and End times for Breaks. If the Worker record in Deacom contains entries in the times fields, these entries will act as an exception to the times defined on the Labor Group to which they belong. The "Earliest Login" field is available for each day of the week. If a user attempts to log on to a Job prior to the time defined in this field, the system will display a message and prevent the user from continuing.

Button/Field/Flag	Description
Copy to All	If clicked, the times entered on the current tab (Sunday through Saturday) will be copied to all remaining tabs.
Name	Displays the name of the Labor Group, which can also be used as a description.
OT Factor	Defines the overtime factor in the form of a percentage. As an example, if workers are paid time and a half for each hour of overtime, a value of 1.50 should be used.
From Inventory Part	Search field used to select a Part, used in connection with the From Inventory feature.
Default Work Center	Search field used to select the Work Center that this Worker will use as a default. If a Work Center has been defined on the Worker record this will be used instead of the value in this field when using the Payroll Entry transaction.
Default Operation	Search field used to select the Operation that this Worker will use as a default. If a Work Center has been defined on the Worker record this will be used instead of the value in this field when using the Payroll Entry transaction.
Default Job	Search field used to select the Job that this Worker will use as a default. If the default Job is not within the Facility specified on the Payroll Entry form, the system will not automatically fill in the job number.
Automatic Log Out Time	Defines the number of hours that a worker in this Labor Group may work before being automatically logged off jobs. The system uses the start time on a job to begin the timing process and the current time to determine when the automatic sign out will occur. This acts the same way as when the worker uses the "Sign Out" option on the Payroll Entry form. Workers on break will automatically be logged out as well when using this feature.
Shift OT	Defines the point at which Overtime for the shift will begin for the selected Labor Group. As an example, if members of the group are eligible for overtime after working 8 hours on a shift, enter 8 in this field.
Weekly OT	Defines the point at which Overtime for the week will begin for the selected Labor Group. As an example, if members of the group are eligible for overtime after working 40 hours a week, enter 40 in this field.
Labor OT Expense	Defines the Labor OT Expense account for all workers in this Labor Group. If selected, the account in this field is used instead of the Labor OT Expense account specified in Accounting Options.
Active	If checked, this record is active. Only active records may be used in the system.