Payroll: Overview of Payroll Schemes

Payroll schemes define how Helm CONNECT calculates pay for your crew. The payroll engine uses the data you've already entered into Helm CONNECT, such as crew changes and timesheet entries, to calculate pay based on how your crew worked. Rules can be triggered by various conditions, including the duration of crew changes and timesheet entries, earning codes, payroll classes, and custom fields.

Manage your payroll schemes on the Setup > Payroll > Payroll Schemes tab. Schemes can include five different types of payroll rules:

• Rates: Set the pay rate for time worked, such as a regular hourly rate or an overtime rate.
• Extra Pay: Add one-time amounts on top of rates, such as a bonus or per diem.
• Bank Accruals: Add to a bank, such as banking hours toward vacation or sick time.
• Bank Withdrawals: Pay out from a bank, such as paying out accrued vacation.
• Bank Transfers: Move balances from one bank to another.

From here, you have three places to go:

• To create a new payroll scheme, see "Payroll: Set Up Payroll Schemes."
• To find, activate, deactivate, or delete a payroll scheme, see "Payroll: Manage Payroll Schemes."
• To learn how payroll schemes are organized and how rules work, see "Payroll: Structure of a Payroll Scheme."