Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

This field always displays One.

Enter, or click to select, the pay cycle for which you want to update deductions.

From the drop-down list, select on of the following range selections:

• All
• One
• Range
• From Beginning
• To End

If you select All, the Start and End fields are disabled; if you select One, the End field is disabled; if you select From Beginning, the Start field is disabled; and if you select To End, the End field is disabled.

If your range selection is One, Range, or To End, enter, or click to select, the employees for which you want to update deductions.

If your range selection is Range or From Beginning, enter, or click to select, the employees with which you wish to end deductions.

Select this check box to choose a noncontiguous range of employees. Use the Employee Non-Contiguous Ranges subtask to select the ranges of employees.

Select this check box to have employee deductions updated as part of this procedure. If you do not want employee deductions updated, clear this check box.

Select this check box to have company contributions that are associated with employee deductions updated as part of this procedure. If you do not want company contributions updated, clear this check box.

Select this check box to update the Employee Deductions table with the correct deduction code and amount for the employee's medical care FSA, dependent care FSA elections, and HSA elections.

Select this check box to specify that you want the FSA/HSA deduction amount to be based on the number of checks remaining in the FSA/HSA plan year instead of using the number of pay period end dates remaining in the FSA/HSA plan year.

For example, you have a new employee that elects Medical FSA as of 07/13/2018, your Medical FSA plan year is from 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018, and your pay periods are as follows (in monthly pay frequency for simplicity):

The application will calculate the deduction amount as follows:

• If you clear this check box, the Update Employee Package Deductions application will use the remaining number of pay period end dates that fall within the Medical FSA Plan Year to determine the deduction amount.

  Medical FSA Election Amount = 1,000.00

  Number of Remaining Pay Periods in the 2018 Plan Year = 6 (07/31/18, 08/31/18, 09/30/18, 10/31/18, 11/30/18 & 12/31/18)

  Deduction Amount = 1,000.00 / 6 = 166.67

• Otherwise, if you select this check box, the Update Employee Package Deductions application will use the remaining number of check dates that fall within the Medical FSA Plan Year to determine the deduction amount.

  Medical FSA Election Amount = 1,000.00

  Number of Remaining Check Dates in the 2018 Plan Year = 5 (08/07/18, 09/07/18, 10/07/18, 11/07/18 & 12/07/18)

  Deduction Amount = 1,000.00 / 5 = 200.00

Select this check box to process only those benefit elections that have changes and/or additions in deduction amounts for the selected pay cycle. If you do not want these changes and additions updated for the selected pay cycle, leave this check box clear.

From the drop-down list, Select the number of months preceding the open pay period to be analyzed for deduction and contribution end dateupdates.

This functionality allows you to update deduction and contribution end dates for benefit elections that ended in past pay periods. This setting necessary if you do not run the Update Employee Package Deductions process every pay period and you have benefit elections that ended in a prior, unprocessed pay period.

If you run the Update Employee Package Deductions process every pay period, you can use the default setting of 0 Months. If not, you may set this value to anywhere from 1 to 12 months.

For example, if the employee’s benefit election end date is 07/26/18, the open pay period is 08/01/18 to 08/15/18, and the Prior End Date Processing is 0 Months, the Update Employee Package Deductions process would not assign a Deduction End Date for that benefit election because the benefit election end date fell within a past pay period. However, under the same scenario, if you set the Prior End Date Processing to 1 Month instead of 0 Months, the Update Employee Package Deductions process would assign a Deduction End Date for that benefit election because the benefit election end date fell within the month prior to the open pay period start date (07/15/18 to 08/15/18).

From the drop-down list, select if the records in the report should be sorted by Employee ID or Employee Name.

This field displays the Deduction/Contribution Timing setting assigned to the pay cycle. This screen uses this setting to ensure the deduction start date and deduction end date assigned to the benefit deduction will result in processing the deduction/contribution at the correct time. The deduction/contribution amount will be prorated if applicable.

You can assign this option to pay cycles on the Manage Pay Periods screen.

The following are the possible options in this field:

• Deduct based on premium as of the open pay period end date: Employees will pay for the benefits they have as of the pay period end date.
• Deduct based on premium as of the open pay period start date: Employees will pay for the benefits they have as of the pay period start date.
• Deduct based on premium as of the check date: Employees will pay for the benefits they have as of the check date.
• Pay per day and prorate. Deduct before the pay period: Employees will pay for the benefits before the pay period in which the employee is covered. This will prorate the premium if there are two different coverages within the same pay period.
• Pay per day and prorate. Deduct after the pay period: Employees will pay for the benefits after the pay period in which the employee is covered. This will prorate the premium if there are two different coverages within the same pay period.

Click and select Update Employee Deductions/Contributions to update the base tables, Employee Deductions, and Employee Contributions. This option is available only after the report has been printed.

Click and select Print/Update Employee Deductions/Contributions to print the report and then immediately update the Employee Deductions and Employee Contributions tables.