Departments

Each Client can have up to 20 departments. Departments can be used to group input, and special forms of the Registers showing department totals are available. An employee can be attached to 1 department during the year. If you need to divide an employee between departments, try using different income labels to identify the department.

This screen shows the default labels supplied for any new client. Here’s how use this screen.

The Code is an identifier. It appears in the Department box of the employee Pay Rates tab, and wherever a shorthand form of the department name is printed. It can be up to 8 characters. Alpha characters are made into upper case automatically.

To blank out a code, press the Delete key with the code highlighted in Edit mode.

The Description is a 19-character descriptive name for the Department.