Add or Edit a Laborer

Authorized users can use the Laborer Maintenance page to enter and maintain all laborers that can be assigned to a work order task. Laborers can be either active or inactive, but only active laborers can be assigned to a work order task. 

To add or manage names of laborers available in the system, follow the steps below.

  1. Go to Maintenance > Financial Management > Work Orders > Laborers.
  2. To edit an existing laborer, click the Edit icon next to the laborer listed. To add a new laborer, click New.
  3. In Category, select a laborer category to assign to the laborer. The category values are defined in a Validation Set.
  4. Select the Active check box to identify the laborer as active in the system.
  5. Select the Payroll Employee check box if the employee is in your payroll database and your muncipaliity has a license for the New World ERP Payroll module. In Employee, select an employee name. If your municipality does not have a license for the Payroll module, type the employee name.

    If your municipality has a license for the New World ERP Payroll module, the value in the Employee drop-down list comes from the employees set up on the Employee Maintenance page, located under the Human Resources menu. The setting to configure this option is located on the Work Orders tab in Company FM Settings.

  6. In Name, type the first and last name of the laborer. This field appears if you do not select the Payroll Employee check box. If needed, provide additional information to distinguish the laborer from another laborer who may have the same name.
  7. If an Email Address is available, type the email address for the laborer.
  8. In Effective Date, select the date when the laborer becomes effective. This is used primarily when the Cost Calculation Method is Flat Hourly Rate.
  9. In Starting Date, click the arrow to open the calendar and select the starting date when the employee rate starts.
  10. In Cost Calculation Method, select the method that will be used to calculate the labor cost for the work order task. Options are: Flat Hourly Rate and Payroll Hourly Rate. If the Flat Hourly Rate is selected, enter an hourly rate for the laborer in the Flat Hourly Rate field. If the Payroll Hourly Rate is selected, a pay increase for an employee will happen automatically.
  11. The Flat Hourly Rate field appears if Flat Hourly Rate is selected as the Cost Calculation Method. In Flat Hourly Rate, type the amount of the laborer's fee.
  1. Click Save to save the laborer in the system. Click Save/New to save the laborer and create another laborer.

While editing a laborer, click Reset at any time to return to the previous state the page was in before you made changes.

At the bottom of the saved page, a Rate History by Customer Category grid displays the rate histories based on the Effective Date selected.

For more information on using the Laborers Maintenance page, expand one of the categories below:

The ability to delete is based on user authority and may not be available.

  1. Click Delete. A confirmation window displays.
  2. Click OK to confirm and delete the laborer.

  1. Click Print. The Laborer Listing pop-up window displays.
  2. Select the Status of the laborers you want to print on the listing. Options are: Active, Not Active, or Both Active and Not Active to print all laborers.
  3. Select a laborer Category to filter the results that print on the listing. To print all laborers, select the <blank> option.
  4. Select the Include Detail check box to include detailed laborer information on the listing, such as rate history and Effective Start and End Dates associated with the rates.
  5. Click OK to generate the Work Order Laborer Listing report that displays a list of the laborers that meet the criteria you specified.
See Also

Laborer List

Work Orders Setup