In Marco, the staff's salary package will be recorded as individual pay items, such as Basic Salary, Transport Allowance, Sales Commission, and so on. You can configure each pay item based on:

Each pay item can contain multiple entries. Each entry contains the following details about the pay item:

When adding the staff's salary package in Marco for the first time, you can begin by adding the necessary pay items for the staff.

You can add new entries to a pay item whenever there is an adjustment to the staff's salary package. When a staff's salary package is adjusted, each new entry will override the previous entry from the new effective date onwards. For more information on managing salary adjustments, refer to Salary adjustments.

Only active pay item entries will appear in the staff's Pay Details page. Overridden entries and entries with an effective date in the future will not appear.

A staff's salary package can change in several ways. If there is an adjustment to a staff's salary package, you can manage it in Marco by completing the following steps:

Examples

If a staff does not have a pay item in their pay details, you must add it to create the first pay item entry.

Before you begin:

Prepare the following details for each pay item:

To add a new pay item:

You can add new entries to existing pay items. This is useful for cases when a staff receives a pay adjustment.

To add a pay item entry:

You can edit the following details for each pay item entry:

This is useful for cases when the pay details are inaccurate, or if an end date needs to be added to the pay entry.

To edit a pay item entry:

If you delete a pay item entry, the action cannot be reversed. If you want to implement a pay cut for a staff, refer to Salary adjustments for recommendations on how to manage your staff's salary changes instead.

To delete a pay item entry:

If there is only one entry in the pay item, the pay item will also be automatically removed when the entry is deleted.