Right now we have our Time accruals setup to accrue at a higher rate once an employee works for 4 years based on their hire date. We are trying to find a way to get the system to start accruing at the higher rate Jan 1st of the 4th year but are having a difficult time doing so. Does anyone have any advice on how to approach this?

We would also be interested in hearing a solution to this.

I haven't touched TA in what seems like forever, but is it possible to post a TA220 for the plan in question? Without knowing what your entry points are, your pay cycles, etc. it's hard to hazard a guess. Even with the posting, not sure it will be possible with TA, but I'll be happy to look if you'd like!

Thanks

I know that you can control the cycle count with the value in the First Accrual field on TA60. So based on the info in your message, if you enter January 1 of the year of hire, Lawson will start calculating cycles based on that date instead of the Hire Date. For example, if an employee is hired in March, under your current setup Lawson would consider the first payroll cycle #1 (if you're on monthly payrolls like we are). If you enter January 1 in the First Accrual field, Lawson will consider the first payroll cycle #3. Therefore, the employee will in the 48th cycle (4 years on our monthly payrolls) in Janauary instead of March.

I may be off by one cycle (maybe the First Accrual should be Dec 1 instead of Jan 1 - and I don't have time to test this, but if you play around with the First Accrual Field I think you can get what you're looking for.

Thanks for all your feedback, I will definitely try many of your suggestions!