How Vista calculates pay rates

Vista tracks pay rates in several places in Cinema Manager:

• An individual pay rate - Staff > Users > Default cost rate
• A general Work Area rate - Maintenance > Work Areas > Std. Cost Rate per Hour
• A rate card that defines the pay rate of a specific employee working in a specific area - Maintenance > Rate Cards
• A manually-entered pay rate - Maintenance > Staff Times > Staff Time/Pay rates

To calculate an employee's earnings, Vista considers the employee's various pay rates hierarchically in the following order:

1. Manually-entered - If a pay rate has been manually entered, Vista uses that pay rate. No other pay rates are considered.
2. Rate card - Otherwise, if the employee has a rate card for the relevant work area, Vista uses the pay rate from the rate card.
3. Individual - If the employee has no rate card for the relevant work area, and the employee's individual pay rate is greater than the general work area pay rate, Vista uses the individual pay rate.
4. Work area - In all other cases, Vista uses the general work area rate.

See also:

• Work areas
• Rate cards
• Creating a new rate card for staff
• Removing a rate card
• Configuring staff pay rates
• Preventing employees from clocking on to work areas outside their rate cards