Union Automation: How It Works

Union Automation is designed to work with the Sage 100 (formerly MAS 90 and 200) Payroll module. The standard Payroll module handles some of the calculations needed for union payroll, but some necessary calculations are nearly impossible. The data entry required to accomplish some of the benefits would be cumbersome at best, and reporting is not addressed at all. It is also inefficient to maintain every employee file when a new union contract becomes effective.

With Union Automation, you define 'Union Benefit Codes' for all unions. Unions are then established in the system and the appropriate Union Benefit Codes are assigned for each labor code in each union. Employee Maintenance is enhanced to allow you to establish a default union for each employee.

Payroll Data Entry is used to enter all union and non-union earnings and deductions information needed to calculate and print payroll checks (or create a direct deposit file) for the current payroll cycle. When integrated with Sage 100 (MAS 90/200) Job Cost, Union Automation posts actual union earnings and fringe benefits to the appropriate job numbers and cost costs.

Extensive information is retained for each employee, each job classification, and each union. Reports for unions can be generated monthly or at the end of each pay period.

The Government Reporting portion of the enhancement enables you to generate Certified Payroll Reports and the monthly Manpower Utilization Reports by job when Sage 100 Job Cost is integrated.

Learn more about Union Automation.