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Setting up a Pay Contract
In Caribou's Logger's Edge Software, subcontractors are paid based the terms specified in their "Pay Contract". A subcontractor's pay contract determines the rate of pay and the basis upon which a contractor will be paid. Employees who are paid according to the load (count, weight, volume, percent of load revenue), are also paid according to a pay contract. (Note that employees paid on an hourly basis, daily basis, etc. do not require payment contracts; their rates are set up under the menu item Setup | Workers | Employee Pay Rates menu item.)
It is important to understand the distinction between a "Pay Contract" and a "Revenue Contract." A Pay contract defines the terms that you pay for work to be performed. A Revenue contract defines the terms that you will be paid (from the mill or other customer) for the work your company performs. (Revenue contracts are setup under Main Menu | Contracts | Revenue Contracts | Setup.
A pay contract is quite flexible in its terms of payment. The terms include:
- The start date and end date;
- The Blocks to which the contract will apply;
- The activities (trucking, felling, loading, etc.) that are covered;
- The rates and their effective dates that apply;
- The basis of payment, hours, loads, weight or volume, etc.; and
- Any specific rate breaks for destinations, species, sorts, grades, routes, etc.
As you can tell, pay contracts are at the very heart of The Logger's Edge payment system for contractors.
The main steps to set up a payment contract are listed below. You can click on any of the blue links for detailed instructions on how to perform each main step in the Logger's Edge Software.
- From the Main Menu, select Setup | Pay Contracts | Pay Contract
- This selection brings up a listing of active pay contracts. In order to add a pay contract, click on the Add button at the bottom of the window.
- The Add button starts the Pay ContractSetup Wizard that takes you through all the steps necessary to add a pay contract.
