An employee's compensation is their default pay. Freedom uses an Hourly or Salary rate to fill in their pay line when it creates a payroll, if the employee meets the requirements in What auto-fills on your payroll. You manage it from the Compensation section on the Details tab of the employee's profile.
View an employee's current compensation
Open People and click the employee you want.
On the Details tab, find the Compensation section. Its Compensation row shows the Compensation type (Hourly, Salary, or Per piece), the Amount, the Rate name if one was added, and the Workweek hours. Other rows in the section, such as Pay schedule, each have their own "Edit".
Add a default pay rate
Open People and click the employee.
On the Details tab, find the Compensation row in the Compensation section and click "Add compensation".
Choose a Compensation type (Hourly, Salary, or Per piece) and enter the Amount.
Optionally add a Rate name (for example, "Standard Rate") and set the Workweek hours (the default is 40).
Click the "Add compensation" button at the bottom of the form to save.
Note: This becomes the employee's default pay. Freedom fills in a pay line only for an Hourly or Salary rate, not Per piece, and only if the employee is on a pay schedule and meets the other requirements in What auto-fills on your payroll. To put them on a schedule, see Set up and manage pay schedules.
Change the pay rate
Open the employee's profile from People and go to the Compensation row in the Compensation section of the Details tab.
Click "Edit", then update the Compensation type, Amount, Rate name, or Workweek hours. If you change the Compensation type, re-enter the Amount.
Click "Save Changes", review the before-and-after in the "Confirm compensation changes" window, and confirm.
Note: Saving a change creates a new rate and retires the previous one, so the employee always has a single current rate. If you change the Compensation type to Per piece, Freedom stops filling in their pay line, and a pay line already on a payroll stays as it is. For when the change reaches a payroll that already exists, see How compensation changes affect drafted payrolls.
Remove or deactivate a rate
Open the employee's profile from People and go to the Compensation row in the Compensation section of the Details tab.
Click "Edit", then click "Deactivate" and confirm in the window that appears.
Note: With no active rate, Freedom can't fill in the employee's pay line. On each payroll, add their pay line ("Add employee", then "Add earning") and enter the hours and amount yourself until you add a new rate. A pay line already on a payroll stays as it is.