We are looking into changing providers for our 401K.  Currently, the file is built from some old COBOL jobs.  We were wondering if there was a job we could run that would give us a lot of the info we need to send the provider.  We currently use the BN106 files as a starting point for our other benefit providers, but I was told this would not work for the 401K. How do you currently get the info you need for 401K providers  The only other option I can think of would be trying to find the info in...

I need feedback from my fellow Lawson users regarding PA100 and its processing of Personnel Actions.  My employer's organization uses Lawson 8.1 app and 8.0.3 environment, and some questions have come up regarding when Personnel Actions become effective in relation to the Effective Date and Effective Through Date. We have previously been told by our Lawson support provider that PA100 will process any Personnel Action with an effective date equal to or less than the Effective Through Date entere...

Has anyone created an ACH file out of Lawson Payroll for payroll deductions such as wage garnishments for child support  We have been  approached by the State of Connecticut to transmitt our child support wage garnishments via ACH.  Can this be accomplished in Lawson via payroll (as opposed to AP) and if so how Thank you Bob Nelson

In app v7, it was possible to run a payroll for taxable fringe benefits only - however, I'm finding in v8.1 that no check ID is assigned by the PR160, so the pr won't close.  Any idea if this is still possible Thanks in advance

We are looking at paying our expense reimbursements through the Payroll system. Currently, we have a small group of employees that we pay mileage too, but we pay it as a negative deduction rather than an earnings. Is your company paying expense reimbursements through payroll If so, are you paying them as earnings or deductions If as earnings, are they being added to the gross wages We do not want to add them to the gross wages and would like to pay them as earnings. Based on what we were to...

An employee, multiple positions The employee's main position (union), union contract specifies that at 2080 hours, there's an increase in pay (over time may/may not be counted, depending on contract)  The employee has another position (Casual - Non-Union) The hours worked in the casual position cannot be counted towards his Union job's 2080 hours. The question is, can Lawson keep the two seperate, with one employee number Thanks in advance, Terry

Is anyone aware of a way to secure the payrate for a select group of employees  We are trying to secure the rate of pay for our executive staff from users who need to have access to the rate of pay for all other employees.  Has anyone found a way to accomplish this  We are currently on version 9.0 with LAUA Security, and we have looked at using HR Employee Security and Data Item Security but it seems to restrict it for all employees - not just the select number

Hoping someone has seen this before - I'm baffled! I have absolutely no idea how this happened, but we have an employee who received his Jan check (and it was a standard, regular pay) and had the correct net pay, however, there are no earnings associated with the payment.  If I view his data on PR50.2, all looks correct - his gross, net and deds are fine.  On PR51.1, the earnings page is totally blank.  We can't void the check - the PR141 produces an error that says the gross is negative and the...

I'm looking for a Lawson table that will tell me the date of the most recent completed payroll.  In the Lawson ERD, I've seen a reference to a PRMONITOR table which looks like what I want, but I can't find that in my 8.03 system.  I'm connecting to the Lawson database via an MS Access ODBC connection. I'm pretty sure I have wide open access to all the 8.03 tables so I'm curious why I can't find the PRMONITOR table. Any ideas on why I can't find it  Or, alternatively, are there any other t...

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We are on application 8.1.  Does anyone know if there is a deadline when companies on 8.1 have to upgrade to version 9  I can see version 8.0. upgrading but usually Lawson runs more than one version. Also, what is the deadline to upgrade the enviornment to LSF9 Lastly, is the upgrade from 8.1 to 9 just an upgrade or a full implementation  I assume we would just need to have difference training. I'd appreciate on any insignt you can share with me. Barbara

Does anyone know the benefit and hindrance of using system control in the GL system  I know you can't close GL if the sub systems are not closed, how does GL know if PR is closed or not.  Right now we don't use System Control for PR or other sub systems except for AP. Does Lawson recommend it  Do you clients recommend it Does it work the same way in LSF9 as it would in 8.1 Appreciate your help. Barb

I am working on design for some custom interfaces, like garninshment detail for various vendors in their predescribed format.  I am using C .net and comparing ODBC vs. LawOledb access.  Would like to use LawOledb for security setup, but I have trouble duplicating the database access string.  I have listed below the ODBC that pulls from PAYDEDUCTN, EMPLOYEE and PREMPGARN.  I cannot figure out how to do the same in LawOledb. I insert  PREMPGARN.CASE-NUMBER  and get an error. Any help will be gre...

Hello, We are infrequent users of MS Addins. When aptempting to use an older MS Addins for PA52 (that had worked previously) we started to encounter problems. The Addin was recreated from scratch and still recieved the same error. Specifically per the log it's a Null Pointer Exception.  Has anyone seen this before 'DATE: 2/23/2009  TIME: 8:37:19 AM ' 'ACTUAL CALL STRING THAT GENERATED THE ERROR: ' 'https://:/servlet/Router/Transaction/Erp_PDL=DHRIS&_TKN=PA52.1&_EVT=ADD&_RTN=DATA&_TD...

Hello All I was searching for an old CUE presentation on HR/PR differences from 8.0 to 8.1. Does anyone have this Thanks. ps

I have gotten request from my HR group that they would like to use Lawson to track all continuing education classes an employee may take after they have been hired. The information they are looking to track by individual employee would be class, institution, grade and complete date. I have not encountered this before and looking to see if anyone else is doing anything similar. In reviewing the system it looks like the only option would be to use PA20.1 to capture this information

We currently have Lawson HR feeding the time Accruals back to Kronos on a weekly basis so that employees can look at their balances in Kronos (using Lawson Time Accruals). As Lawson decommissions Time Accural we are tasked with should we go with Kronos's Time Accrual for our needs or Lawsons Absence Management module (and continue to feed the accruals to Kronos).   Our Requirements: 'Family Medical Leave Act' eligibility and history tracking, based on Federal, State and Local requirements. ...

How are others administering the compensation functions using the Lawson HR product.  We do not have any unions. In particular I am interested in understanding how you are ensuring that individuals are being classified correctly as exempt/non exempt.  Are you using something delivered by Lawson or is it custom What other functions of compensation are being used by your organization - other than grades and schedules

Hello.  Lawson put the text below in the notes for 9 but doesn't name the field.  I assume that it's on EMPLOYEE but may be on PAEMPLOYEE.  Anyone  Thanks. Human Resources - 4 Digit SSN field added - HR To better facilitate security rules that prevent users from accessing the full social security number (SSN), a new field has been added to the database to store a 4 digit SSN.  This field is a behind the scenes field that can be used for any custom reporting.

Hoping someone in the group has filed their PR299 for Idaho and may be able to lend me a hand - my file keeps getting rejected with the message Line 4: State (RS) Record position 246-267: Idaho account in State Record (RS) not found. Reviewing the file, there are zeros in the above positions - we have our state identification number on PR06, there's no place to put it on PR299, and there isn't any place for it on PR27.2, either. We have all of the year end updates in place, so I'm at a lo...

With the Post Office gearing up the enforce Address standards on May 1, 2009 - we're reviewing our current employee address information and finding cases where they aren't meeting the standard.  While we're training our staff to enter data the correctly, we also are building audits to catch entry errors.  Also, down the road we'd like to have employees enter their own addresses and address changes, so this will likely become a bigger issue. I know there are address verification services that ca...

Does anyone out there post their PTO/Vacation accruals departmentally and expense them against the accrual We are attempting to change how we post PTO to our general ledger. We would like the bi-weekly accrual to post (debit) to the departmental expense and credit the accrued PTO account. I think I have major setup issues but have not been able to solve this problem...

I'm looking for some advise please. I need to write a Crystal Report that will identify what an employee's job code was on their hire date. For example, an employee is an RN III today, but when they were hired 5 years ago, they were hired as an RN I. In other words, a listing of all employees, showing their hire date and the original job they hired into. HR10 does show job code logging to history. I would appreciate any recommendations. I'm also willing to use Lawson Add-ins if that would work b...

We have a program which allows employees to work off education loan balances based on a set amount per hours worked. Currently this is all done manually. Ideally I would like to bring this process into Lawson. I was looking to see how some other people out there are handling this type of situation

We are changing the waiting period for an LP group. Employees hired prior to April 1 will remain in Group A and have a 60 Day waiting period. Employees hired April 1 and after will be Group B and have a 90 Day waiting period. No employees will be moving from Group A to B. So there is no need to update absense management. Group A 'Benefit Date 1' 01/01/09 to 03/31/09 (changing from 01/01/09 to 12/31/09) Group B 'Benefit Date 1' 04/01/09 to 12/31/09 (New Group) My question is, do I need to to r...