Enter, or click to select, the company (taxable entity in 5.0) to use as a basis for defaulting the benefit package. The value that you enter here, along with the values entered in the table window, will be used to default the employee's benefit package on the Manage Employee Benefit Elections screen and when a life event that qualifies the employee for benefit changes is selected in ESS-Life Events/New Hires. The Company code is validated against the Set Up Company Info table in Costpoint General Ledger.

Enter, or click to select, the code for the benefit package that you want to use as a default for this group. The benefit package code is validated against the Benefit Packages table.

This non-editable field displays the description or name of the benefit package code that you entered in the Default Benefit Package field.

Enter the number to use to determine the package's priority if multiple packages apply to an employee. Depending on how you set up your benefit package defaults, an employee can be eligible for more than one benefit package. The system uses this value to determine which benefit package has the highest priority (lowest number), and that package defaults for the employee.

Enter, or click to select, the code for the labor group to use as a basis for defaulting the Default Benefit Package. The labor group code is validated against the Labor Groups table in Costpoint Labor.

This non-editable field displays the labor group description.

Enter, or click to select, the code for the employee class code to use as a basis for defaulting the Default Benefit Package. The employee class code is validated against the Employee Class table in Costpoint Employee.

This non-editable field displays the employee class description.

Enter, or click to select, the code for the labor to use as a basis for defaulting the Default Benefit Package. The labor location is validated against the Labor Locations table in Costpoint Labor.

This non-editable field displays the labor location description.

From the drop-down list, select the status to use as a basis for defaulting the Default Benefit Package. Valid options are:

• Hourly
• Salaried
• Fluctuating

From the drop-down list, Select the employment type to use as a basis for defaulting the Default Benefit Package. Valid options are:

• Regular
• Part-Time
• Temporary