Re: Hourly rate changes in payroll system

Yes, part of it is that. The other point is that the name (and payrate
which is what the question was about) would be stored so that a name
change would not change the report from when it was printed originally.

I have found that in general, it is better to freeze all of that
historical type of information and try NOT to have to duplicate
calculations. Many moons ago I worked for a company that changed the
way that they caluclated overtime. If something like that happens, and
you are trying to print history, you have to not only update your
current payroll calculation steps but also all of your historical
presentations.
Sort of like trying to reprint an invoice for parts when the price per
part has changed (and/or the part description has changed.)

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