A scale represents the entire range of salaries applicable for a given grade or category. It can encompass multiple salary ranges, with each range applicable for a given time frame, in an organization. Alternatively, a scale can represent a single salary range. The scale specifies the upper and lower limits for salaries, and the increment either in amount or percentage.

Example: Consider the pay scale of an employee to be $ 5000 – 1000 – 7000. Here, 5000 signifies the lower limit, 1000 the increment account and 7000 the upper limit of the salary.

The scale is later attached to an employee, based on his/her grade/category; therefore, a scale is directly influenced by grade and category.  Employees of various grades get different salaries. If an organization does not have grades within the categories, all employees of a given category will be assigned the same scale.

There can be multiple scales for a category. There can also be different scales for each grade within that category. Additionally, a scale can consist of many salary ranges or tiers. The need for a scale arises due to the following reasons:

• In an organization, employees of a particular grade, within a specified category can be mapped to the respective scales during the hiring process.

•  There might be a need to define a new scale due to the expansion or downsizing operation, taking place in the organization.

The View Scale activity enables you to view in-depth details of a scale associated to an organization unit group. You can view the description of the scale, and find out whether the scale is currently activated. If activated, the scale will be available for use by other activities. Similarly, you can find out whether the scale is currently available to all the organizational units within the enterprise, only those to which the login user is attached or to distinct organizational units. The currency in which the details are shown is displayed.

Apart from viewing the overall details pertaining to a scale, the details of the tiers within the scale can be viewed. For each tier, you can view the upper and lower limits, and the increment specified. You can view the current industry standard as well as the ratio between the average salary for the tier and the industry average.

Use the View Scale activity to determine whether the scale has been marked for deletion.

Viewing the details of the record in chosen language: You can also view the details in any of the available languages. These languages must have been specified during the installation of the application.

 

Getting familiar with the pages inside

Got to page...	...to carry out task
Select Scale for Viewing	Selecting the scale to view
View Scale	Viewing the scale
View Org. Unit Mapping	Viewing the Employment Units to which the scale is mapped