Apply Step Increase - PBUTAI

The Apply Step Increase utility is used to increment the pay assignment salary index to a higher step on the associated salary table. The user may enter the number of steps to increase with a maximum of 500. The utility has six options regarding the date range of the step increase.

1. Use the existing date range. Choosing this option will increase the step on the affected records without changing dates.
2. Use a new hand entered Begin date. Choosing this option will close the selected records one day prior to the new begin date and insert a new record with a begin date equal to the hand entered date and an end date equal to the end date of the original selected record.
3. Use the Salary Increment Date 1 field. Choosing this option will close the selected records one day prior to the date stored in the PB pay assignment Salary Increase Date 1 field and insert a new record with a begin date equal to the date stored in the PB pay assignment Salary Increase Date 1 field and an end date equal to the end date of the original selected record.
4. Use the Salary Increase Date 2 field. Choosing this option will close the selected records one day prior to the date stored in the PB pay assignment Salary Increase Date 2 field and insert a new record with a begin date equal to the date stored in the PB pay assignment Salary Increase Date 2 field and an end date equal to the end date of the original selected record.
5. Use the Misc Date 1 field. Choosing this option will close the selected records one day prior to the date stored in the PB pay assignment Misc Date 1 field and insert a new record with a begin date equal to the date stored in the PB pay assignment Misc Date 1 field and an end date equal to the end date of the original selected record.
6. Use the Misc Date 2 field. Choosing this option will close the selected records one day prior to the date stored in the PB pay assignment Misc Date 2 field and insert a new record with a begin date equal to the date stored in the PB pay assignment Misc Date 2 field and an end date equal to the end date of the original selected record.

This utility also has the ability to mark pay assignments that are already at the maximum step. If the user chooses the option to mark pay assignments that are already the maximum step, then that is the only function that the utility will perform (e.g., no step increases will be performed). When this option is chosen, the PB pay assignment field Max Step is set to "Y" for the appropriate pay assignments. Then, the Increase/Decrease Flat Amounts utility may be run to give a flat amount increase to those pay assignments that are at the maximum step.