By linking "child" payroll items to a "parent" payroll item for an employee, you can share the same calculation type and pay rate across those payroll items and still print unique descriptions next to those wages on the employee's check stubs. In addition, you can update the calculation and pay rate for all the items at once by updating the parent payroll item.

For example, an employee of a construction company will work on a number of job sites during the year, and the company wants to track the hours and wages for each job separately, even though the employee is paid the same rate for every job. A pay item can be added for each job, the applicable pay items can be made active on the employee record, and they can be linked to the employee's main pay item.

To link a payroll item to a parent payroll item, follow these steps.

1. Choose Setup > Employees and then click the Payroll Items tab.
2. Add a payroll item to the employee record, if needed.
3. Click the Ellipsis button next to the "child" payroll item to open the Employee Payroll Item Settings dialog for that payroll item.
4. In the Calculation section, select a parent payroll item from the Link to drop-down list. The list contains any payroll items currently selected for use by the employee.
5. When you have made your selection, click OK and then click the Enter button in the Payroll Items tab of the Employees screen.

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