Overview
This article explains some of the main differences between the Tronc and Tronc 2 modules. It is important for customers to understand these differences before moving from one module to the other.
Differences
Fund Setup |
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Tronc |
Tronc2 |
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Users can choose whether the employee pay rate is displayed within the employee pay rate screen. This is controlled via Global Settings.
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The employee pay rates are always visible |
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Funds can be assigned to each Section or Division |
When setting up funds, the user can only assign funds to Divisions |
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The length of a ‘Period’ can be in multiples of weeks between 1 and 5
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The length of a ‘Period’ can be defined as a number of days, weeks, months or accounting periods |
| It is not possible to only pay a percentage of the total payment amount allocated to an employee |
It is possible to stipulate the payment percentage allocated to an employee. For example, when set to 90%, if an employee is allocated £50 they will only receive £45 in their actual pay |
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Payment of Tronc is not possible whilst the corresponding Rota is open |
Payment of Tronc is possible whilst the corresponding Rota is open |
| Users cannot transfer balances between different funds |
Balances can be transferred between different funds |
| Multiple funds must have the same settings as each other | Multiple funds can have different settings applied to them |
| Tronc fund amounts must be input by the user |
It is possible to ‘auto-allocate’ the Tronc fund based on fund percentages once the total amount of Tronc is entered into the system. This also automatically recalculates when additions and deductions are made within the Employee Payments screen |
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Recording and Allocating |
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Tronc |
Tronc2 |
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It is possible to input an employee’s Tronc rate in their Employment Details page within the HR module, as well as in the Tronc module |
It is only possible to input an employee’s Tronc rate in the Tronc2 module |
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It is possible to give an employee access to input employee rates without having access to the Administration tab of the module |
An employee has to have access to the Administration tab of the module to input employee rates |
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Tronc rates can be applied as a batch as well as individually |
Tronc rates must be applied individually |
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