!!USWS - SCALE BASE DATE

This date field will determine which effective date Scale Wage Rate the wage rate change will use to calculate the new wage rate.  Some clients will use a wage rate other than the most recent to apply a wage rate change to and this date field will allow for that option.
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;Blank Field:	This will apply the wage rate change to the last effective date record and use this wage rate for the new updated scale wage rate.
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;Date Entered:	The wage rate change will be applied to the wage rate that is associated with the entered date. The result will be added to the current wage rate.

:Example:;

This is a record of wage rate changes for a single step in ISWS
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|| Start Date || End Date || Scale Rate || Basis
|01-Jan-0001|		25-Jun-2008|		120.00| 	WK
26-Jun-2008		03-Mar-2010		122.40 	WK
04-Mar-2010		31-Dec-3999		128.52		WK

A 3% wage increase is planned for 01-Jan-2013

Scale Base Date field blank
The calculation will be 128.52 x 3% = 3.86 + 128.52 = 132.38

Scale Base Date field 01-Jan-0001
The calculation will be 120.00 x 3% = 3.6 + 128.52 = 132.12

The new effective date wage rate will be either one of the examples below depending on the use of the scale base date field:

01-Jan-2013		31-Dec-3999		132.38		WK
01-Jan-2013		31-Dec-3999		132.12		WK