Accrual - An amount of time or money, such as a vacation hours or vacation pay, accumulated over a period of time. Earning accounts withdraw from accruals and deduction accounts deposit into accruals.
Administrator - A user with full access to a resource in order to manage its abilities across subordinate users.
Cost Centers - For example, a Branch or Department to which costs can be allocated.
Default - A value or setting that a device or program automatically selects if you cannot or do not specify a substitute.
Fields - Database records can be divided into fields. Examples of fields are: name, gender, address.
Overtime Week - A time period that defines when overtime is calculated.
Pay Period - A recurring, contiguous length of time over which employee time worked is recorded and paid (e.g. weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly).
Pay Stub - A pay stub is a pay record or a Statement of Earnings and Deductions record, generated for employees for a pay period or a pay stub amendment.
Request - The electronic process of asking a supervisor or manager for a scheduled absence, schedule adjustment or timesheet correction.
Timesheet Cells - Grid-like areas of the timesheet that may contain a time stamp representing a punch.
Transaction Date (Payment Date) - The date employees are paid. It is the date printed on the check if the employee is paid by check and the date the money will be received in the employee's bank account if paid by direct deposit.
User Interface (UI) - Is the way a user interacts with a software application or website (web-interface).