Updated – Sage HRMS / Sage Abra Setup Guidelines for Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA/HR 6201)

  • dateJuly 23, 2020
  • userJoe Rotella, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CPBA
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We have updated our guidelines that Sage Abra Suite and Sage HRMS administrators can use to set up their system to address the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act law, which provides employees with three (3) new paid leave banks for eligible employees.

Download the Sage HRMS Setup Guide for Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Download the Updated Sage HRMS Setup Guide
for Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Updated – Sage HRMS Setup Guide for Families First Coronavirus Response Act

This document outlines six (6) steps to configure Sage HRMS to address the new law

  1. Set up new tax codes
    1. Two (2) for Social Security
    2. One (1) for Medicare (optional)
  2. Set up three (3) earning codes to for payments of
    1. Emergency Paid Sick Leave-Employee
    2. Emergency Paid Sick Leave-Other
    3. Emergency Paid Sick-Family Leave.
  3. Assign the new tax codes to employees.
  4. Update Employee Configuration so that the Open Payroll process will properly establish the new earnings codes on the employee payroll Pay screen.
  5. Add Optional Fields to the Sage HRMS system used for monitoring the payments.
  6. Deliver a Crystal Report created for monitoring the leave payments.
Download the Sage Abra Suite Setup Guide for Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Download Sage Abra Suite Setup Guide
for Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sage Abra Suite Setup Guide for Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The document addresses how to setup Sage Abra Suite to

  • Enter employee sick pay for Emergency Paid Sick Leave due to COVID‐19
  • Track employee hours for Emergency Paid Sick Leave due to COVID‐19
  • Track employee hours for Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
  • Pay for employees associated with the HR6201 ‐ Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sage HRMS Resources

We’ve created two resources to aid you in your setup:

  1. SQL statement that you can use to Create OPTFIELDS for COVID Tracking Report.
  2. FFCRA Summary Report you can use within Sage HRMS

These files are available on our FTP site. Complete the form below and we will send you the FTP credentials to access these resources.

The information provided on this page represents our recommendations for assisting clients for managing the impacts of the Covid-19 Coronavirus for our clients in Sage HRMS and Abra Suite.  The information being provided by the Federal government continues to change, and we recommend that you contact your employment legal team if you have additional questions or concerns.

Sage Software previously released information for both Sage HRMS and Abra Suite Payroll clients on how to manage the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Based on our own experience with Sage HRMS Payroll, we have made recommendations on what we feel are best practices for tracking the earnings associated with the FFCRA. Of course, each employer has their own specific setup in Sage HRMS and issues to consider as they move forward. We recommend you contact your employment legal team when in doubt.

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