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Plain definitions of payroll terms used in the app.

13th month pay: Total basic pay for the year ÷ 12, paid by December 24. More
Accrual: How leave credits build up over time, for example 5 days a year earned monthly. More
Basic pay: Your salary for regular hours, without overtime, premiums or allowances. The 13th month is based on it.
Calibrate: Kompyut testing common payroll methods to find the settings that match your real payslip. More
Company premium: An extra pay rule your employer has beyond the standard rates, like a Sunday premium. More
Cutoff / pay period: The dates one payslip covers, like the 1st to 15th and the 16th to the end of the month.
Daily rate / hourly rate: Your pay for one day or one hour of regular work. Hourly rate = daily rate ÷ paid hours per day.
Daylight saving time (DST): Clocks moving an hour in the US, Canada and Australia, which moves Philippine shifts that follow those clients. More
Divisor: How payroll turns a monthly salary into a daily rate, for example salary ÷ 22 days, salary × 12 ÷ 261, or salary ÷ the work days in that month. Which one is yours?
DOLE: The Department of Labor and Employment, which enforces the Labor Code's pay rules.
Double holiday: Two regular holidays on the same date. Rare. Worked pays 300%.
Gross pay: Everything you earned in a cutoff before deductions.
Net pay (take-home): Gross pay minus deductions like SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, tax and loans.
Night differential (ND): At least +10% for work between 10 PM and 6 AM.
Overtime (OT): Work beyond your paid hours per day. At least +25% on ordinary days and +30% on rest days and holidays. More
Paid hours per day: Your normal hours, usually 8. Work beyond this is overtime. Unpaid breaks aren't counted.
Premium: Extra pay on top of your basic rate for rest days, holidays, night work or company rules.
Premium on basic: A payroll method that pays holiday and rest day premiums as a separate line on basic pay, instead of multiplying them into overtime and night differential. More
Regular holiday: A holiday like Christmas or Labor Day. Paid even if you don't work; 200% if you do.
Rest day: Your scheduled day off each week. It doesn't have to be Sunday. Working it pays at least 130%.
SIL (Service Incentive Leave): 5 days of paid leave a year by law, after 1 year of service.
Special non-working day: A holiday like Ninoy Aquino Day. No work, no pay unless company policy says otherwise; 130% if you work.
Special working day: A commemorative day that's a normal work day. No premium.
Undertime / late: Scheduled time you didn't work. Deducted at your hourly rate.