This is the total value of an employee's payments used to calculate their pension contributions.

For example, an employee's gross pay includes a £900 pensionable salary payment, and a £100 non-pensionable bonus payment. The total gross pay is £1000, but the pensionable earnings are £900.

To check an employee's pensionable earnings, choose a dropdown below.

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The type of contribution refers to whether the pension is:

• Salary Sacrifice
• Contribution deducted before tax
• Contribution deducted after tax with tax relief

To check the type of contribution for your pension, follow the steps below:

1. Go to Pensions and select Edit Pension.
2. Next to the relevant group, select View/Edit.
3. See the Type of contribution.

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The deduction type tells you if employee and employer contributions are a fixed amount or a percentage. You can set deduction types in two places: the pension group's default and each employee’s individual setting. 

To check the default pension group settings:

1. Go to Pensions and select Edit Pension.
2. Select View/Edit on the relevant group.
3. See the Type of deduction.

To check an employee's individual settings:

1. Go to Pay Runs and select Process Pay Run.
2. Select Next until you reach the PAY window.
3. Choose the relevant employee and under Manage Enrolment select Manage Contributions.

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The earnings basis sets how much of an employee's gross pay gets is used to calculate pension contributions. This gets is set in the pension and payment settings. If they don't match, the pension calculations will be wrong.

Check the pension settings:

1. Go to Pensions and select Edit Pension.
2. On the relevant group, select View/Edit.
3. Select Next to view the earnings basis selected.

Check the payment settings:

1. Go to Settings and select Payments and deductions.
2. From your list of payments, select Edit on the relevant payment. 
3. At the bottom of the window, you'll see the checkboxes with the selected earnings basis.

See the dropdown below for definitions on each basis.