Overview
What is Load Factor? Load Factor represents the additional costs beyond base compensation for any cohort of employees, expressed as a percentage. TeamOhana now allows you to create specific rules based on multiple criteria to accurately reflect your organization's true employee costs.
Rule Configuration
Creating Rules
Navigate to Settings > Load Factor Configuration
Click "Add New Rule"
Select your criteria combinations:
Location (formerly Pay-zone)
Department
Employment Type
Job Category & Level
Compensation Field
Rule States
Rules can exist in three states:
Active: Currently applied in calculations.
Archived: Temporarily disabled but can be reactivated.
Deleted: Permanently removed (cannot be recovered).
Rule Priority
Rules are evaluated based on priority ranking, with higher-priority rules taking precedence when multiple rules match.
How Rules Work
Rule Matching Example
Consider these rules:
Rule | Priority | Criteria | Load Factor |
1 | Highest | Location A, Dept B | 20% |
2 | Medium | Location A, Dept B,C,D | 30% |
3 | Lowest | Location A,B,C, Dept B,C,D | 40% |
Default | - | No matches | 35% |
Conflict Resolution
When multiple rules match an employee's attributes:
The system identifies all matching rules
Applies the rule with highest priority
Falls back to default rule (35%) if no rules match
Best Practices
Rule Management
Start with broader rules as lower priorities
Place specific rules at higher priorities
Regularly review and update rules
Archive unused rules instead of deleting them
Maintain a reasonable default rule
Performance Considerations
Rules are evaluated in real-time
Updates to rules immediately affect calculations
System automatically optimizes rule processing
Default Configuration
Upon initial setup:
System creates basic location-based rules
Sets a 0% default load factor
Allows immediate customization
Remember that once a rule is deleted, it cannot be recovered, so use the archive function for temporary deactivation.