SIF - Salary Information File
This SIF file provides the salary information for one or more employees of the employer, each SIF file must
be for one employer only. This file originates from the employer. This file shall be named using the following
convention.
SIF file contains on or more Employee Details Record EDR! which is followed by a Salary "ontrol Record
S"R!.
Description of Employee Detail Record (EDR)
Employee
Detail Record
(EDR)
ID Field Label
Max
Size Type Use Mandated contentsRemar!s
# Record Type $ % & &ust be EDR
'
Employee
(ni)ue ID #* %+ &
(ni)ue Identifier as provided by &,-. %lso
referred to as the .erson ID. This field will
have to be padded with leading /eros if the
length is less than the ma0imum specified
length of #*.
$ %gent ID 1 + &
The 1 digit head office routing code as
assigned to the %2E+T by "3(%E. 4alidated
against the master database held in 5.S
*
Employee
%ccount with
%gent '$ %+ &
The employer must provide the account I3%+
number6 Salary card I3%+ number for +3D
Direct customers! of the employee as provided
by the agent. The field will only be validated for
e0istence of some data. It is the responsibility
of the agent to provide the correct I3%+
number6Salary card I3%+ number of each and
every employee to the employer.
7 .ay Start Date #8 D & &ust be of the forma 9999:&&:DD
; .ay End Date #8 D & &ust be of the form 9999:&&:DD
< Days in .eriod * + &
&ust be the number of calendar days for which
the salary is being paid.
=
Income Fi0ed
"omponent #7 + &
4alid amount e.g., '$*7.=< 6 '$.88 6 ''!. If no
contribution from this component then send
8.88
1
Income 4ariable
"omponent #7 + &
4alid amount e.g., '$*7.=< 6 '$.88 6 ''!. If no
contribution from this component then send
8.88
#8
Days on leave
for period * + &
This shall be the number of days that the
employee has availed of leave without pay in
the pay period. If no leave has been availed
off then indicate with /ero >8>
Description of Salary "ontrol Record (S"R)
#bbre$iations used in the above format are as follows?
& @ &andatory
, @ ,ptional
% @ %lphabetic
%+ @ %lpha:numeric
+ : +umeric
D @ Date format
SIF @ Salary Information File
EDR @ Employee Detail Record
S"R @ Salary "ontrol Record