Payroll -- additional pay

[TheRealChipA]

Greetings,

I'd like to request that a "reason" field be added to the additional pay amount for payroll runs.  As part of that, I think that this "reason" should be a drop-down list that we are able to define as needed for our businesses.  Here are a couple my real-world examples.

In my ice cream shop, all of our employees share in a weekly tip pool.  Normally between their base hourly wages and share of the tip pool, none of them have reason to complain.  They get paid well for a part-time job that is geared to high school and college aged folks.  

However, if we have a particularly bad weather week, and also during the winter months when sales slow down dramatically, they usually see large drops in their "tips per hour" share.  Therefore, we have instituted what we call a "tip guarantee."  This ensures that they can count on at least a certain "minimum" hourly wage each week.

Another example occurs when we have festivals in our neighborhood, which is a regular occurrence in the summer months.  Normally my employees have access to free parking when they work, but during these events all parking is scarce and nearly all of that costs a lot.  So, we have a policy of reimbursing them for their parking expenses during events.

I use "additional pay" in both of these cases.  But it would be great to classify what that additional pay is for, and to have that detailed on paystubs and payroll reports.

Thank you.