“Cannot delete: Rates are associated with this job/activity step” error message when working with Employee Productivity Rates.

Solution

This message is displayed when attempting to delete a job/activity step after you have already entered Productivity Rate and effective date.  To fix this:

1. Click the  ‘Set’ button for the Productivity rate (Employee Setup | Job/Activity Step Productivity tab) and delete those rates and the date.
2. You should now be able to delete the job step.