Oracle HCM Cloud Application- Absence Implementation Guide
Oracle HCM Cloud Application- Absence Implementation Guide
Absence Management
Index
Types of leave, Roles and responsibility, Eligibility criteria given below for a reference
to Requirement gathering (Just for a practice)
If Or- specify for two departments in a business unit (Sales or marketing department)
If And- Specify for two modules in an organization (LE and Business unit)
Click +create participants profile- Specify the Name of profile ; Profile usage- Global;
Assignment to use- Any assignment- enterprise (recommended one), Then specify
the eligibility criteria as per the requirement in above excel sheet attached
Task- Eligibility Profile
1. Annual Leave profile
Select the Legal employer- TATA motors Pvt Ltd
Exclude checkbox if enabled- the selected LE will be not be functioning in profile
Specify the Locations Mumbai Or chennai as per the requirements- give save and
close
2. Casual Leave profile
Specify the Profile name, Profile usage, Assignment to use and specify the LE
in Employment as per the requirement - save & close
3. Sick Leave
Create a profile and specify Sick leave profile for TATA- Specify the legal
entities as per the requirements- save & close
4. Maternity leave
Create a profile and specify Maternity leave profile for TATA- Specify the legal
entities as per the requirements
**Give Profile Usage- Global
Create a profile and specify Paternity leave profile for TATA- Specify the legal entities
as per the requirements
Specify the marital status as married in Personal info
Specify the gender as male in personal info - give save and close
Accrual
Select- Accrual and to configure
Plan Attributes
Specify the Plan Name, LDG, Status
Plan UOM (Unit of Measure)- Days, Calendar days, hours, weeks, months, year
Anniversary year- The leave calculation cycle from Employee hire date/joining date
(For example-Hire date is 01/March/23 the same will be enrolled calculated till
28/Feb/23)
Calendar Year- The leave cycle is supposed to calculate from 01/Jan or 01/April
After choosing the Plan term, Balance display make (Always display) The worker or
manager can view the leave balance of him and subordinates
Participation
Enrollment start rule- As of event/formula
As of event- As per the hire date
Formula- to be defined by fast formulas
On Employment Termination
A. Disburse Positive balance- The leave balance will be encashed in FnF after
termination from the employment.
B. Recover Negative balance- The leave balance equal amount will be
recovered in FnF after termination of the employment.
If I go with Transfer positive balance then I should specify the Transfer rules- How
many days of leave to transfer
Transfer Limit Rules
Unlimited- The maximum leave balance will be transferred
Limited by flat amount- Specify the no of days
Limited by formula- Specify through formula
If selected the Limited by flat amount- Specify the days (For example- 10 days/20
days leave balance)
Specify Limit proration rule- None
Enrollment reinstatement rules
If an employee come back to his old legal entity by transfer, when the old legal entity
HR was not processed his transfer positive leave balance to new LE or did transfer
partial leave (10 days/20 days) to LE or did not disburse the positive leave balance
as FnF at the time, if client required such type of requirement, then could enabled
the enrollment reinstatement rules. (Condition- Leave amount was not disbursed)
After enabling the enrollment reinstatement rules then mention the limit of days, in
this practice assignment set up to 10 days leave (Set limit)
Eligibility Profile
Go & select the saved Eligibility profile for Annual leave (TATA-Annual leave profile)
Accruals
Accrual definition - Matrix or formula
Partial accrual formula- discuss later
Payment percentage- 100% (Payment to employees on absence period)
Accrual Method- Front loaded (24 Annual leave loaded upfront) or Incremental
(every month 2 leaves loaded on incremental)
If some of the employees might come in different payroll is weekly, bi weekly, semi
monthly then go with Repeating period.
Select the Repeating Period- Go to my client group- Absences- Time Period-
Repeating Time period - +create
If set the carry over limit is 5 days and if enable the carryover & expire after specific
time check box
Then the expiration period to be defined
Rollover rule:
Rollover rule is transfer the leave balance to other leave plan (Sick leave, Maternity
leave or any other plan)
Post rollover and carry over, if enable the disburse remaining balance, the leave
encashment will be processed
Accrual Matrix-
If we go with Accrual matrix then, all other attributes, rule make changes to Include in
matrix
Requirement
Go to Accrual matrix- + create- give sequence and add the expression builder
Go to entities- Select Grade - Insert into expression
Go to Operators- Equal to- Insert into expression
Write “TATA Grade A” (The Grade name spelling should be correct as per the
manage grades in the system or else the rule will be failed)
And give ok
And fill the accrual rate, limit, ceiling, carryover limit as per the requirement given
above
Entries and Balances
Enable transfers & Enable adjustment as default and select the reason to all
Donation
Enable Administrator and manager for user end transaction; if need enable worker
also or else worker can request manager or administrator for donation disbursement
request to apply.
Rates will discuss later
Payroll integration
Enable the transfer absence payment information for payroll processing and specify
the element. The element is defined to be in separate, will check in upcoming
session
2. Qualification
Qualification plan is suitable for Sick ,maternity, paternity and privilege leave.
Requirements- 30 days annual sick to an employee
First 10 days- 100% salary
Second 10 days- 75% salary
Third 10 days- 50% salary
Go to my client group- absences- absence plans- +create new- select type-
Qualification
Plan attributes
General attributes- Specify the plan- Tata- Sick leave plan, description, Plan UOM-
Days (To avoid week off as leave), LDG and status is active
Plan term-
Absence duration
Calendar year - 99 % preferring the calendar year by clients (or)
Rolling backward - 99% preferring the rolling backward by clients
Rolling forward
4. Rolling forward- System will check next 6 months record (Not preferring)
Then the overlap rule is applicable, for leave consideration and salary as per the rule
-Split- for 4 days the employee will receive 100% salary, rest of the leave days will
receive 75% salary
- Include- The employee will receive flat 75% salary for the applied leave days
- Exclude- The employee will receive flat 100% salary for the applied leave days
Participation
Specify the Qualification Data rule, enrollment end rule as of event. Select and add
the eligibility profile- TATA-Sick leave profile
Entitlements
Entitle definition type- matrix
Disable payment percentage override- if click the checkbox, the HR can manually
override the rule on user screen
Entitlement start date- Absence start date
Qualification Band Matrix
If I have two requirements then go to Qualification band matrix for sick leave
If requirement is go with 30 days annual sick leave plan for TATA Grade B,C,D
Write in a expression Person.Grade= “TATA Grade B” or Person.Grade= “TATA
Grade C” or Person.Grade= “TATA Grade D”
Or go and implement the 30 days sick leave to all the employees in a legal entity
write in an expression Person.LegalEntity= “TATA Enterprise”
Then define the Qualification band matrix and Qualification details, give save and
close
Donation
+Create in absence plan- select Donation- Plan attributes- Plan UOM is days (If you
days calculation at accruals), specify LDG, Plan
Specify Frequency
Person primary frequency- If all the employees are comes under same payroll
monthly basis or weekly basis or hourly basis then select person primary frequency
Repeating period- Some employees are in hourly and some employees are in
monthly payroll basis, then go to repeating period, refer accruals session to know
how to create repeating method
Specify the ceiling rule, days, negative balance limit and termination rules.
Specify the entries and balances’ attributes- save and close
General attributes
Selected the Generic Absences- Type attributes
Name, UOM, LDG, Status
Conversion formula- If clients require particularly the leave calculated in working
hours, but we defined the UOM in days at eligibility profile and plan. Then convert
the days(8 hours in a day) into hours (No of days*No of hours)
Duration rules-
Minimum & Maximum duration alert-
None- The employees can apply leave days without any number (0.5, 1, 2, etc)
Error- We have to define the minimum & maximum duration days, if set to 2 days
minimum and maximum 10 days then employees could not apply less than 2 days,
greater than 10 days. if breach the rule error will pop up
Warning-We have to define the minimum & maximum duration days, if set to 2 days
minimum and maximum 10 days then employees could not apply less than 2 days,
greater than 10 days, if breach the rule warning message will pop up.
If enabled allow only one assignment per absence- The employee can allow to apply
only one assignment
Attachment rule
Types Allowed- Pdf, Link and All ; Enable or disable mandatory for employees,
managers and admin checkbox if required
-If enable the check box Mandatory if absences duration exceeds specific period
then set the days
Plans and Reasons
Select the absence Plan what we have defined in the Absence plan for Annual leave
Concurrent- If give yes, 1 plan can add with other plan (Example- Annual plan and
Casual leave plan we can add in 1 Absence types)
In the screenshot took a two same plan for an example, in real time take annual and
casual appropriate leave plan
Display Features
The display features are configured for user end process- Employee, Manager,
Admin
Click action and select edit option
Usage- Comments, Attachments, Reason field which are to be set up for displaying
at user end.
Dot not display (Don't show), Display only(Show only), Display and edit(show and
edit the message box), Entry required (Mandatory to enter the message)
(Recommended- Attachments, Reasons are to be display and edit, attachments are
enabled)
Qualification Entitlement is to be enabled for Employers, Managers, Administrators in
Sick leave, Maternity leave plan
Concurrency-
Enabled- If an employee applied leave 13th March to 16th March in LOP for such a
reason may manager be allowed to take paid leave, and if the same employee wants
to take sick leave and applied from 16th March to 18th March. 16th March onwards
the leave is considered as sick leave by the system and employees will get a pay for
the days.
Disabled- The leave wouldn’t be concurrently.
Approval Processing-
Enabled- The leave approval process has been enabled to the manager. Admin may
have self approval, so not enabled the approval processing for admin
Dates and Duration
Absence start date- Entry required as default to all the self services
Absence end date- Display and edit to all the self services
Advanced absence entry- Display and edit to all the self services (The employees,
Manager, admin can apply multiple days leave in a month in each week on a single
transaction. Eg- An employee can apply leave on thursday and friday for all weeks in
a month at a single transaction)
Open ended-All the 3 self services can apply leave on open ended- Evaluation
period at absence entry.
Occurrence limit rule- Enabled to all the end users- Employee can takes how many
time to apply the leave plan to be defined in the rule
Absence start date Validation-
In this rule, set up the leave is applied to an earlier or older date.
Action items
It's not mandatory to add the certifications. Because we already defined the
attachment of documents.
Refer Video-34
Absence certifications- In order to override the payment percentage of
entitlement.
If an employee is not provided a medical certificate for his sick leave, admin would
like to take action on override the payment percentage of sick leave entitlement then
admin can take a way to configure in absence certifications.
Go to action item on Absence types- Sick leave and upload the medical certificate
set up and enable the reporting then give save & close
Refer video-35
Tasks- Go to Set up & Main, Select Workforce deployment- offerings- search
the given tasks A,B,C,D
Work Shifts, Work Pattern, Work Schedule, Calendar events
A. Work shifts has three types with examples
1. Time Shift- 10 Am to 6 Pm Daily
2. Elapsed Shift - Weekly 40 hours
3. Duration Shift - 8 hours of Any time in a day
Select any one of the above shift as per the requirement and proceed the same in
patterns also
Thumb Rule- If you go with a time shift and proceed with a time shift in patterns and
schedule.
B. Work workday Pattern - 7 days a week
Or else select None or flexible, specify the time and duration - save & close
Likewise create the Duration and Elapsed shifts for 8 hours duration (As per the
requirement)
B. Work Workday Patterns
Search a task work workday patterns- Create time workday pattern- Specify the
name and description- Specify the length of the days are 7 in a week.
Work day pattern details
Start day is 1 and end date is 6 (if 6 working days in a week)- Select the created time
shifts- select shift work period and give save & close
Likewise do for Duration and Elapsed workday patterns based upon the requirement
C. Work schedule
Search a task Work schedule- +create a new work schedule- Specify the name and
type (time shift selected)- Specify the effective from date and end date- if 6 days
working day in a week (Mon to sat) then Select the from date which should be
monday and end date should be on Saturday for 1 year/10 year & add pattern
Exceptions- The calendar events should be added in the exceptions. Create the
calendar events and add.
Search the task manage calendar events- +create new calendar event
Specify the holiday name and category (Public holiday/Floating holiday), start date
and end date, short code, description
Coverage- Specify the hierarchy type Geographic/ Organization tree
For example- India Republic Day
Search the task in work force deployment- Search the created work schedule-
Specify the start and end date- Resource type (Specify the work schedule is
applicable to which level)
Took an existing department to assign the work schedule for a practice in resource
assignment
Exceptions- If a set of employee in department is not to assign this work schedule,
then select the employees in the exceptions
And give submit
Test the scenario of apply leave on republic holiday in person management- absence
record
End Users Activities
Video- 36
Admin/HR End Users Activities
Existing Absences- HR/Admin can view the leave updates of the Employee and
apply leave on behalf of the employee
Plan Participation-
Accruals- Run the accruals for selected and all plan
Calculate/withdraw accruals and Balances with specify as of date
Enrollments and Adjustments
Add enrollment- Add plan enrollment manually to the employee
Update enrollment- update the enrollment plan date
Delete Enrollment- Delete the plan enrollment manually to the employee
Adjust Balance- Add or deduct the leave balance to the employee with reason and
effective date
Initiate donation- Give Donation of leave to other employee
Transfer Balance- Transfer the current plan leave balance to target plan with
effective date
Disburse Balance- Disburse the balance, specify number of days with effective date
Update Balance details- We can see the employee leave transaction and can revoke
the disbursement balance
Task- Schedule and Monitor Absence Process
Video-37
Plan enrollment & run the plan to Bulk employees
Goto My client group- select a task Schedule and Monitor Absence Process
In the Advanced option, specify the plan and LE as per the requirement and
schedule to run the enrollment plan.
Notification- Give admin name to get the notification status
Calculate Accruals and Balances
Applied the accruals to all the employees- Specify the plan, LE/BU and submit