Delivered Elements for France

PeopleSoft Global Payroll for France defines each business process for France in terms of delivered elements and rules that are needed to run a French payroll. Some of these elements and rules are specifically designed to meet legal requirements, while others support common or customary payroll practices.

This section discusses:

Delivered element creation.
Element ownership and maintenance.
Element naming convention for France.

All of the elements that are delivered with your country extension were created using the core application.

The core application:

Consists of a payroll rules engine.
The rules engine is a flexible tool that enables you to define new payroll elements and run payroll and absence calculations using the delivered elements. PeopleSoft Global Payroll for France does not embed payroll computations in application code. Instead, it specifies all business application logic (such as earnings, deductions, absences, and accumulators) in terms of payroll rules. PeopleSoft Global Payroll for France enables you to enter and maintain payroll rules through a set of pages and offers comprehensive features that enable you to work in your preferred language or currency.
Provides a payroll processing framework.
The payroll processing framework provides a flexible way to define and run payroll and absence processing flows (such as calendars, run types, pay periods, and process lists).

This section describes PeopleSoft's approach to element ownership and what this means for the maintenance of French payroll rules.

Understanding Ownership in Global Payroll

PeopleSoft Global Payroll for France provides five types of element ownership:

Term	Definition
PS Delivered/Maintained	Elements that are delivered and maintained on an ongoing basis by PeopleSoft.
PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Elements that are delivered by PeopleSoft that must be maintained by the customer. This type of element ownership consists primarily of either customary (nonstatutory) rules or statutory elements that customers may want to define according to a different interpretation of the rules. Although PeopleSoft occasionally updates elements that are defined as PS Delivered/Not Maintained, you are not required to apply these updates.
Customer Maintained	Elements that are created and maintained by your organization. PeopleSoft does not deliver rules that are defined as Customer Maintained.
PS Delivered/Customer Modified	Elements that were originally PS Delivered/Maintained elements over which the customer has decided to take control (this change is irreversible).
PS Delivered / Maintained / Secure	Delivered elements that the customer can never modify or control.

Understanding Ownership in Global Payroll for France

Of the five ownership types that are described here, two are used to define French elements:

PS Delivered/Maintained.

PeopleSoft Global Payroll for France uses the ownership category PS Delivered/Maintained to prevent the modification of elements that are designed to comply with legal or statutory requirements.
PS Delivered/Not Maintained.

Some elements, such as contribution rates and SMIC values, are defined as PS Delivered/Not Maintained. This enables you to modify these elements without waiting for the tax updates that are delivered by PeopleSoft.

Note: Before applying tax updates or other enhancements, determine whether the elements being upgraded have already been modified by your organization.

Element Type	Ownership	Exceptions
Earning	PS Delivered/Maintained	Base Salary and Base Salary for AFB.
Deduction	PS Delivered/Maintained	Work Council Tax is delivered as sample data.
Variable	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	Values that cannot be changed without affecting the calculation.
Bracket	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	If values are not to be changed by the customer, they are defined as PS Delivered/Maintained.
Accumulator	PS Delivered/Not Maintained for segment accumulators. PS Delivered/Maintained otherwise.	In general, PeopleSoft maintains the nonsegment base accumulators because customers can modify the funding base segment accumulators. However, the following nonsegment accumulators are not PS Delivered/Maintained: Accumulators for loans and garnishments. Generic accumulators. Accumulators for benefits in kind.
Element Group	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	None.
Process List	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	None.
Section	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	None.
Formula	PS Delivered/Maintained	Some exceptions apply if the rule is not strictly legal: Formulas that are used to create conditional sections in a process list and generation control formulas are not maintained. Note: To enable you to decide when and how elements are triggered, generation control formulas and formulas that are used to create conditional sections are defined as PS Delivered/Not Maintained. Situation formulas are used to manage specific contracts and are not maintained. Note: Situation formulas are used to control how HR fields are used in payroll processing. To enable you to decide how these fields should be used, situation formulas are defined as PS Delivered/Not Maintained. Most generic formulas are not PeopleSoft-maintained (except legal rules and specific process formulas). Note: Generic formulas are developed as part of the country setup feature and carry the prefix GEN.
Array	PS Delivered/Maintained	None.
Generation Control	PS Delivered/Not Maintained	None. Generation control formulas have been defined as PS Delivered/Not Maintained to enable you to decide when and how elements are triggered.

Note: The owner field is used by the Element Upgrader to identify which elements PeopleSoft has delivered and which ones you have created.

Understanding the naming convention that is used for PeopleSoft-delivered elements can help you determine how an element is used, its element type, and even the functional area that it serves.

This section discusses:

Naming convention for supporting elements.
Naming convention for primary elements.
Naming convention for other elements.
Additional clues to the use of French elements.
Functional area codes.
Element type codes (PIN_TYPE).

Naming Convention for Supporting Elements

For supporting elements such as variables, formulas, dates, durations, and so forth, PeopleSoft uses the following naming convention: FFF TT NAME.

FFF: Functional Area Code (see Functional Area Codes for more information).
TT: Type of Supporting Element (see List of Element Type Codes (PIN_TYPE) for more information).
NAME: The name is based on a term in French and provides a further means of identifying the element.

For example, in the name of the variable URS VR TX VEUV S, URS represents the functional area, VR represents the element type, and TX VEUV S provides a further means of identifying the element.

Note: This naming convention applies to the following element types: arrays, brackets, counts, dates, durations, formulas, rate codes, variables, historical rules, fictitious calculation rules, proration rules, rounding rules, and generation control conditions.

Naming Convention for Primary Elements

Primary elements such as earnings, deductions, absence take, and absence entitlement elements do not always contain functional area codes in their names. This is because primary elements have names, based on French terms, that identify their function and element type without the use of additional codes. For example, the absence take and absence entitlement elements for seniority paid vacation have names that identify their use in the system:

Absence Reason	Take Element	Entitlement Element
Seniority paid vacation	CPT ANCIENTE	CPE ANCIENTE

The key to understanding how these elements are used is found in the abbreviations CPT and CPE. CPT represents paid vacation take (prise congés payés), and CPE represents paid vacation entitlement (droits congés payés). In addition, the abbreviation ANCIENTE (ancienneté or seniority) indicates that the purpose of these elements is to calculate seniority paid vacation.

Note: PeopleSoft Global Payroll for France uses numerous abbreviations to signify how elements are used and the functional area they serve. Additional information about these abbreviations can be found in the section "Additional Clues to the Use of French Elements."

Naming Convention for Other Elements

For accumulators, sections, and element groups, PeopleSoft uses the following naming convention: FFF TT NAME.

FFF: Functional Area Code (see Functional Area Codes for more information).
TT: Type of Supporting Element (see List of Element Type Codes (PIN_TYPE) for more information).
NAME: The name is based on a term in French and provides a further means of identifying the element.

For example, a section in a process list for France might be URS SE COTISATIONS, where URS is a functional area code, SE represents the element type, and COTISATIONS provides a means of uniquely identifying the element.

Additional Clues to the Use of French Elements

Many French elements contain abbreviations that provide additional clues to their use in the system (beyond those that are provided by the Functional Area Codes or List of Element Type Codes (PIN_TYPE)). For example, URS MAL S is a deduction with a calculation rule of base x percent. The percentage is contained in the variable URS VR TX MAL S, and the base is calculated by the formula URS FM BRUT ABAT. While the code URS (URSSAF) in the name of the deduction indicates the functional area that is served by the element, the abbreviations MAL and S provide additional useful information about the deduction. The abbreviation MAL (maladie or illness) indicates that the deduction applies to the URSSAF illness contribution, and the S (salarie or payee) signifies that the deduction is part of the payee's contribution. The TX (taux or rate) in the variable URS VR TX MAL indicates that the variable stores a contribution rate. And in the formula representing the base, the abbreviation ABAT (abattement) signifies that the formula determines a reduction (in this case a reduction of the gross salary). As you become more familiar with the elements that are created for a functional area, these abbreviations will help you to further identify and understand the role that is played by each element.

Abbreviations used in Global Payroll for France	French	English
ABAT(T)	Abattu	Reduced
ABT	Abattement	Reduction
ALIM	Alimentation	Feeding
AN	Annuel	Annual
AN	Avantage en Nature	Benefits in kind
ANC	Ancienneté	Seniority
ATRV or AT	Accident du Travail	Work accident
AUB	Aubry	Aubry
CALC	Calcul	Calculation
CAR	Carence	Waiting period
CC	Convention Collective	Labor agreement
CO	Carte Orange	Paris transportation Orange Card
COND	Conditionnel	Conditional
COT	Cotisations	Contributions
CP or CPA	Congés Payés	Paid vacation
CPE	Droits Congés Payés	Paid vacation entitlements
CPT	Prise Congés Payés	Paid vacation take
DEB	Début	Beginning
DEC	Décès	Death
DECL	Déclenchement	Triggering
DED	Déduction	Deduction
DEP RET or D RET	Départ à la retraite	Voluntary retirement leave
DRT or DRTS or DTS	Droits	Entitlements
DT	Droits ou Date	Entitlements or date
DSN	(Déclaration Sociale Nominative)	Authorized Social Statement
DU	DUCS (Déclaration Unifiée des Cotisations Sociales)	Declaration of Social Contributions
E	Employeur	Employer
ENF	Enfant	Child
ETP	Equivalent Temps Plein	Full-time equivalent
EVE	Droits évènement familial	Family event entitlements
EVF	Evénement Familial	Family event
EVT	Prise évènement familial	Family event takes
FF	Forfaitaire	Lump sum
FORM	Formation	Training/education
HOR	Horaire	Hourly
HR or HRS	Heures	Hours
ICCP	Indémnités compensatrices de congés payés	Paid vacation in lieu of allowances
IJ	(shorter term for IJSS) Indemnités Journalières	Daily allowances
IJSS	Indemnités Journalières de Sécurité Sociale	Social Security daily allowances
IND	Indémnités	Allowance
JC	Jours Calendaires	Calendar days
JO	Jours Ouvrés	Business days
JR or J	Jour	Day
LIC	Licenciement	Lay off
LIM	Limite	Limit
MAL	Maladie	Illness
MAP	Mise à Pied	Protective motive
MNT	Montant	Amount
MO	Mois	Month
NB or NBR	Nombre	Number
OBD	Date d'origine de l'absence	Original begin date
OUV	Ouvert/Ouverture	Opened/opening
PL or PLAF	Plafond/Plafonné	Ceiling
PRD	Période	Period
PRM	Primes	Premiums
REE	Droits Représentant du Personnel	Entitlements for staff representatives
REM	Rémunération	Compensation
REP	Rapport ou prise Représentant du Personnel	Report or takes for staff representatives
RET	Retenue	Deduction
S	Salarié	Employee
SAL	Salaire	Salary
SG	Segment	Segment
SLD	Solde	Balance
STG	Stagiaire	Trainee
THEO	Théorique	Theoretical
TRAV or TRV	Travail	Work
TX	Taux	Rate

Functional Area Codes

Functional Area	Description
ABS	Absence
AFB	AFB Collective Agreement
AGI	AGIRC
APP	Apprentices
ARC	ARRCO
ASS	ASSEDIC
ATR	Work Accident
BSO	Bilan Social
CP and CPA	Paid Vacation
EVE	Other Absences
EVT	Other Absences
FOR	2483 Training Report DIF Training Allocation
GEN	Country Setup
HRS	Overtime
IND	Allowances - Premiums
MAL	Illness
MAT	Maternity
PRE	Loans
PRO	Liability
PRV	Contingency
REE	Work Council
REP	Reports
RTO	Retroactivity
SAI	Garnishments
SIT	Situations
STG	Trainees
TAX	Levies
URS	URSSAF

Element Type Codes (PIN_TYPE)

Element type	Description
AE	Absence Entitlement
AT	Absence Take
AC	Accumulator
AR	Array
AA	Auto Assigned
BR	Bracket
CT	Count
DT	Date
DD	Deduction
DR	Duration
ER	Earning
EG	Element Group
EM	Error Message
FC	Fictitious Calculation
FM	Formula
GC	Generation Control
PP	Previous Period Rule
PR	Process
PO	Proration Rule
RC	Rate Code
RR	Rounding Rule
SE	Section
SY	System Element
VR	Variable