Understanding Calculation Groups

To accrue service credits, a worker must be assigned to a calculation group on the employment record, in the Job Data component. Service accrues separately for each concurrent job that the worker holds.

Belonging to a calculation group does not necessarily qualify a worker to accrue credits for a particular service type. Other factors are the eligibility criteria for the service type (full time, part time, and so on) and the job action or reason codes that are included in the HR Category within the service type's definition name.

When you use the Track Flexible Service business process in HR to assign a worker to a calculation group, you must:

• Establish the calculation group to which the worker belongs.

• Establish whether the worker has previous startup credits.

• Establish any exceptions that the worker might have based on the calculation group to which the worker belongs.

  For example, each service type into which the worker accrues credits may be based on different service accrual start dates.

• Review any related jobs that the worker might have that are eligible for flexible service.