Setting Up Layoff and Recall Control Tables

To set up layoff and recall control tables, use the Layoff Exemption Reasons component (HR_LAY_EXEM_TBL), Recall Expiration Rules component (HR_RCL_EXP_TBL), Employee Layoff/Recall Status component (HR_LBR_EEST_TBL) and Recall Reason component (HR_RCL_RSN_TBL).

This topic provides an overview of recall rights and discusses how to set up layoff and recall control tables.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Recall Expiration Rules Page

HR_RCL_EXP_TBL

Set up rules to govern the expiration of recall rights. Attach recall expiration rules to a labor agreement.

Layoff Exemption Reasons Page

HR_LAY_EXEM_TBL

Create reasons a worker could be exempt from layoff. Attach these reasons to workers on the Job Labor page.

The system does not include workers who are exempt from layoffs in the group population when you generate a layoff.

Employee Layoff/Recall Status Page

HR_LBR_EEST_TBL

Define the statuses you need to manage your roster during a layoff or recall. Assign people roster statuses on the Layoff, Recall or Reinstatement Roster List pages.

Recall Reason Page

HR_RCL_RSN_TBL

Define reasons for allocating workers with recall rights.

Workers that have been bumped to a lower level job or workers that were laid off can have rights for vacant positions. Labor agreements specify how long after being bumped or laid off a worker can have rights to reemployment and what circumstances might terminate their recall rights.

For example, workers under labor agreement ABC and who have been with the company for four or more years have first rights on any new vacancies in the organization for twelve months following a layoff while workers who have been with the company for less than four years have recall rights that expire after six months. Recall rights for workers may be terminated in the event that they refuse an offer of reemployment from the company.

Use the Recall Expiration Rules page (HR_RCL_EXP_TBL) to set up rules to govern the expiration of recall rights.

Attach recall expiration rules to a labor agreement.

Navigation:

Set Up HCM > Product Related > Workforce Administration > Labor Administration > Layoffs and Recalls > Recall Expiration Rules > Recall Expiration Rules

This example illustrates the Recall Expiration Rules page.

 Recall Expiration Rules page

Note: The system determines that a recall right has expired when the defined expiry date is less than current system date.

Recall Expiration Rule

Field or Control

Description

Select By

Select one of the following options:

  • Seniority

    Select if the recall expiration date is calculated using seniority as determined by a seniority date.

    Note: If a recall expiration rule is based on a seniority date and this date is blank for a person, then the system will not create automatic recall rights for the worker. You will have to enter rights manually on the Manage Recall Rights page (HR_RCL_RIGHTS).

  • Layoff Date

    Select if the recall expiration date is calculated from the layoff date.

  • No Recall

    Select if there is no recall.

    Note: You must set up at least one recall expiration rule with no recall because the Recall Expiration Rule field on the Seniority Rules page (HR_LABOR_AGRDEFN3) is a required field. If a labor agreement has no predetermined rules around recall rights processing then attach a No Recall type rule to the labor agreement. When a layoff is processed for workers in covered by a labor agreement with a No Recall rule, the system will not create automatic recall rights those candidates being laid off. The Recall/ Reinstatement process will also not process recall rights for candidates covered by a labor agreement with a No Recall recall expiration rule.

Rule Details for Seniority Based Recall Expiration Rules

Enter multiple Rule Details rows to create different recall expiry periods for different seniority categories.

Field or Control

Description

Seq Nbr

Enter the sequence in which the system should process this rule detail.

Seniority Date ID

Select the ID of the seniority date you want the rule to use to calculate seniority for the purpose of recall for this rule detail line.

Operand

Select the operation symbol.

Period

Enter a number in the preceding field and then select the period of time it refers to. For example, enter 1 in the preceding field and Years in this field to indicate that the period of seniority is one year.

Recall Period

Enter a number in the preceding field and then select the period of time it refers to. For example, enter 6 in the preceding field and Months in this field to indicate that recall rights expire after six months for workers with this seniority range.

Rule Details for Layoff Date Based Recall Expiration Rules

Field or Control

Description

Period

Enter a number in the preceding field and then select the period of time it refers to. For example, enter 6 in the preceding field and Months in this field to indicate that recall rights expire six months after layoff.

Use the Layoff Exemption Reasons page (HR_LAY_EXEM_TBL) to create reasons a worker could be exempt from layoff. Attach these reasons to workers on the Job Labor page.

The system does not include workers who are exempt from layoffs in the group population when you generate a layoff.

Navigation:

Set Up HCM > Product Related > Workforce Administration > Labor Administration > Layoffs and Recalls > Layoff Exemption Reasons > Layoff Exemption Reasons

This example illustrates the Layoff Exemption Reasons page.

 Layoff Exception Reasons page

Use the Employee Layoff/Recall Status page (HR_LBR_EEST_TBL) to define the statuses you need to manage your roster during a layoff or recall.

Assign people roster statuses on the Layoff, Recall or Reinstatement Roster List pages.

Navigation:

Set Up HCM > Product Related > Workforce Administration > Labor Administration > Layoffs and Recalls > Employee Layoff/Recall Status > Employee Layoff/Recall Status

This example illustrates the Employee Layoff/Recall Status page.

 Employee Layoff/Recall Status page

Field or Control

Description

Event Type

Select whether the status is for a Layoff or Recall event. Recall events also apply to Reinstatements.

Process Event?

Select so that when you process the layoff, recall, or reinstatement processes the system will process people with this status and insert a new job data record for the event.

For example, create a status called Layoff Accepted and select the Process Event? check box for the status. When you assign Layoff Accepted to a person on a layoff roster and then process the layoff, the system will insert a new job data record for the person processing their layoff.

Event Complete?

Select if this status indicates the completion of the event on the roster. You should only select this check box for two Employee Roster Statuses: one for an event type of Layoff and one for an event type of Recall.

When workers are successfully processed using the Layoff (HR_LAY_EXEC) or Recall or Reinstatement processes (HR_REIN_EXEC), the system reads the relevant Event Complete? value from this page and sets all processed workers to this status to prevent them from being reprocessed.

Use the Recall Reason page (HR_RCL_RSN_TBL) to define reasons for allocating workers with recall rights.

Navigation:

Set Up HCM > Product Related > Workforce Administration > Labor Administration > Layoffs and Recalls > Recall Reason > Recall Reason

This example illustrates the Recall Reason page.

 Recall Reason page