Eligibility Validation

Employees are entitled to receive payment for statutory absences if they meet certain criteria and conditions associated with these payments.

Global Payroll for the UK automatically checks some of the eligibility criteria and conditions based on the stored employee information. Other eligibility criteria must be validated before you enter the absence in the system.

Global Payroll for the UK calculates employees' average weekly earnings to determine whether their earnings are at or above the LEL. Employees below the LEL are not eligible for any statutory absences. You can override the calculated value using the Override Average Earnings page.

See Override Average Earnings Page.

For SAP and SPP, you must check the following eligibility criteria before recording the absence in the system:

• Documentary proof of entitlement.

  Employees are required to supply evidence of their entitlement to SAP and SPP. Global Payroll for the UK does not store this information or validate that the employee has provided documentary proof.

• Notification period.

• Employment conditions.

  Statutory absences are only available to employees who have worked for an employer for a certain period. These conditions are not validated by Global Payroll for the UK for SAP and SPP.

Note:

For SMP, you must use PeopleSoft HR to record some eligibility information. See the next topic for details.