PeopleSoft Delivered System Changes

Effective April 2007 the British government passed a bill requiring a number of changes to statutory payments. The main purposes of the bill and new regulations are to:

  • Extend the maximum period for which statutory payments are payable from 26 weeks to 52 weeks. The initial change to the regulation specified a period of 39 weeks starting in 2007. However, the intention of the bill is to increase payments to 52 weeks over the next couple of years.

  • Allow a number of Keeping in Touch days without the loss of any SMP.

  • Introduce an any day start for all maternities.

  • Allow employers to provide daily payments, although it would be left to the choice of the employer.

In response to these changes, PeopleSoft has:

  • Delivered the SPP Adoption Statutory Entitlement (SPPA VR STAT ENT) and SAP Statutory Entitlement (SAP VR STAT ENT) variables with the Via Elements check box selected on the Variable Name page (Set Up HCM, Product Related, Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Elements, Supporting Elements, Variables, Variable Name).

  • Delivered a new bracket for ABS Entitlement Rates (ABS BR STAT ENT). See the Bracket Name component (Set Up HCM, Product Related, Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Elements, Supporting Elements, Variables, Brackets).

  • Delivered a new variable for Expected Placement Date (GBR_VR_EPD). See the Variable Name page (Set Up HCM, Product Related, Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Elements, Supporting Elements, Variables, Variable Name).

  • Delivered a new variable for ABS Daily Payment for Individuals (ABS_VS_DAILY_IND). See the Variable Name page (Set Up HCM, Product Related, Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Elements, Supporting Elements, Variables, Variable Name).

  • Modified the UK Absence Event Junior View (GBR AR ABS EVT JR). See the Field Map and Keys page (Set Up HCM, Product Related, Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Elements, Supporting Elements, Arrays, Field Map and Keys).

  • Created a new accumulator for the Absence Daily Indicator (ABS_AC_DAILY_IND). See the Accumulator Name page (Set Up HCM, Product Related, Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Elements, Supporting Elements, Accumulators, Accumulator Name).

  • Created a new field on the Absence Entry - Adoption Dates page called Expected Placement date.

Note:

The maximum period for which SMP is payable has increased from 26 to 39 weeks. The first 6 weeks are paid at 90 percent of average earnings. The remaining weeks are paid at a standard rate (or 90% of average earnings if this amount is lower). The calculation has not changed; only the number of week has changed. This is effective for all births with a due date on or after Sunday, April 1, 2007, regardless of the actual date of birth.

Note:

The maximum period for which SAP is payable has increased from 26 to 39 weeks, with all weeks being paid at a standard rate (or 90% of average earnings if this amount is lower). The calculation has not changed; only the number of week has changed. This is effective for all adoptions with an expected placement date on or after Sunday, April 1, 2007, regardless of when the placement actually happened.

For SMP, SAP, SPPB and SPPA, PeopleSoft changed the way the entitlements are stored. We now deliver the entitlement values in the ABS Entitlement Rates bracket (ABS BR STAT ENT). See the Data page in the Bracket Name component (Set Up HCM, Product Related, Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Elements, Supporting Elements, Brackets, Bracket Name).

The variables that used to hold the entitlement values are now populated through this bracket. The entitlement value is retrieved as of the expected date of child birth (due date) for SMP and SPPB, and as of the expected placement date for SAP and SPPA.

The expected placement date was added for input within the Absence Event GBR component (Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Payee Data, Maintain Absences, Absence Event GBR, Absence Data), and can be found by clicking the Adoption Dates link from the Additional Information page.