Understanding Absence Mapping

To create an occupational scheme, you can use the mapping functionality provided in the core application to tie company absence takes to the delivered statutory absence takes. Mapping enables you to:

• Create one absence entry, but process the statutory absence take and company-specific absence take together.

• Track statutory absence pay and leave separate from the occupational absence pay and leave.

Define mapping on the Day Formula page in the Absence Take component. When the system processes absences that are mapped, it:

• Creates separate rows in absence data for each absence take.

• Checks and updates the entitlement balance for each absence take.

• Generates separate earnings (according to the element definitions).

This makes it easy to distinguish the statutory pay and entitlement balance from the occupational pay and entitlement balance. Using mapping, companies that provide their own occupational schemes can track the statutory absence pay if they reclaim the statutory amount (or a percentage of the statutory amount) from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

This table lists the delivered absence mapping:

Statutory Absence Take	Mapped to Absence Take
SSP AT1	OSP AT1

Note:

The OSP and OMP elements that are delivered are simple examples only. In addition, the OMP AT1 element is not designed to work with the SMP AT2, which is the absence take that should be used for SMP after April 6, 2003.